The 2021 NSW Local Government elections will be held on Saturday, 04 December, 2021. Candidates have until noon on Wednesday, November 3 to register with the NSW Electoral Commission.
The Echo is inviting all of the Lismore mayoral candidates to a photoshoot and to answer the same 20 questions.
Big Rob is an Independent candidate.
The Echo asked Mr Rob to participate – inviting him to have a photo taken and to answer the 20 questions.
Mr Rob declined the offer of a photo shoot.
The Echo will publish profiles of all the Lismore Mayoral candidates in the coming weeks.
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One who is happy with the sobriquet ”Big Bob” should not be seriously considered for public office.
That’s Big Rob no matter big anything.
He’s a Big Dill – and I don’t mean a pickle.
Eve, this person is just a divisive meddler and deserves no attention, at all. Thank you for providing this space to see what candidates have to say. Some of them live in fairyland and will learn a hard lesson if they get voted in! Some very primitive thinking amongst some of the newbies!!!
Hi Charles, I think it’s only fair to give all candidates the same opportunity – that way no one can say they have been hobbled. I am just publishing their responses. If I didn’t ask everyone, you can be sure folk would jump up and down and carry on. This way, the candidates get to show their true colours (and pizza tastes) and they can either build their own platforms or dig their own graves.
cheers, Eve
Eve, I am totally confident that you would do only the right thing. Nobody has anymore integrity than you.