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Montreal City Council Needs Fixing and We Should Start With the Executive Committee
City councils are supposed to be places of calm deliberation where bylaws and business are debated openly and voted upon and decided in public. Unfortunately, in Montreal everything is done in secret and council itself acts largely as a rubber stamp for decisions that have already been finalized by the all powerful executive committee. To make debate and questioning... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 249 days ago.)
City councils are supposed to be places of calm deliberation where bylaws and business are debated openly and voted upon and decided in public. Unfortunately, in Montreal everything is done in secret and council itself acts largely as a rubber stamp for decisions that have already been finalized by the all powerful executive committee. To make debate and questioning... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 249 days ago.)
And, Now For the New Library. Ndg Sports and Recreation Complex Funding Points the Way
After downtown Montreal with its money generating office towers and high rentals, the borough of NDG/CDN is the biggest contributor to the city tax pool. However, for the longest time it has had the lowest per capita budget of any borough in the city of Montreal and even this has been disproportionately spent in the Cote des Neiges sector in successful attempts to buy... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 258 days ago.)
After downtown Montreal with its money generating office towers and high rentals, the borough of NDG/CDN is the biggest contributor to the city tax pool. However, for the longest time it has had the lowest per capita budget of any borough in the city of Montreal and even this has been disproportionately spent in the Cote des Neiges sector in successful attempts to buy... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 258 days ago.)
If the city is dirty, blame Marcel Tremblay
If you think that the city streets are clean and that the snow is removed expeditiously and on time, call the mayor's brother, Marcel and congratulate him. If not, read the following article and, if you agree with the conclusions, call the mayor (514-872-3101) and let him know. After all, Marcel Tremblay is the person on the executive committee responsible for these dossiers and elected people are supposed to... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 265 days ago.)
If you think that the city streets are clean and that the snow is removed expeditiously and on time, call the mayor's brother, Marcel and congratulate him. If not, read the following article and, if you agree with the conclusions, call the mayor (514-872-3101) and let him know. After all, Marcel Tremblay is the person on the executive committee responsible for these dossiers and elected people are supposed to... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 265 days ago.)
Reviving Montreal's 'coffee Shop' Economy
Unfortunately for all of us, Montreal seems to have descended to the level of a coffee shop economy in which expensive cups of coffee are status symbols for people whose personal finances are often in a tight way. Recently, I wrote about the need to make the public investments to put our downtown into shape by buying up some of the more strategic empty lots and using them either for new park space... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 285 days ago.)
Unfortunately for all of us, Montreal seems to have descended to the level of a coffee shop economy in which expensive cups of coffee are status symbols for people whose personal finances are often in a tight way. Recently, I wrote about the need to make the public investments to put our downtown into shape by buying up some of the more strategic empty lots and using them either for new park space... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 285 days ago.)
Exploding Environmental Myths
In recent years marketers and politicians have become increasingly enamoured of creating environmental myths. Marketers want to encourage sales of their products and to increase the chances of getting government grants while politicians want to look as if they care about the environment (to be fair, many of them do). Here, in no order of priority, are a few of what I consider to be environmental myths. MYTH: Car pooling... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 307 days ago.)
In recent years marketers and politicians have become increasingly enamoured of creating environmental myths. Marketers want to encourage sales of their products and to increase the chances of getting government grants while politicians want to look as if they care about the environment (to be fair, many of them do). Here, in no order of priority, are a few of what I consider to be environmental myths. MYTH: Car pooling... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 307 days ago.)
How To Eliminate Montreal's Potholes
Much has been written about the nature of Montreal winters and how the melting snow gets into the road through the cracks and then contracts and expands during alternate thaw and freeze cycles. However, the real reason that all those cracks and holes are there is because Montreal has had no road repair program for the past 40 or 50 years. Instead, road surfaces are scratched and scraped and coated with about two... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 313 days ago.)
Much has been written about the nature of Montreal winters and how the melting snow gets into the road through the cracks and then contracts and expands during alternate thaw and freeze cycles. However, the real reason that all those cracks and holes are there is because Montreal has had no road repair program for the past 40 or 50 years. Instead, road surfaces are scratched and scraped and coated with about two... (posted by Jeremy Searle 3 years 313 days ago.)
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