WEST SPRINGFIELD -- As Mayor William C. Reichelt took to social media to pitch his plan for two commercial marijuana facilities on the outskirts of town, citing the potential financial benefits to West Springfield, a local anti-marijuana activist says the mayor should resign if his million-dollar annual revenue prediction falls short.
Dean Martilli, a consultant and self-described "town advocate," says Reichelt's projection of $1 million in annual town tax revenue from a pair of commercial cannabis facilities-- $500,000 apiece--is "dramatically inflated."
"He's misrepresenting a big number to the people," said Martilli, who has taken to calling Reichelt the "Million Dollar Marijuana Mayor" ever since Reichelt estimated what West Side's financial cut of the action might look like.
"By allowing this into your community, you're giving kids the wrong message. It just doesn't look good," said Martilli, who has worked in politics and as a lobbyist in the past.
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