{"id":3028,"date":"2013-10-22T23:57:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T03:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2013-10-22T23:57:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T03:57:57","slug":"patrick-asch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/patrick-asch\/","title":{"rendered":"LaSalle Candidate for Mayor: Patrick Asch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Association: Projet Montr\u00e9al – \u00c9quipe Bergeron, <\/b>http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/patrick-asch\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Patrick<\/a>After working with cities across Montreal on grass-roots development for the past 23 years, Patrick Asch has decided to take a different approach to helping people.<\/p>\n

As the founder of Heritage Laurentien, he\u2019s known for his commitment to the environment. For the past two years, he\u2019s worked as a part-time counsellor for his local member of Parliament, where he\u2019s been focussed on helping people with immigration, pension and unemployment problems. Now, he\u2019s given up all association with his previous organization and he\u2019s taken a leave of absence from his job at H\u00e9l\u00e8ne LeBlanc\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m mayor, I\u2019m going to be a full-time mayor,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

If he wins, his main priorities will be increasing resident involvement, improving transportation, reducing taxation and improving safety.<\/p>\n

Resident involvement will be increased through committees, hands-on politician involvement in projects and full webcasting of council meetings. Taxation is too high too, he says. He believes he\u2019ll be able to wipe out the local tax within four years of becoming mayor.<\/p>\n

LaSalle\u2019s worst problem now and in the immediate future is transportation, he says. That\u2019s likely to get worse as the Turcot Exchange and the Champlain Bridge go under repairs. He has ideas for a tram on the old railway line through LaSalle to link the Angrignon Metro with Dorval Airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to improve public transportation. It takes 45 for Bus 110 to get to Angrignon and most of the 106 buses are full. Six or seven can pass before you get on. The roads are always full. It\u2019s impossible to get either in or out. We have to fix that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, LaSalle residents are boxed in,\u201d says Asch. \u201cWe need easier ways to get into and out of the borough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team: Sault-Saint-Louis District<\/h2>\n

City councillor: Monika Niedbalski, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/monika-niedbalski\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Borough councillor: Patrizia Buffone, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/patrizia-buffone\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Borough councillor: Romarick Okou, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/romarick-okou\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Team: Cecil-P.-Newman District<\/h2>\n

City councillor: Yosef Azzouni, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/yosef-azzouni\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Borough councillor: Amir Khan, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/amir-khan\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Borough councillor: Mody Maka Barry, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/mody-maka-barry\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Association: Projet Montr\u00e9al – \u00c9quipe Bergeron, http:\/\/projetmontreal.org\/les-elus\/patrick-asch\/ After working with cities across Montreal on grass-roots development for the past 23 years, Patrick Asch has decided to take a different approach to helping people. As the founder of Heritage Laurentien, he\u2019s known for his commitment to the environment. For the past two years, he\u2019s worked as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-MQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-fishing-festival-set-for-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":3028,"position":0},"title":"LaSalle Fishing Festival Set for Saturday","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"June 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Long line-ups are expected Saturday morning at des Rapids Park on the waterfront south of 7th Avenue in LaSalle. 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