{"id":4316,"date":"2009-11-01T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:38:21","slug":"dimanche-democratique-do-the-right-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/11\/01\/dimanche-democratique-do-the-right-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimanche d\u00e9mocratique : Do the right thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Bureau de Vote by \u00c9mile Thomas, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/4065491288\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2791\/4065491288_73beacec94.jpg\" alt=\"Bureau de Vote\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00ab L&#8217;adulte ne croit pas au p\u00e8re No\u00ebl. Il vote. \u00bb<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Pierre Desproges<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If<\/em> the mayor&#8217;s office is supposed to represent the city, and the city is supposed to represent Montrealers, <em>then<\/em> we are all <a title=\"We're No. 28! Montreal no longer dead last in prosperity\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.canada.com\/montrealgazette\/features\/viewpoints\/story.html?id=d8c89354-85fe-4d85-8482-1e4f4a933125\">poor<\/a>, <a title=\"Accelerating investment for the future prosperity of metropolitan regions: The case of Montreal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmm.qc.ca\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/documents\/doc_orientation_ang.pdf\">uneducated<\/a>, <a title=\"Montreal is a corrupt, crumbling, mob-ridden disgrace\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/2009\/07\/08\/macleans-covers-gallery\/mac_cover_091109\/\">corrupt<\/a> and <a title=\"Montreal\u2019s Scandals in Mayoral Race Revive Sin City Moniker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601082&amp;sid=aXbh61B3hoEs\">scandal-<\/a><a title=\"Montreal election mired in 'Mafia' allegations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/article\/715874--montreal-election-mired-in-mafia-allegations\">ridden<\/a> <a title=\"Montreal city hall run by Mafia-like system: ex-opposition leader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2009\/10\/22\/montreal-mafia-labonte.html\">mafiosi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make a change. I don&#8217;t care if you were up until 6 this morning getting dirty with some guy in an Easter bunny costume on the makeshift dance floor that was a stranger&#8217;s living room in a 7\u00bd somewhere in Mile End &#8211; We&#8217;ve all been there. Trust me, he&#8217;s not going to call you; they never do. So take some aspirin,\u00a0 drink lots of water, and report for duty: <strong>VOTE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Je  vote by Spacing Montr\u00e9al, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/4064348889\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2585\/4064348889_cba2f518cf.jpg\" alt=\"Je  vote\" width=\"475\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I voted in today&#8217;s elections. Perhaps democracy has never been the problem. Maybe we are. They say the people deserve the government that they elect. Hopefully you make the right choice before 8pm tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/election-montreal.qc.ca\/voter\/ou-voter\/index.fr.html\">O\u00f9 vais-je voter ?<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/election-montreal.qc.ca\/voter\/ou-voter\/index.en.html\"><br \/>\nWhere do I vote ?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab L&#8217;adulte ne croit pas au p\u00e8re No\u00ebl. Il vote. \u00bb &#8211; Pierre Desproges If the mayor&#8217;s office is supposed to represent the city, and the city is supposed to represent Montrealers, then we are all poor, uneducated, corrupt and scandal-ridden mafiosi. Make a change. 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