Valérie Plante publicly collapses: Her reputation in ruins
So, our favorite mayor, Valérie Plante, has struck again!
This time, she found a way to stand out… by being completely absent from a crucial event for Montreal.
Does the Presidents Cup mean anything to you?
It is just one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the PGA Tour, bringing in $60 million in economic benefits and more than $5 million in charitable donations.
But Valérie decided that it wasn’t really her kind of evening, so she sent a counsellor from Lachine in her place.
Because, in his mind, this tournament is not much more than a mini-putting contest in the back of his garden.
It must be said that Valérie really has a talent for avoiding anything that could attract a minimum of positive visibility.
While the city’s politicians and thinkers gathered under the bright sun to inaugurate the Partisan Village, she showed up at a press conference on a comedy school.
Because apparently she needs to improve her stand-up!
At this point, one wonders if she is really managing Montreal or if she is just playing a giant game of hide-and-seek with Montrealers.
And it’s not the first time she’s pulled the big disappearing trick on us.
Remember the Montreal Grand Prix.
Everyone was on edge, with traders counting on this event to bring in some cash after the difficult years of the pandemic.
And Valerie, what did she do?
She ordered the closure of the terraces on Peel Street.
Tourists? Restaurant owners? Ah, that’s not his problem!
When it comes to giving a boost to the local economy, Valérie is like a ghost: we know she exists, but we never see her.
But wait, it doesn’t stop there.
Our dear Valérie has also developed a certain talent for the art of strategic escape.
Do you have any criticism for him on social media?
No problem, she found the solution: block the comments!
It’s as if she thinks that until she reads the complaints, they don’t exist.
And in the meantime, she continues to do “Valérie”, like inspecting the height of the plants on the terraces in the middle of the Pride Festival.
Yes, you heard right: the height of the plants!
As if this were the city’s top priority in the middle of tourist season.
Serge Sasseville, independent councillor for the Ville-Marie borough, did not hesitate to remind him that “this is not a small mini-putt tournament” and that the least he could have done would have been to show up at this major event.
But hey, you have to believe that Valérie had other things to do, like perfecting her comedy skills.
And then, to top it all off, she promised to stop by the Royal Montreal for the tournament, but just after her little trip to New York.
Because, obviously, there are much more important things to do abroad than here in Montreal, where everything is going so well, right?
Perhaps when she returns, she will finally realize that the city is sinking, partly because of her inaction and her serial absences.
In response to these criticisms, his team came out with the same old excuse: “The mayor offers her support to the organizers to make this tournament a success. The City offers its security and traffic services.”
Well yes, that’s certainly what we expect from a mayor… that she just delegates.
And let’s be honest, we’re starting to get tired of this “I’m there when it suits me” attitude.
Maybe it’s time she realized that running a city isn’t just a part-time job where you choose your own hours.
Montrealers need a mayor who understands their realities, who is there when it counts, and who doesn’t hide when things start to heat up.
But hey, until then, we can always hope.
Hoping that one day, Valérie Plante will understand that her constant absence only highlights her inability to manage real affairs.
Hopefully she’ll eventually realize that Montreal deserves better than a mayor who seems to spend more time avoiding the cameras than governing.
And above all, hope that she understands that her art of absence is starting to resemble a bad joke… and that no one laughs anymore.
Misery …
