Published: March 11, 2009

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Labour councillor praised himself using an alias

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Cllr Ben Grower, a Labour councillor in Bournemouth has been exposed as writing emails praising himself to a newspaper website under the alias Omegaman. The Bournemouth Daily Echo said they decided to expose him as they felt the public should be told when a councillor pretended to be someone else to enhance his reputation.

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