Politics & Government

New Website Aimed at Planning Board Member

The site's apparent focus is to portray Win Farrell in a negative light.

BROCKTON, MA — A new website that has an apparent vendetta against a Brockton Planning Board member recently appeared.

The website, www.winfarwell.com, has no contact or listed owner, but takes aim at Win Farwell. The website features negative articles about the former mayor and public safety commissioner, with changed headlines.

Farrell told the Enterprise that the website is "an example of cowardly gutter politics that is unacceptable."

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The site is registered to Planning Board member Craig Pina, who admitted on Facebook that he was behind the website but didn't design it, calling it a collaborative effort. He declined to name the other contributors.

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