GOP challenger slams Westfield mayor on tote bag purchases
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The use of Covid relief funds to buy thousands of canvas tote bags that were never used has quickly become a political issue in Westfield, where Mayor Shelly Brindle is up for re-election this year. Her Republican opponent, JoAnne Neylan, said Brindle needs to take some responsibility for how money from a federal CARES Act grant obtained by the non-profit Downtown Westfield Corporation was spent. “Mayor Brindle has spent four years picking around the fringes of the real issues plaguing the health of our wonderful downtown, and it shows,” said Neylan, a former councilwoman.
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