Plante, her promises and her achievements
La Presse weighs up the 2017 electoral promises of Valérie Plante and judges whether she’s been able to keep them. Short version: she’s in the process of keeping them except for holding property taxes below the level of inflation.
And there’s a coda about Plante’s parting of the ways with borough mayors Sue Montgomery and Giuliana Fumagalli, although no mention of the sudden departure of Luc Ferrandez from municipal politics.
jeather 14:20 on 2021-10-02 Permalink
I am not delighted by every one of her choices but overall she has a close enough version of the city to me and whatever else, her goal as mayor is to make the city better, not to earn eternal personal fame or make a fortune in graft. I voted for her last time and hope she wins again.
Mark Côté 16:52 on 2021-10-02 Permalink
I’m so torn between voting for Sue Montgomery vs projet’s NDG mayoral candidate, Gracia Kasoki Katahwa. If Montgomery was indeed trying to deal with intransigence in municipal affairs and was punished for it, I want to support her. But Project aren’t terrible in general, and the pragmatist in me balks at the idea of another 4 years of fighting in city council. Blech I hope some day we find out what all this kerfuffle was really about.
Tim S. 22:23 on 2021-10-02 Permalink
Mark, do your best to meet them in person and decide for yourself. There’s one particular local candidate that, having met, I will never vote for, no matter what the press coverage says or how much I agree with their stated ideology.