Adrian Maidment Cartoon: A Mayoral Candidate You Can Believe

Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 4:25 pm
Opinion: Adrian Maidment

Candidate is saying: You rates
are going to go up. Traffic congestion is going to get
worse. And my council will waste a fortune making stuff-ups,
then spend a fortune trying to fix them... Vote
me.

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