Court lifts Montgomery’s suspension
Superior Court has lifted Sue Montgomery’s suspension as borough mayor, while a judge looks into her appeal against the municipal commission.
Montgomery’s tenure as borough mayor seems to have produced nothing but legal wrangling, although I doubt she went into the political fray with such an intention. But after her well publicized troubles with a certain unnamed harasser, which date back to her time as a Gazette journalist, is it not possible that someone identified her weaknesses and set out to bring her down legalistically? (“Just keep throwing complaints at her and you’ll keep her so busy defending herself that she won’t have time or credibility to make any changes in the borough”?)
Ideally someone would eventually tell the whole tale objectively, although even trying to interview people and get the real story would probably founder on more “he said, she said” accounts that would shed no more light on the matter.
Dominic 10:05 on 2021-07-30 Permalink
What drama. I dont think we will ever find out.
walkerp 12:13 on 2021-07-30 Permalink
Would be nice to see a list of actual things completed in the borough while she has been in power.
I do feel like there is a failure of local journalism here. Not critiquing any individual as maybe the background to a story like this requires too much speculation and it’s not big enough to merit that kind of gossip. If blogs were still around, we might have got some real dirt.
ant6n 22:56 on 2021-07-30 Permalink
“Montgomery’s tenure as borough mayor seems to have produced nothing but legal wrangling (…)”
What’s Plante’s tenure produced? I guess there’s the REV. St-Denis is indeed much nicer now, too bad I don’t live in the area anymore. Oh they also did buy a bunch of diesel buses right at the start. Oh they are doing a study now on the pink line, which I guess is now a tram to Lachine. Did I forget something?
dhomas 06:28 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
Plante and her team also accomplished:
-Getting us out of the ridiculous Formula E deal
Allowed car sharing services downtown
Transit fare cuts for the young and the elderly
Made the city more livable for people actually living here (not people driving in from the suburbs)
Did quite a bit to advance social housing
I’m sure there’s more. But I can say I much prefer what she’s accomplished, given the fact that she also had to contend with a pandemic. Coderre had a ton of money to play with for the 375th anniversary of Montreal and basically just used it to try to make himself look like a big shot.
walkerp 10:35 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
I’ve got issues with PM but they have done more to improve Montreal from my perspective than any other previous mayor in the 17 years we’ve been here. It’s easier to get around, looks nicer and several minor services have improved.
Kate 12:06 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
PM has calmed streets a good deal. There’s more to do, boroughs vary, but it’s been something good but non-showy that they’ve focused on.
MarcG 14:20 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
It’s hard to know who’s responsible for what but in my neighbourhood there have been a lot of new speed bumps, stop signs, whatever those bump-outs with a little garden in them at street corners are called, and bike paths over the last few years and I like it.
Mark Côté 17:16 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
my neighbourhood there have been a lot of new speed bumps, stop signs, whatever those bump-outs with a little garden in them at street corners are called
FWIW it’s the same in NDG, so apparently the city council here has been able to accomplish some things. They even tried to put in bike lanes on Terrebonne but that was a step too far for car lovers.
Tim S. 17:25 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
I can say that in NDG, my PM councillor has been able to respond to many of the requests or suggestions I’ve made – better signage, adding pedestrian measures and so on. Sure, they’ve been small-scale,but it’s proof that at least part of the borough government is still functioning and able to deliver for residents.
H. John 22:57 on 2021-07-31 Permalink
Here’s Justice Phillips preliminary ruling:
https://tinyurl.com/t3bwurvj
Kate 09:19 on 2021-08-01 Permalink
Thank you, H. John.