Andrew Thaler, serial pest, runs for office [Video]

Temperatures are rising on the local government election hustings down in Snowy Monaro, where serial pest Andrew Thaler – who uses his social media platform to crudely insult prominent local women and has been banned from council buildings, local businesses and the Country Women’s Association – is running for public office.

First came a ruckus over surveillance cameras, set up in a shop opposite a pre-polling booth in Cooma. The shop was hired by Thaler and other candidates to display their corflute signs. Some residents were furious, saying they felt spied upon while voting. The Country Women’s Association sent a letter of protest, signed by 12 members, to NSW Police.

“The members expressed their dismay as they did not want to be recorded whilst …