{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Montreal","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal","author_name":"Devin Alfaro","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/author\/devin\/","title":"Longevity in municipal politics - Spacing Montreal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PhuVoevB9z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/19\/longevity-in-municipal-politics\/\">Longevity in municipal politics<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/19\/longevity-in-municipal-politics\/embed\/#?secret=PhuVoevB9z\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Longevity in municipal politics&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Montreal\" data-secret=\"PhuVoevB9z\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"Unlike most cities in North America, Montreal&#8217;s municipal politics are organized around formal political parties. One effect that this has is to greatly increase turnover rates on City Council. In many cities politics are dominated by the same faces for decades. The more established a councillor, the more likely credible challengers will wait for themContinue reading","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/02\/marvin-rotrand.jpg"}