Dick Gross
Richard Andrew Landa Gross (born 16 November 1954 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian politician. He was a long-serving councillor of the City of Port Phillip and its Mayor from November 2018 till late 2019, having previously served from 1998 to 2000 and in 2004. He was not re-elected to council in the 2020 election. He has also served as the President of the Municipal Association of Victoria. He is known for his enthusiastic style in highlighting important social and legal issues in the community. During this time he supported a proposal for Sex Tolerance Zones in St Kilda where street prostitutes would not be arrested in about 25 locations, including one near St Kilda Park Primary School. However, after wide community protests, including a march on St Kilda Town Hall, Gross and then Albert Park District parliamentarian, John Thwaites MLA, backed down. He backed the controversial failed redevelopment of the St Kilda Triangle site in 2008, which resulted in his defeat ...
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