Mayor complains to Police over election statement
Wonders never cease. North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has complained to the Police because he does not like what Cameron Slater says at public meetings. He has also asked the Returning Officer to remove Slater from the ballot, because it seems Cameron is mean to the poor Mayor.
Williams said Slater’s whole campaign was a form of the “stalking” he had endured for over a year.
“He stands up at a meeting and says ‘I will not urinate on a tree, I will not use a credit card in a Takapuna bar, I will not send drunken texts’.”
What makes the Mayor think they are references to him?
“What he has put in his candidate profile is harassment. His whole campaign is focussed on attacking me.”
Yes it is. Labour’s entire 2008 campaign was focussed on attacking John Key. But I don’t think John Key tried to get Helen Clark arrested or struck off the ballot.
Wiliams urged the electoral officer to strike off Slater as a candidate.
Nice to have a Mayor with such a fine regard for elections.
Police confirmed they had received a complaint against Slater but had undertaken not to make comment to the media.
Here are some good question to ask the Police.
- How many times in the last month has Mayor Williams e-mailed the Police District Commander urging him to arrest Slater?
- How many of these e-mails were sent after midnight?
- How many micro-seconds did the Police spend deciding what to do?