McCoy resigns amid political retaliation and racial tension

TONYA McCOY

The political and racial tensions in Sauk Village have prompted yet another departure of a well qualified and professional Community Development Director Tonya McCoy.  McCoy announced she accepted a position with the Village of Matteson as Deputy Director of Community Development. 
 

McCoy announced her resignation during her report to the Village Board of Trustees calling it “bittersweet news” but blasting the Trustees for what she called “racism”.  “When I started here I did not know anyone in the Village, didn’t know the mayor didn’t know the clerk contrary to what some may believe.  I will say that the women in the front office have become my family.  I have come to love them.  They are very much under appreciated”. 

“Now as for the board I wish I could say the same, but I can’t.  It was more than a notion to come in and have people who were incompetent and racist people who would try to tear down what the Mayor built.  I cannot even explain how the atmosphere changed when you came in.  I’m going to quote Michelle Obama ‘When they go low we go high’ and I am going to walk out of here with my head held high” McCoy said.

 

McCoy was appointed to the position of Community Development Director by Mayor Derrick Burgess following the resignation of Joseph Wiszowaty in June of 2019, who served in a dual role of both Community and Economic Development Director.  The Trustees led by Debbie Williams cut McCoy’s pay $20,000 to $48,000 as political retaliation since she was appointed by Burgess.  The previous Community Development Director, now Trustee Sherry Jasinski, was generously over-paid $72,000 per year and had not written a single grant in her more than 12 year tenure as the department head.

McCoy and other appointments made by Mayor Burgess have been clearly targets of political retaliation and racial discrimination by the Trustees following their gain of their majority over Mayor Derrick Burgess in May, 2019. 

·         Joseph Wiszowaty- resigned

·         Alicia Straughter- terminated

·         Mary Klopp- terminated and eliminated from the budget

·         Christopher Williams (although not appointed by Burgess) terminated

·         Tonya McCoy- resigned

The power struggle has the Village Board, and the 5 to 1 majority they have had since May of 2019, obsessed with taking the powers away from the mayor and stopping any and all progress he had made.  The political circus has come back to Village Hall led by Debbie Williams with them focused on political nonsense instead of economic development, fixing streets, cutting dead trees, repairing infrastructure and more important the finances of the Village.

 

Photo: Gary Bell's Facebook Page

 

 

This racist post by GT Bell (Village Trustee Gary Bell) was posted on his personal Facebook account (photo provided).  Bell currently serves on the Sauk Village Fire Department and serves on the Village Board of Trustees.  Bell using a racial slur "TNT" or "Typical ni**er tramma".  

SAUK VILLAGE SUED IN COURT FOR WILLFULLY VIOLATING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Fired after $170,000 of TAXPAYER'S MONEY spent,
Fired Ex-Village Administrator Christopher Williams

*** Sauk Village sued in Court for willfully blocking FOIA request for information of fired Village Administrator timekeeping records *** 

In a recently submitted Freedom of Information Act request, the Village of Sauk Village and its now FIRED Ex-Village Administrator, Mr. Christopher Williams were asked to supply "Any and all timekeeping, and time and attendance records for the Village Administrator Christopher Williams back in mid February. The Village through its $165.00 an hour counsel stated "Your request was denied, there are no records responsive to your request."

This FOIA request was submitted amidst allegations of Ghost Payrolling and taking unearned time off from his position as hired by the Fanatical 5 Trustees during an inquiry into these allegations.

Given that Williams uses the Identicard card / fob access systems throughout Village Hall, at entrance doors and back office access areas, there MUST be some sort of timekeeping and accrued record of earned paid time off for vacation time as well as any compensatory time off , in addition to bio-metric clock stations in Village Hall and other departments where most every other Village employee must clock in and out for payment and timekeeping purposes. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office seemed to agree with that, as the Public Access Counselor has requested the Village to produce those same records that were asked for in the original FOIA request.

