<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hi Ken,</div><div>One of my collogues was involved with a similar program in <!--StartFragment--><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Ashland, VA. Here is a link to the program. I will point out that you asked a <!--StartFragment-->a legal question to </span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">group of planners.</span></div><div><!--EndFragment--><div style="clear: both;" data-mce-style="clear: both;">Paul</div> <!--StartFragment--><br style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" class="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div><span class="Object-hover" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT270_com_zimbra_url" style="color: #006990; text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="color: #006990; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.ashlandva.gov/320/Ashland-Gift-Certificates" target="_blank" style="color: #006990; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="https://www.ashlandva.gov/320/Ashland-Gift-Certificates" data-mce-style="color: #006990; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">https://www.ashlandva.gov/320/Ashland-Gift-Certificates</a></span> <br></div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt;">Paul Halkiotis, Director</span><br></div></div></div></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__">Planning & Economic Development<br>566 Washington St. P.O. Box 40<br>Norwood, MA 02062<br>(781)915-4749</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"massplanners" <massplanners@masscptc.org><br><b>To: </b>"massplanners" <massplanners@masscptc.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 27, 2022 1:22:54 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Massplanners] giving money to local businesses<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr">We are considering a program where we hand out coupons to spend at local businesses that, in turn, the businesses redeem from the redevelopment authority for cash.reimbursement. Is there any legal issue with this? Doesn't seem to be money laundering but I need confirmation.<br><div>Ken Buckland</div><div>Town of Wareham</div><div>508.291.3100 ext 6501</div></div>
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