http:\/\/www.dianaswednesday.com\/2013\/10\/montreal-seeks-a-mayor\/<\/a><\/p>\n(Note to readers: Diana is the gracious hostess of Wednesday Nights, a salon that I often attend.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are lots of articles about the upcoming election that are worth reading whether or not you agree with the stance of the people writing them. They include: Cult Montreal Want a bit of a laugh? Check out Cult Montreal’s best graffiti on\u00a0Montreal mayor candidate\u00a0campaign posters at\u00a0http:\/\/cultmontreal.com\/2013\/10\/montreal-mayoral-campaign-posters\/ Globe and Mail Konrad Yakabuski argues strenuously in […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journalism","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-N1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2950,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/montreal-mayor-debates\/","url_meta":{"origin":3039,"position":0},"title":"Debates for Montreal Mayor","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"October 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Several debates have occurred among the many candidates for Montreal mayor during this campaign. 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