Once this FOIA request was denied by the Village of Sauk Village through its legal counsel of record Odelson & Sterk, a lawsuit was filed against the Village for improper denial of FOIA records. Then on May 19, 2020 during a specially called meeting, the Fanatical 5 Trustees FIRED WILLIAMS. On the official record of minutes was Trustee Gary Bell stating "I apologize to the residents for wasting the Village's Money" and Trustee Bernice Brewer stating "The shameful cost to residents throughout the process".

Christopher Williams's firing came 3 months after the investigation was sought into the timekeeping and paid time off compensation records, while many were alleging Ghost Payrolling and that Williams was absent from Village Hall more than he was in Village Hall charged with taking care of day to day operations as he was hired by the Fanatical 5 Trustees to do. Trustee Gary Bell voiced his displeasure and voted YES to Williams's termination citing Williams's lack of availability to talk with him, that Williams failed to provide job descriptions, and that he failed to lay off staff, namely all of the African American front office staff that was brought in at the beginning of the Burgess Administration. While Trustee Linda Todd, who also voted to terminate Williams stated he specifically failed to produce the requested records knowing they existed.

Christopher Williams was given a contract by the Fanatical 5 Trustees to serve as Village Administrator to the tune of $112,000 with benefits, yet Williams was alleged as not working a single 5 day week since he began in July, 2019. The same Trustees who gave us Williams are the ones saying they want to “watch the money”.  Mayor Derrick Burgess was forced by Court action brought by the Fanatical 5 Trustees using the Village Attorneys to allow Christopher Williams to serve as Village Administrator.  Burgess had not had a Village Administrator for the first two years of his term saving residents some $224,000 in pay and benefits.  Burgess did not appoint Christopher Williams and has stated that Williams lacks the requisite experience to do the job.  Burgess was working full-time for the Village residents at a part-time salary of $20,000 per year.

WHO IS DEBBIE WILLIAMS AND WHY IS SHE HURTING SAUK VILLAGE

Handling food at pop-up food giveaways, other people's food that is.
Would you TRUST her handling yours? Nose "poppin out"
No mask, no gloves! NO WAY! #COVID-19 #BigDig

by Joachim Mahomes

Just who is this Debra “Debbie” Williams that has Sauk Village residents angry and raging mad? Just who is this power hungry, glory seeking nemesis of Sauk Village?  Her mouth says she just wants “peace” for Sauk Village and that everyone should sing Kumbaya, But her historical actions in Sauk Village clearly indicates all to the contrary.  Her acronym she touts “P.E.A.C.E.” we hear from a good number of people is that she "practices evil and chaos everyday". They tell us that this controversial and political hot mess is out telling people she wants to become Mayor!

Really, Sauk Village?  What monster have you unleashed on the good people of this village?  Have you given up on yourselves?  Your dismal voter turnout of only 382 votes or a mere 4.6% of the electorate in 2019 surely confirms this, never-the-less a success in Debbie’s book.  Well, hopefully we can give you some food for thought before you repeat yet a third time a fatal mistake for the survival of this Village.

(This is the first in a series of expose articles that we will publish so stay tuned as the drama unfolds).  

WHERE DID DEBBIE WILLIAMS COME FROM?  WHAT HAS SHE DONE FOR OR TO SAUK VILLAGE?  

Records indicate that she and her husband moved to Sauk Village in 1987.  Even though she volunteered to be a Girl Scout Leader, a member of the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) and a member of the Housing Commission, controversies often clouded these groups and committees on which she served.  

We cannot find any evidence of Debbie Williams ever attending college or holding a long-term, meaningful career.  We found that she sold Pampered Chef and Avon and she is a writer for the infamous attack rag paper which had launched a campaign against the current Mayor since he took office.  Prior to that career change, she was a part-time survey-taker at Pammer Research.  But wait, we found that she worked, very briefly, (13-months) in a position she was gifted in Calumet City before being let go. (Sources from public records and self-biographies).

WHERE DID SAUK VILLAGE GO WRONG? Let's count the ways! 

2007 - Debbie Williams ran unopposed to victory in the election for the McConathy Public Library Board of Trustees after having developed a personal friendship with then Head Librarian Nan Wargo.  Williams sat on the Library Board, and at some point rose to become president of that exclusive political clique.  More on the library later.    

