Facebook feeds back to Nationals' Matthew Fraser
NATIONALS' candidate for the seat of Richmond Matthew Fraser is taking it to the streets, or more precisely the roads, as part of his campaign.
This week Mr Fraser stood at the side of the Tweed's notorious Kennedy Dr holding a sign, "I have 3.3m to fix this road," for passing motorists to see.
Kennedy Dr is notorious for its potholes and funding to complete the road has been an ongoing issue for the Tweed Shire Council.
However, Mr Fraser's publicity stunt did not win him the favour of everyone.
One of his followers on Facebook responded with, "...We have 3.3m in taxes u think you own. Go jump off one of those gigantic potholes..."
Mr Fraser said he did not mind if people wrote negative things on his Facebook feed.
"It adds to the debate. It shows I'm relevant. If they are talking about me, that is good," Mr Fraser said.
Mr Fraser said that although he had used social media as part of his campaign, his focus was on good old fashioned face to face contact with people in the electorate. He said he had door knocked about 7000 houses.
The comment is no longer on his Facebook feed.
- Click here to read about what the other candidates have said about Kennedy Dr.
