Bentley addresses audit committee decision publicly for first time

HALDIMAND—Haldimand Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley has addressed the charges she faces following an Audit Compliance Committee hearing last month. While no date has been set, the mayor is set to stand before a judge for failing to submit an audit on her campaign finances, accepting $5,000 in ineligible cash contributions that weren’t deposited into the campaign bank account, and a…