2008 - So with two years of all that political experience in hand, she forms an alliance with Lewis Towers to strengthen her odds of winning in the 2009 Village Clerk race.  They formed Sauk Village’s first political party. 

2009 - After her party’s election win, Williams as Village Clerk and her daughter, Rosie Williams as Trustee, quickly turned against their friend, Mayor Lewis Towers after achieving what they wanted.  Williams, brought her experience of chaos to Village Hall; often overstepping her position, routinely commenting during Village Board meetings which was not the role of a Village Clerk position.  Williams and her daughter continued to stay in the political fray from 2009 to 2012.   Williams continually locking horns with Towers' pick for his Chief of Staff Brunetta Hill-Corley causing a "hostile" work environment at Village Hall during that time.

DEBBIE WILLIAMS AND HER FOOD

2011 - Village Trustees stripped the ability of the Mayor to appoint a Village Administrator and they appointed Henrietta Turner, an African-American woman.  Debbie Williams was named in a complaint to the Illinois Human Rights Commission and within lawsuit later field by Turner.  Turner claimed, among other things, that Debbie Williams used racial slurs against her.  This was a ploy that Debbie Williams will once again use against the current Mayor, more on that a little later. 

2013 - Ever the opportunist Debbie Williams was the lone white candidate for her bid at re-election running against three African-American candidates for Village Clerk.  Williams always the opportunist, won a plurality, but did not win a majority of the votes cast.  She fared better in her re-election at the same election for her Library Board seat running yet again, unopposed for a six-year term. 

2014 - 2016 Village Clerk Debbie Williams, her daughter Trustee Rosie Williams and David Hanks orchestrate controversial policies that entrench Sauk Village in financial chaos.  Under their misguided lack of leadership the Village routinely had over $1 million in unpaid bills

2017 - Village Clerk Debbie Williams loses her bid for Village Clerk and her daughter Rosie Williams-Baig loses her bid for Mayor to that Black candidate... .Mayor Derrick Burgess.  Deposed Debbie Declares, “Vengeance is Mine!”  

Tune in for our next part in the series!

TRUSTEES SET TO DO ABOUT FACE, AGAIN

Hang on residents of Sauk Village, you might get whiplash after the nonsense going on at Village Hall!  The Fanatical Five Trustees are slamming on the brakes...AGAIN and doing another about-face as they continue their assault on the taxpayers of Sauk Village.  When Derrick Burgess was elected by the residents to be Mayor and Village President of the Sauk Village in May, 2017, Mayor Burgess began his administration with a Trustee Board of business professionals and a Pathway to Progress Plan authored by the mayor in hand.  This plan outlined the blueprint for the rejuvenation of Sauk Village and its Residents.  Mayor Burgess AND his Board quickly assessed what worked and what failed about former Mayor David Hanks’ Administration.  Hanks hired a full-time Village Administrator, who then hired himself a part-time assistant.  The Village’s contracted Risk Management  company, The Owens Group also provided a Human Resource Consultant, Dr Alicia Straughter on a limited basis.  Mayor Burgess and his new Board of a Trustees envisioned an expanded need for Human Resource needs outside of what was identified by the previous administration.  Dr. Alicia Straughter was retained by Burgess after he became mayor and the Village Board engaged her as HR Consultant and the Village’s representative outside of her agreement with the Owens Group.  Ms Straughter’s expanded role focused on revamping the Village’s human resource processes aimed at minimizing violations of employees’ rights thereby virtually eliminating lawsuits which had continuously plagued the Village.

Following the election of Trustees Debbie Williams, Sherry Jasinski and Gary Bell, in April of 2019 the trio joined political forces with Bernice Brewer and Linda Todd to terminate the agreement with Dr. Straughter.  By July 31, 2019, the Trustees voted 5 to 1 to terminate the agreement with Dr. Alicia Straughter over the objections of Mayor Derrick Burgess And Trustee Rodrick Grant who knew the Village needed a Human Resource professional.  In August 2019, The 5 trustees led by the taxpayers’ law firm won their lawsuit to hire Village Administrator Christopher Williams over Mayor Burgess’ objections.  Now, In less than 9 months, the same Trustees who voted to bring in Christopher Williams turned on him and fired him. 

