Sue Montgomery forms new party
Embattled borough mayor Sue Montgomery is starting a new political party, Équipe Sue Montgomery, to take her into next year’s municipal election.
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Dominic 12:30 on 2020-10-06 Permalink
I voted for Sue for mayor last election but theres just too many drama going on to consider her as a good candidate for a second term.
dwgs 12:32 on 2020-10-06 Permalink
She still has my vote, she’s the only person who seems direct and straightforward, even when it’s not in her best interest. I don’t like naming the party after herself though…
Meezly 14:08 on 2020-10-06 Permalink
Can’t wait to hear what walkerp has to say.
James 20:49 on 2020-10-06 Permalink
No way Sue will get my vote. Made the borough the laughing stock of the city.
Can’t wait for her slogan : “Vote for me for another four years of disfunction”
walkerp 21:29 on 2020-10-06 Permalink
Wasn`t it already a laughing stock with Applebaum`s conviction?
I still don’t understand why she and Plante would not want a détente. Two strong supposedly progressive women.
walkerp 22:24 on 2020-10-06 Permalink
But sheesh calling the party after your own name does suggest a serious lack of self-awareness and judgement.
Joey 10:26 on 2020-10-07 Permalink
@walkerp isn’t that very common in municipal politics, where parties are more akin to slates associated with a name at the top (Equipe Denis Coderre) and not entities that outlast their leaders (Projet Montreal)?
Joey 10:28 on 2020-10-07 Permalink
Adding that there is value in this, insofar as someone who’s supporting, say, Denis Coderre, may want to vote for his slate of candidates up and down the ballot. Being able to identify the Coderre-affiliated candidates for city and borough council is a feature, not a bug.
James 11:28 on 2020-10-07 Permalink
@walkerp True about Applebaum but there was a 4 year interval of Copeman (2013-2017) that wasn’t too bad…
walkerp 11:30 on 2020-10-07 Permalink
Yes @Joey, solid points. I hadn’t thought about it like that. I guess because I assume that you only do that when you are actually at the level where you have multiple candidates. I guess Montgomery will have a team of councillors that will run as well. Could be interesting!
@James, yes true. And this last period has certainly been pretty dysfunctional at least media-wise.
Michael Black 12:13 on 2020-10-07 Permalink
For a long time there was Drapeau, I can’t remember if he had a party, but there was no real opposition. Then the MCM came along, a few seats for a while, and then success in the eighties. But that faces to an upstart party. We’ve seen parties face after one term. So naming after a person really means nothing, a more generic name faces too.
How many parties has Marvin Rotrand been in since he was first elected in 1982? That shows how little”party” means in Montreal politics.
Tim S. 13:36 on 2020-10-07 Permalink
I’m going to predict that Montgomery will actually get some good, well-meaning people to run with her, who, if actually elected, will end up quitting and running as independents.