Perth Voice Interactive

CRITICS of Bayswater mayor Sylvan Albert accuse him of stifling democracy by only keeping supportive comments on his Facebook page.

Cr Albert is up for re-election in the south ward and has been deleting the occasional post and barring users who continually disagree with him.

“Listen, it’s only been one or two people who keep badgering me about the same thing and won’t accept my answers,” he says.

“At the end of the day they are time wasting and being negative.

“It’s only a very small minority who obviously are against me being re-elected and disagree with me on everything, regardless of what I say.”

Resident Carla Jordan, who has had posts deleted, says she was simply posting links to published information, including articles in the the Perth Voice, which contradicted claims Mr Albert had made on the page.

The posts concerned the construction of the new Seventh Avenue bridge and Tranby Jetty.

“But then a few hours later, I was finding my posts were getting deleted.”

Council election results will be announced October 17.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK