One of the throngs of memes currently doing the rounds on Twitter showing Hamilton city councillor Siggi Henry's campaign vehicle parked in inappropriate places. Image / Dave Macpherson
One of the throngs of memes currently doing the rounds on Twitter showing Hamilton city councillor Siggi Henry's campaign vehicle parked in inappropriate places. Image / Dave Macpherson
Social media users have wasted no time mocking the abysmal parking attempt of a Hamilton city councillor running late to an official council function.
Siggi Henry was slammed online for parking her campaign car in a mobility car park at Hamilton Gardens on Monday as she was running late toattend, ironically, a council event.
The photo showed just the front half of the west ward councillor's red signwritten car in the park which upset several people who said it was disrespectful towards disabled people.
It looks like Siggi has a bad habit of parking in places she shouldn’t 😂 someone sent me these and I just had to share them! Totally meme worthy! pic.twitter.com/UDWnxhcjv0
"I wanted to apologise. I was in an extreme rush. I came from another meeting and I'm very very sorry and I just wanted to apologise to the disabled community and I'm sorry I did that. I shouldn't have done that I know. That's all that I wanted to say," she said.
"I'm German. I hate being late. That's my major problem."
She confirmed she did not have a mobility permit.
While her parking drew the ire of many on the day, the memes have since exploded online.
One shows her car parked in the back of the crowd at a concert of Hamilton rock band Devilskin, while another shows it parked inside one of the council's destination playgrounds.
She has been criticised by fellow councillors for not disclosing in her electioneering material that she is a long-term anti-vaccination and anti-fluoride campaigner.
She was also in the spotlight for wearing an anti-vax shirt to an autism awareness event and wearing a tinfoil hat to meet then Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne in 2017.
