Perth Voice Interactive

THE lord mayoral car was spotted outside this Queen Street Hair Salon on Tuesday just hours before Lisa Scaffidi announced she’s running for a third term.

Bypassing the city’s parking squeeze, her bay had been reserved with orange cones and a bag over the meter warning “City of Perth: NO STOPPING. Authorised vehicles excepted.” The salon’s a seven-minute stroll from council HQ.

We asked Ms Scaffidi if she’d reserved a bay for the haircut and if the new do was to prepare for her re-election launch on that evening’s Today Tonight but we didn’t hear back.

Likewise we asked the council media staff about the rules for using the mayoral car and taking up parking spots — was it for official use only or was election preparation cool too — but also didn’t get an answer.

by DAVID BELL