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May 2022
A leaked email reveals Harrogate Borough Council chief executive Wallace Sampson gave a councillor a dressing down after he said spending £700 on a social media influencer to promote the town was an "appalling waste of money".
The Stray Ferret has obtained an email Mr Sampson sent to the Liberal Democrat councillor for New Park, Matthew Webber, in February.
In the email, Mr Sampson claimed the councillor's comments, published on this website, caused a "great deal of hurt" to council staff.
However, Cllr Webber said the tone of Mr Sampson's 500-word email was "laughable" and compared it to a schoolteacher telling off a child for being naughty.
Cllr Webber said:
Cllr Matthew Webber
He said in January:
The full email is below.
The email from Wallace Sampson to Cllr Webber
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