Gore councillors push for mayor Ben Bell to resign

When the political establishment in Gore ran into a rookie mayor, the scene was set for tumult, but nobody had a plan to prevent inevitable dysfunction, a local government scholar says.

Entrenched interests that controlled the Gore District Council would not want change, Curtin University adjunct research fellow Dr Andy Asquith said.

"A 23-year-old entrepreneur setting up camp — it is bound to end in tears."

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