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[email protected] SIXTY CENTS Bill Brennan Accuses Mayor Of ‘Campaigning’ in Tax Letter By MICHAEL J. POLLACK bit of a campaign piece.” After bemoaning the “lack of com- Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Mr. Brennan used the public-com- munication” between he and the WESTFIELD – Westfield Demo- ment portion of Tuesday’s public mayor due to the incumbent not en- cratic Mayoral candidate Bill council meeting to voice his displea- gaging him in debates or at council Brennan, Tuesday, accused Mayor sure with the mailer, saying repeat- meetings, Mr. Brennan went on to Andy Skibitsky, a Republican, of edly that it was “not exactly fair and talk about his own door-to-door cam- “campaigning” in a letter that accom- balanced.” paigning. panied all Westfield tax bills. “I didn’t see anything in the letter Mr. Brennan said the mailer was He said the letter, which came di- to let the townspeople know how much “extremely confusing” about when rectly from the mayor – not the mayor their taxes were increasing on a mu- residents must pay their tax bills. and council – was “interesting.” nicipal level,” Mr. Brennan said. “I “A lot of elderly citizens were in a “Many people I talked to said it didn’t see it written that if the town panic because they thought their pay- sounded like a campaign piece from had not put millions of dollars of ments would be late,” said Mr.