Questions over parish council magazine

Sir, In a move that could cost Harthill Parish Council thousands of pounds and void next week's local election the parish council has paid for what is in reality electioneering by its chair, Joyce Pattinson.

Mrs. Pattinson is standing for the RMBC as a Conservative. The Council's magazine, The Hart, devotes its lead story to an attack on RMBC, signed by Mrs Pattinson.

Articles in the Hart are not usually signed. They also separate fact and opinion. This is real amateur hour stuff. What was the clerk, Les Wheatley, thinking of when he allowed her to do it?

Nick Gillies, address supplied.

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