Former Cessnock Deputy Mayor John Moores has launched a stinging attack on current Cessnock Mayor Daniel Watton, accusing him of hypocrisy over his support for the Wollombi Road upgrade. The clash comes after the federal Labor government announced last week that it had allocated $22.1 million to complete stage two of the project, a development expected to pave the way for 900 new homes in Bellbird.
Moores, taking to Facebook, didn’t hold back. “Well, that will do me,” he wrote. “What a hypocrite, from a person who was against the Wollombi Road upgrade, and now he welcomes the road at $22.1 million. Has he got back to the residents and communicated with them? No.”
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