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A PIECE OF Michael Ball, centre, speaks to the residents at a protest in October. 161236 Picture: ROB CAREW
A post on the Facebook page ’Save Berwick Springs Promenade Roundabout’ in response to Cr Sam Aziz’s legal letters.
A protest poster depicting Cr Aziz recently erected in Berwick Springs .
Mayor’s legal threat of Cr Aziz’s “extreme response” to their comments on the Save Berwick Springs Promenade Roundabout page. “You’d expect a politician with such experience to be able to manage these complaints and comments, and respond to them appropriately. “When you’re talking about a couple of thousand residents who are emotionally involved in the issue, you can expect to get some negative feed-
back and commentary.” The residents had either posted criticism or were purported administrators of Facebook pages protesting against Cr Aziz and a proposed widened roundabout at Greaves Road and Berwick Springs Promenade, Narre Warren. The roundabout - five times larger than the present intersection - would destroy the landscaped, bluestone wall
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CASEY mayor Sam Aziz has threatened to sue Berwick Springs residents protesting on Facebook against the destruction of their estate’s gateway roundabout. In recent days, several residents received legal letters on behalf of Cr Aziz seeking the removal of allegedly defamatory Facebook comments.
The letters demanded an apology “in wording to be agreed”, and the payment of Cr Aziz’s “reasonable” legal costs as well as “adequate” damages compensation. Cr Aziz told Star News: “As this is the subject of a current legal process, I can’t make any comment.” Residents’ spokesman Michael Ball said up to a dozen letter recipients were concerned about wearing the cost
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