The lead councilor, Victor Davila, said he learned of the Franklin County representative Wednesday, but believes there should be someone from the Springfield area, as being the third largest city in the state and being ranked among communities with the highest rate of the virus.
The one representative from Western Mass., is “not nearly enough,” Davila said.
“Springfield has been lagging behind in the fight on Covid-19, we seem to be an after thought when it comes to getting the resources we need to successfully fight this Pandemic,” Davila said, in a prepared release. “We lacked behind with Protective Personal Equipment for our Police Officers, no testing sites for at the initial critical stages of the Pandemic.”