See The Expensive Wedding Thats is About to Start a Riot (Photos)

The Mayor of Auburn, Australia got married and it cost an alleged billion dollars. Predictably, everyone is shaking their heads and waggling their fingers and calling the couple obnoxious and ridiculous and attention grabby as if it’s the first time someone getting married has spent such a fortune. the difference is that the groom is a serving government official and the locals are planning a riot to show their disapproval.


When Salim Mehajer and his wife Aysha got hitched on the weekend it was a pretty epic event. Four choppers. Fifty luxury cars whose names we can’t pronounce. A diamond jazzled tie just to mention but a few.
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The residents were warned via a letter, a night before the elaborate wedding to park on their own properties and to leave the street clear of vehicles. In the letter, titled "Important Notice Attention Frances Street Residence", they were warned that any cars left parked illegally on the road would be "towed and removed by police".

..But police said they weren't officially involved in the wedding and were only at the street to control traffic and the large crowd.
."We were never told, and as you can see it was out of control," Inspector Chris Laird told media at the scene. "We'll be asking regional command to send the family the bill."

A police spokeswoman told Fairfax Media: "He [the groom] didn't call us. We weren't there to make things easier for him. People are obviously angry now and soon a riot may break out"

The opulent celebration began when Mr Mehajer​ arrived in a local park by helicopter with his wedding entourage, stepping onto a freshly rolled red carpet where he was greeted by cameras. He then travelled with a fleet of cars worth $50 million (about N10 billion) to a home in Frances Street, Lidcombe, where his fiancee was waiting.

"He must have a bit of money. I wish I had some of that," said Hopoate, who was filming the spectacle on his phone.

The bride and groom and their family and friends celebrated by dancing in the street.

"This is how you do a wedding," the groom told TV cameras.

Should a public servant be doing this?