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Former ‘Dancing with the Stars’ personality sashays for Lord Mayor – again


A third candidate in the Adelaide City Council mayoral race has materialised, telling CityMag if elected he would get rid of WiFi and Uber in the city, and lead free workshops about the “health dangers” of “radiation exposure”.

Steven Kelly, an Adelaide-based business person and owner of Rundle Street venue The Loft, has announced his candidacy to once again run for Lord Mayor.

Kelly’s announcement comes after incumbent Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor confirmed her candidacy to the media over the weekend, and weeks after former senator Rex Patrick firmed up his tilt exclusively to InDaily.

A self-described hospitality entrepreneur and former Dancing With The Stars Greecepersonality“, Kelly was unsuccessful in his bid for the lord mayoral position in the 2018 Adelaide City Council general elections.

During his last campaign, Kelly said if elected he would fix homelessness within 60 days of taking office, improve the council’s internet security, and open-up free parking in the city.

Kelly declined to speak to CityMag about his renewed candidacy over the phone. However, he answered our questions in written responses, composed through a “voice-to-text software program”, sent via an encrypted ProtonMail email account.

In regards to his renewed campaign, there had been “serious matters” that have come up over the past four years that “must be attended to”.

“Things” within the Adelaide City Council were “not transparent”, he said, and as Lord Mayor he would bring back “responsibility and humanity” that is “so much missing”.

Steven Kelly. This picture: Supplied

“I want to get involved with the real issues [and] work on substantial matters that make a difference, not just go in there where the gold robe and do what I’m told to,” Kelly said.

His 10-point policy plan features similar themes to his last council election attempt; this time he says he will fix rough sleeping within “two months” of the first day of taking office and improve the city’s nightlife.

However, he would also like to put the Adelaide City Council’s IT system under a…

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‘Dancing baby’ DMCA case is taking a lifetime

A toddler when his star turn in a homemade YouTube video incurred the legal wrath of Universal Studios and Prince, the “Dancing Baby” at the heart of an important copyright case is likely nine years old today.

Which means the wheels of justice have been grinding on this one for eight years.  And they may grind on for who knows how many more.

For those who have yet to see it, here’s the video:

Today a California appeals court will hear Universal’s appeal of a lower court ruling that held the music behemoth liable for its indiscriminate use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown process.

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Microsoft ‘sorry’ for raunchy Windows Azure video with dancing girls, bad sexual lyrics

Wow and yikes, there’s nothing quite like a big raunchy oops when launching the New Windows Azure Services. While there are services like “Watch ‘Learn Windows Azure’ Live from TechEd North America,” if you “watched” the Azure presentation at the Norwegian Developers Conference, then you “learned” a lot. Read more

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