Posted 11/24/2023, 3:09:10 PM
Mayor's Branded Bus Blocked Over Concerns of Misusing Funds for Self-Promotion
- Mayor Dan Norris spent £10,000 of taxpayers' money to cover a bus with 3 large images of himself and his dog to promote a free bus travel scheme
- The local authority's interim chief executive stopped the bus from being shown publicly, fearing it was too focused on the mayor rather than the scheme
- The report found the images were too big - one was 3 meters high - and seemed aimed more at promoting the mayor than the bus scheme
- Mr Norris regularly uses images of himself with his dog as his "personal brand" in his political campaigning
- An emergency committee meeting on December 1 will discuss the report's findings and consider taking action against Mr Norris