Beau Brindley, Henyard’s Attorney, Embarrassingly Ignorant On Open Meetings; Says Everyone Corrupt Except Mayor –

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) –

During this week’s “meeting of one” at the village of Dolton, Mayor Tiffany Henyard thought it would be a good idea to have her alleged personal criminal defense attorneys, Beau Brindley and Ed McDavid, lecture the very few attendees on how Henyard is the victim and everyone else is corrupt except for her.

We could not attend or livestream this alleged meeting, however, the Critical Smoker YouTube Channel has granted us permission to use portions of his livestream in this article, which are linked to the timestamps below. Link to the Critical Smoker’s full meeting livestream is HERE.

Attorney Beau Brindley either deliberately lied to the public, or is believing the lies Henyard tells him without proper research, here are some of them:

• “The Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) requires a 10-day notice to cancel a meeting” (See video @ 1:25:10) – FALSE! There is no such provision in the OMA. The only 10-day requirement for notice is when a public body changes the dates of their regular meetings schedule from what was noticed on the required annual meeting notice. See Section 2.03 of the OMA. Example: If the annual notice says regular meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of everything month, and the public body changes to the 2nd Thursday of every month, then, and only then, a 10-day notice is required.
• “Trustees do not have the power to cancel a meeting” – FALSE! Trustees, or any group which makes up a majority of the board, have the power to cancel meetings – either by informing the public ahead of time (the courteous and professional thing to do), or simply by not attending the meeting, effectively canceling it without notice.
• It’s the board’s fault Henyard appointed Keith Freeman as Village Administrator; Henyard appointed Freeman because the board wanted her to – FALSE! Here is the video of the meeting where Henyard appointed Keith Freeman – There was a Motion, but no Second, and the Motion died, but she appointed him anyway. One would think, if the attorney was correct, that the board would have voted to approve his appointment, but that did not happen. If you watch far enough to get to the trustee comments on this appointment, it is clear they did not approve of Freeman’s appointment at this meeting.
• Jason House took it upon himself to sign checks like he possessed that power. TRUE! While that attorney was attempting to sell the public on some nefarious act, he misled the public by not telling them the entire truth, which is that Jason House DID possess the power to sign village checks to pay items the board approved to pay (read the court order and village Ordinances). The Cook County Circuit Court authorized House to sign checks.

Attorney Beau Brindley made several comments about how some things “Stop Now” as if he possesses any powers whatsoever to stop anything the board chooses to do or not do. His powers lie with him being the personal attorney for the Mayor, who may choose to file civil suits against the board – he cannot control any board decisions, not can he stop anything “now” – that will be left to the courts to decide.