Residents from several south suburban communities stood united on Saturday as they pushed for accountability and transparency into how their tax dollars are…
Residents from several south suburban communities stood united on Saturday as they pushed for accountability and transparency into how their tax dollars are being spent.
“We want people to know what is going on so we can try to stop it,” said Mary Avant, a retired police officer who lives in Dolton."She put us in the, in this situation, the only way we are going to get out of it is we dig ourselves out," stated Avant."People have to stand up and stop just complaining to one another."
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"We are hoping to get positive momentum and connect with other people,” he said. “So many of us at the township and municipal levels are going through lack of transparency. We don’t know how our tax money is being spent.”"I have a lot of the same questions people do, but even beyond that, we are all citizens just trying to get some answers,” Gonzalez said.
NBC Chicago reached out to Thornton Township for a statement on the rally, but hadn't heard back as of Saturday evening.
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