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It’s obvious that Alan’s raison d’etre is simply to pass all responsibility onto the province.  So here you go…

Alan DeSousa = Mayor of Ville St-Laurent (Check)
City of Montréal Executive Responsible for “sustainable development”
City of Montreal Executive Responsible for “Blaming Quebec for all that ails the City”
City of Montreal Executive Committee responsible for economic development
City […]

I think anyone that takes matters into their own hands and specifically out of the useless hands of Alan DeSousa and City Hall is to be commended.
Stephen McLeod is one such person.  With 60 clients spread around StHenri, NDG and the Plateau, who are willing to pay 5$ per week for Stephen to pick up […]

With all this talk about new tramways running around town, I was wondering what all that infrastructure would cost (some say 44Million/km, some say 80).
On my end I think it’s a complete waste of money to build:

the tracks
the nasty power lines
the special track clearing machines for snow and ice
the service depots for trams
the ’stations’
and ummm […]

More news on Toyota’s upcoming game plan. From plug-in hybrid’s to more efficient and smaller internal combustion engines and perhaps fully electric micro cars. Check out the story on Autopia, here.

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Water.  Buzzword of the next century.  Oil is so passé.
Watching a client drain (mostly) and  then refill his swimming pool with a an unmetered water supply strikes me as the very heart (or at least the kidneys) of our wasteful ways.  No consideration goes into the costs of flushing tens of thousands of litres down […]

One of Alan DeSousa’s pet projects during his tenure on the council has been trying to improve air quality in Montreal.  I’m unaware of any legislative changes he has enacted to make this happen.  Have you?  Comment if you do.
With our first smog alert occurring earlier then ever before on the island things need to […]

Number of days without street cleaning: 28
Hey Alan, where are the street cleaners? Maybe we should push the start date to May 1st for next year, or possibly June 1st?
The citizens of the area have done their part, our home fronts are clean and debris-free, now it’s your turn to get to work.
UPDATE: […]