{"id":4440,"date":"2009-10-25T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T02:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:38:21","slug":"dimanche-democratique-louise-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/10\/25\/dimanche-democratique-louise-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimanche d\u00e9mocratique : Louise O."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Louise O'Sullivan, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/4040552538\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2589\/4040552538_d489c02067.jpg\" alt=\"Louise O'Sullivan\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00ab Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. \u00bb<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Timothy Leary<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One must not discount the candidacy of Louise O\u2019Sullivan. She and her Parti Montr\u00e9al Ville-Marie do not belong in the same category as the other long shots; O\u2019Suillivan had worked in the current administration under Tremblay as a member of his executive committee. I applaud her actions. Not approving of the direction of City Hall, she decided to set forth and improve the city herself. She could have stayed around and paid lip service to her boss, thereby capitalising on the politicial patronage so many of the other unscrupulous elected officials pursue. Yet, she did not. She has principles. Perhaps we are witnessing the debut of a new \u00ab Projet Montr\u00e9al \u00bb on the civic scene.<\/p>\n<p>With that, I wish the Part Montr\u00e9al Ville-Marie team all the best. It is possible that this may not be their year. However, their platform raises some important issues that desperately need to be addressed in our fair city:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Montr\u00e9al is renown on an international scale in terms of its quality of life. Unfortunately, the municipal government has failed when it comes to contributing to the creation of sustainable wealth for its citizens and the situation continues to worsen. At present, Montr\u00e9al is the poorest city in North America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Currently, Montr\u00e9al ranks fifth among the five major Canadian cities with the highest concentration of entrepreneurs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Montr\u00e9al has too many elected official to be effective. Better results and better quality of public services can be obtained with fewer elected officials; Montr\u00e9al councillors [should be] reduced by 50%, from 105 to 52 and the position a borough mayor will be replaced by presidents of the Borough Council, as was the case before the forced mergers. This reduction will result in the emergence of a truly effective leadership for the Mayor of Montr\u00e9al.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; The boulevard Notre-Dame is not even close to being completed; but G\u00e9rald Tremblay has been talking about it over his two terms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Montr\u00e9al is not as densely populated as European metropolises saturated with cars. Why should the City invest heavily into one luxury transportation mode, while neglecting other methods of public transportation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; The attempt to banish the use of cars downtown is unreasonable. We must encourage the diversity of transportation methods and transport design in Montr\u00e9al to ensure economic development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>and above all:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Before making expensive promises, we need to consolidate, improve and develop what already exists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. \u00bb &#8211; Timothy Leary One must not discount the candidacy of Louise O\u2019Sullivan. 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