Coderre continues to be coy
Denis Coderre continues to be coy about whether he plans a second third run for the mayor’s chair.
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Bill Binns 11:01 on 2021-01-23 Permalink
Is this not what he did the first time? I seem to remember him declaring very late and walking the bases with very little campaigning.
dhomas 11:11 on 2021-01-23 Permalink
Wouldn’t this technically be a third run? 😉
Kate 11:29 on 2021-01-23 Permalink
True. I was thinking “a run for a second stint as mayor” and my fingers tripped over themselves. Thanks, dhomas.
Bill Binns, yes, he seemed to expect it to be a cakewalk in 2017.
dhomas 14:49 on 2021-01-23 Permalink
@Kate: I understood your meaning. I was just being needlessly nitpicky. 🙂
EmilyG 19:33 on 2021-01-23 Permalink
But if he runs, will it be a… home run?
David447 22:22 on 2021-01-23 Permalink
Coderre could win this election, but in addition to the classic Montreal requirement of 1+ grand projects campaign promises, he or some other candidate will have to shred Valerie Plante to drive down her support in the non-core hoods and Ville Marie, so as to overcome the ever growing PM base that will definitely show up.
Can this guy do it? I doubt it.
If I were Coderre, I’d go full bore on “return to normal” (even though that’s a crazy lie, as Coderre is anothing but normal) because the media bigwigs will give him every assist and PM-supporting rank-and-file reporters have been frozen out enough by her crew not to be super motivated to fight back. Tides have turned on a lot less.
Kate 12:16 on 2021-01-24 Permalink
… a home run
That’s another thing to add to the list of Coderre’s bad obsessions. He enforced baseball fields on parks, notably Jarry Park, although there was no evidence people were clamouring for more baseball facilities. Obviously he wanted to get a major league team back, and this was part of a not very subtle scheme to build enthusiasm by implanting the sport throughout the city. A lot of money was wasted and square footage of parks put out of use for any other purpose, in pursuing this stupid plan.
EmilyG 13:47 on 2021-01-24 Permalink
Yeah. I even heard him mention “bringing the Expos back” when he was speaking at events that had nothing to do with baseball.