Just like last week when the Trustees hired a new Village Administrator, tonight at a Special Meeting,  the Trustees will once again perform their 2nd Do-Over to hire a new Human Resource Consultant, Sonya K. Douglas.  Ms Douglas comes with 14 years of Human Resource experience including having worked in the Village of Markham from 2015 to 2016 and is currently a Consultant for Elementary School District 159 in  Matteson.

Mayor Burgess had indicated to the Village Board that a Human Resource professional is critical to the Village long before the Trustees had dismissed Dr. Straughter last year. 

ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL HIRE BY TRUSTEES

Jerry Hurkes- Fanatical Five Trustees' second political
 pick for Village Administrator

Trustees being led by the ring-leader Debbie Williams are set once more to make yet another controversial hire according to this Tuesday's agenda.  Without so much as posting the position of Village Administrator, the five rogue Trustees are set to hire Jerry Hurckes.  Since sometime in early 2018, Hurckes has worked as the Village of Summit’s Executive Director.  So what do the Village of Summit and Sauk Village have in common?  Their lawyers and law firm Odelson and Sterk.

Hurckes reportedly attended a closed session of the Village Board and was the only candidate for Village Administrator presented for interview.  The Trustees did not have a search committee, the position was not posted through South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, nor was it published so it would appear that this hire is once again a politically motivated.

Hurckes held a political position with the failed Illinois Congressman Daniel Lipinski, who recently was defeated.  In fact, Hurckes, according to published reports had been seeking to become the Village Manager in Oak Lawn since sometime in 2019, his hometown.  Hurckes also ran unsuccessfully for Mayor in Oak Lawn. 

The Village Board is already poised to change the job description apparently to make accommodations for Hurckes.  Debbie Williams is no stranger to changing job descriptions to help friends and family get jobs, she was on the Village’s Library Board before taking office as Village Trustee when that board effectively "dumbed down" the qualifications so they could hire her daughter as Head Librarian.  Head Librarian’s and Director typically require a Master’s Degree; Williams’ daughter did not possess the required degree but she got the job.  The Library Board also voted to require any candidate be a resident of Sauk Village, the prior librarian lived in Indiana for years.  For the first time in the Library’s history they have an unqualified Library Director thanks to Debbie Williams. 

Hurckes, who is white, currently works part-time in the Village of Summit and earns about $35,000 according to

Resignation Letter Printed with Permission

public records.  Sauk Village has been without a full-time Village Administrator since the five Trustees fired their hand-picked guy, Christopher Williams.  Christopher Williams, who is black, was only on the job for 9 months after the Trustees fought Mayor Derrick Burgess on bringing him on.  Mayor Burgess at the time stated that he objected to the process by which the Trustees created the position of Village Administrator taking away the Mayor's ability to make the appointment like virtually every mayor has had in Sauk Village's history.  Christopher Williams offered his "involuntary" resignation claiming "There have been significant breaches of the terms of my contract, false allegations about my performance, and a steady resistance to my decision-making authority...."  Rumor has it that Debbie Williams would routinely put undue pressure upon Christopher Williams barking orders at him about firing or taking unwarranted action against certain employees of color as if she were herself alone his boss.  All of the abusive, intimidating and hostile work environmental actions by Debbie Williams went unchecked by the four Trustees which include Bernice Brewer, Linda Todd, Sherry Jasinski and Gary Bell.

 

It was reported that Debbie Williams held a pow-wow with her friend this past weekend and that she intends to run for Mayor in April, 2021.  She has been supported in her quest to shut down the progress Mayor Derrick Burgess has made from 2017 to 2019 by fellow Trustees Bernice Brewer, Linda Todd, Sherry Jasinski and Gary Bell.  Debbie Williams and her team have made some very bad decisions and it took them 6 months to put a budget together last year.  The Budget was due before the start of the fiscal year May 1^st and once again, Debbie Williams and her group of Trustees have been focused on politics over policy.

