Instead of using federal CARES Act relief money for its intended purpose to help small businesses weather the pandemic, the town of Westfield, New Jersey decided to spend $8,000 on 2,000 promotional tote bags to encourage residents to shop and buy local.
Spending $4 per canvas tote bag to encourage shoppers to shop local might be a laudable idea, but they were never even distributed. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted the tote bags in her December 2021 “Holiday Grift List."
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