November 1st, 2009
Dimanche démocratique : Do the right thing
By Émile Thomas // 7 Comments
« L'adulte ne croit pas au père Noël. Il vote. »
- Pierre Desproges
If the mayor'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. I don'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's living room in a 7½ somewhere in Mile End - We've all been there. Trust me, he's not going to call you; they never do. So take some aspirin, drink lots of water, and report for duty: VOTE.
I voted in today'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.
Où vais-je voter ?
Where do I vote ?
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You certainly have a colourful way of getting the vote out, Émile. I've really enjoyed your columns during the campaign and hopefully you'll keep an eye on City Hall once the election's over; public vigilance between elections is probably the best way to limit the hanky-panky that's been revealed on the front pages of late.
If "colourful" is to read "awkwardly adolescent", I agree whole heatedly, Mr. Larsen!
Given the penchant for silly outbursts, I wonder if Mr. Thomas is Mr. Bergeron's communication's director?
Oh beans.
HEARTEDLY, that is!
I like how Tremblay went from a guy who most people thought was doing an okay job, to full out, public opinion, he-doesn't-deserve-to-be-mayor-but-still-is, in three short months. Pretty mediocre election result, really! A lamer status quo. Nobody believes anything Tremblay says now. Not the best way to have a mayor. He'll have to dig deep to make this work. Maybe he'll do something interesting now.
Émile, I for one love the style of your articles and hope you don't take any of the criticisms I've read in some of the comments to heart.
The pic of the voting office you used was where I went to vote, seems to have been a clean sweep for Project Montreal in the Plateau, but not too much impact in most other parts of town.
I'm surprised Tremblay remains, such a conservative result.
Does anyone know why there were so many spoiled votes? What could have gone wrong exactly? I'm sure some were spoiled on purpose out of protest but 14,021 (so far according to http://resultats.election-montreal.qc.ca/index.fr.html?dt=1257183649597)
that seems like a lot to me.
Thanks for the articles!
Feh!
Worst.
Elections.
Ever.
The results are so close, we won't know for weeks the final outcome as most seats will go to automatic recount.
What a farce!
"Make a change. I don’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’s living room in a 7½ somewhere in Mile End – We’ve all been there. Trust me, he’s not going to call you; they never do."
Ew
Comment by NEUmontréal
November 1, 2009 | 4:31 pm