 

Only Trustee Rodrick Grant has been the voice of reason throughout this political mess that Debbie Williams has brought to the Village Board.  Williams has once again brought a circus atmosphere back to Village Hall as she did during her tenure as Village Clerk before losing in 2017. 

“Everything that Debbie and her bobble heads have done has completely lacked transparency which is what these five dunderhead Trustees complained about and lied to residents to get elected.  Funny how what they complain about their doing the exact same thing” a long-time resident said after reading the agenda. 

FANATICAL 5 TRUSTEES LOOK HIGH AND LOW FOR IMPROVEMENTS, CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC IN SAUK VILLAGE

Since being elected to office as the end result of dismal voter turnout of only 9 percent, the Fanatical 5 Trustees continue to stifle growth and improvements in Sauk Village. Infrastructure repairs and improvements promised during their campaigns never materialized, Public Works continues to leave orange fenced open holes throughout the pothole riddled streets, and the glut of stores and businesses continues to exemplify the poor condition of vacant homes continues to plague the Village.

That was their plan all along. In what smacks of a revenge plot, the Fanatical 5 Trustees came into office in May, 2019. Since that time they have effectively stopped all progress in Sauk Village. They conspired to fire Dr. Alicia Straughter, the HR Consultant hired for Sauk Village and was also handling Union negotiations, and Joseph Wiszowaty, who was working dual roles as Economic Development, Grants Administration and writing, and assisting with housing and community development and administered and applied for IHDA grants for addressing high grass and demolition of abandoned homes in Sauk Village.

Straughter, who was making $85.00 per hour was limited to working 17.45 hours per week. At $1483.25 per week, Dr. Straughter had to pay her own taxes and insurance. For the approximate $77,000 per year, Straughter was operating in key areas of Human Resources and compliance as well as handling Union negotiations. With representing clients such as SEIU Local 1, and others, Straughter was qualified to work in that dual role.

The actions of the Fanatical 5 Trustees was quickly exposed. In the May 24, 2019 edition of the South Suburban News who did a special report piece on the actions of the Fanatical 5 Trustees, it was pointed out then how their actions affected ongoing progress and interruptions in programs in place under the Burgess Administration were being affected. Today, residents are asking "What happened to the grass cutting program?" The answers were there. All residents had to do was recall the numerous warnings. Apparently, the residents felt this was mere speculation however ask the status of these programs today, and nobody in the Fanatical 5 can tell you.

This chaos came about shortly after they forced out Wiszowaty, who was instrumental in bringing the Gas & Wash to Sauk Village, selling of the old Laundromat property, and brought several new business into the Village such as the re-opening of Sugar Shack, Zee-O-D's Pizza, and BFF Banquets. The HR Consultant and the Economic and Community Development results producing personnel in the Mayor Burgess Administration were effectively forced from their positions in the Village by the Fanatical 5 Trustees. within a week of their being sworn into office.  Can you spell VINDICTIVE?  Neither can they!!

Once completely empty storefronts were transformed into gaming establishments that not only filled once vacant space, but also generated a constant revenue stream to Village Coffers through gaming revenues. And though viewed as negative businesses, Sauk Village by contrast has fewer establishments than neighboring communities such as Crete and Steger. But the Fanatical 5 Trustees were never about bringing IN revenue to begin with, as they had NO PLAN, NO CLUE, and NO KNOWLEDGE, NO EXPERIENCE definitely, NO EXPERTISE in any of these areas.  If they had, this town would not have deteriorated to this level in 63 years!!

Their answer? FORCE a Village Administrator on the taxpayers of Sauk Village at $90,000 a year PLUS BENEFITS, and be willing to SUE THE MAYOR AND TAXPAYERS COSTING $35,000 IN LEGAL FEES TO GET ONE, to perform ALL THESE DUTIES (Impossible!) and effectively take away day to day operations from Mayor Burgess, whom the residents overwhelmingly voted for, whom for $20,000 a year PART TIME PAY was effectively holding department heads accountable, paying off outstanding debts and turning around the dismal conditions of Sauk Village.

Since being elected to office in May, 2019 the Fanatical 5 Trustees have NO ANNOUNCED PLANS to improve the obvious poor conditions or fill these key positions that were once working for the betterment of the Village. They can't answer the status of current Grants or IHDA funding, they can't tell you what's going on for Public Services nor for Economic Development because THERE IS NONE, NADA, ZILCH!!!

As for Public Services Committee Chair Bernice Brewer who has held that chair SINCE BEING ELECTED in 2017 has not held A SINGLE COMMITTEE MEETING. So getting any straight answers to why potholes continue to grow, as streetlights continue to fail, and fire "hydrates" replacements go unaddressed doesn't seem to see the numerous orange fencing holes and displaced parkways throughout the Village. Nor has Trustee Brewer addressed any of these items with Public Works SINCE BEING ELECTED TO OFFICE. But then again, she'd actually have to FORM A MEETING AND COMMITTEE in order to do that and stay off her friend Bob Murphy's Facebook page.

Now that they have "waisted" a year with their vindictive governing, the Fanatical 5 Trustees have consulted their personal taxpayer funded law firm to ask their selected Village Administrator to RESIGN, only to turn around and officially FIRE HIM in at a recent Board Meeting.  If that is not FUBAR, we don't know what is!

Covering up their own mistakes
At the Village Board Meeting Agenda held via Zoom video conferencing meeting on June 9th, 2020, the Village Board will seek another Human Resources Consultant as the Fanatical 5 Trustees hold talks to bring in yet ANOTHER Village Administrator. Recall that the Village Insurance Carrier MANDATED an HR person be brought into the Village back in 2015 to stem the ever increasing lawsuits brought on the Village through its haphazard hiring and firing practices, and its treatment of its employees at the unqualified hands of the then Hanks Administration. Realizing it is repeating the mistakes of years past, the Fanatical 5 Trustees must now re-adhere to the mandates put in place by the Village's insurance carrier.

WHEELS COME OFF THE BUS: CONSPIRACY AGAINST PROGRESS

Victory at what cost? It's Costing YOU

Opinion Editorial
Shortly after their election victory in April, 2019 the newly elected and the one chosen by a “coin flip” trustees Debbie Williams, Sherry Jasinski and flip-flopper Gary Bell conspired and created a scheme with Trustees Bernice Brewer and Linda Todd to:

• First- get rid of Mayor Derrick Burgess’ hires and shut down the progress the Village made from 2017 to 2019. ---CHECK! 
• The second part of their plan was to get things back to the “old ways” on how things were done at Village Hall.  ---CHECK!
• The third part of their scheme was to bring in a hired gun someone who could lay down the law and be the antagonist to Mayor Derrick Burgess. ---UM...WELL....

The new Fanatical Five Trustees, as they have been collectively called by residents (the new BOBBLE HEADS), settled on Christopher Williams, the former Village Administrator from Hazel Crest.  Christopher Williams worked at Hazel Crest and as a Village Administrator for five whole

Social Media Post:  July 18, 2019  Note- Trustee Rodrick Grant
was the only "NO" vote to hire Christopher Williams

months before they brought him to Sauk Village.   Christopher Williams clearly did not have the requisite experience to do the job.  Mayor Derrick Burgess had clearly seen this fatal flaw from day one.  Not to mention Mayor Derrick Burgess, who earns $20,000 per year to serve as Mayor was running the day to day operations of the Village just fine for two years at that salary in order to save Sauk Village money.  Never the less, the Fanatical Five led by Debbie Williams hired Christopher Williams for a Salary and benefits exceeding $112,000 per year.  Additionally, they even allowed him to work less than 8 hours per day and less than 5 days per week without questions nor accountability.  

Mayor Derrick Burgess tried to reason with the Five Trustees stating he did not ask for a Village Administrator to which Sherry Jasinski smugly chimed in during the election “you’re going to get one anyway”. Burgess attempted to block the measure vetoing the ill-written Ordinance that they passed to create the position to no avail as the 5 Trustees over-rode his veto. 

Social Media Post:  August 10, 2019
So PROUD the small minded
political opposition was on the hollow
judicial victory that cost taxpayers
TENS OF THOUSANDS!

Then these five trustees, led by Debbie Williams the whole time, sued Mayor Burgess to force the mayor “from interfering with the hiring of the (Trustees’) new administrator…” (Christopher Williams).  Of course all this cost taxpayers of Sauk Village tens of thousands of dollars to fight the Mayor.  The five Trustees prevailed in court and Christopher Williams was imposed in August of 2019.   Debbie Williams said following her hollow victory in August, 2019: “What we need is a ‘Kumbaya’ moment, because we need to get the politics and the personalities out of the village. It’s hurting us.”- Courtesy Chicago Tribune August 11, 2019. No kidding Debbie!  You’re the biggest political mess that has dropped on Sauk Village.  You’re an opportunist who will not just simply go away!  But that’s ok we will remind the residents of what you really and truly are! 

Now, what did Mayor Burgess say after the court room follies in August, 2019:  “What else can I say?” Burgess said Friday of the judge’s decision. “It is what it is.” He said he was willing to work with the new village administrator, but did not agree with the way he was hired, and expressed concern about what it might portend for Sauk Village’s future.  “I hope it doesn’t become a political bonfire, which it seems like it might,” said Burgess, who has repeatedly criticized what he views as the new board’s efforts to take power from him and diminish his authority as mayor. - Courtesy Chicago Tribune August 11, 2019

Even then Mayor Burgess knew that the hiring of Christopher Williams would become a “political bonfire…”  The same Fanatical Five Trustees that voted to bring him in as administrator now delivered to him an ultimatum, resign and walk away quietly or they will fire you.   Bernice Brewer, is crying “not me…. Not me…”  Brewer and her friends even tried to play the “race card”!  But Let us remind you residents, taxpayers and voters of Sauk Village this crazy big mouth woman supported Debbie Williams, Sherry Jasinski and Gary Bell during their election in 2019.  Yes she supported Gary Bell, the same person that put out more racist posts on social media that Bernice Brewer sat silent about.  But Bernice Brewer is on her own mad dash for power to clash with Debbie Williams once again over that elusive office of Mayor.  It slipped through Bernice Brewer’s fingers in 2013 and was denied Debbie Williams daughter by a two to one margin in 2017.  They thought they had this in 2019, but clearly this message speaks for itself.    

The biggest victim of the scheme to defraud the residents of Sauk Village by Debbie Williams and her crazy cohorts of bubbling buffoons and their insane peanut gallery is truly the Taxpayers of Sauk Village!  You voted for this big sloppy mess that literally “fecal mattered” all over themselves.  There is no recovering from this one the taxpayers of Sauk Village!  You screwed up ROYALLY with these clowns in this circus!   You got hoodwinked AGAIN by Debbie Williams, now you’re going to pay the price. 

Social Media Post from Wednesday, May 13, 2020
COMPLETE VINDICATION for Mayor Burgess!

The residents voted for CHANGE in 2017, but in 2019 these Trustees conspired to stop all efforts of Mayor Derrick Burgess had promised, “Getting Sauk Village back on a pathway to progress”.  Burgess and his team worked very hard for two years from 2017-2019 to do just that despite the scheme that some fell for in 2019 which brought us the Fanatical Five.  Derrick Burgess was right all along!   We told you so!  And I’m not hating to tell you this time. 

Steve LaRock

Editor of the Sauk Village, Illinois Facebook Page

Oh, PS-  If you believe a FAKE name on Facebook is providing you with factual information, think again!  If you like FAKE NEWS, the antics of Lynda Washington a rejected candidate for mayor and rejected Trustee and you like bullshit?  You'll really love the fake Bob Murphy page!