By Dan Delmar The Suburban Beryl Wajsman, editor of The Suburban, and president of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal (IAPM), says he ?can?t sit back and watch this city being run into the ground? any longer; he announced last night that he wants to add Mayor of Montreal to his lengthy CV. Wajsman gathered a few close friends and colleagues at Chez Alexandre on Peel St. and stunned the crowd of roughly 20 when he declared his candidacy and introduced his new political party, Action Montreal (AM). Wajsman explained the name by pointing out ?there?s no unity in Union Montréal and there?s no vision in Vision Montréal, it?s a time for action for Montreal.? The move comes hours after Wajsman supporters were given a chilly reception at Montreal city hall by councillors who seemed reluctant to ease parking meter tariffs. As head of the IAPM, Wajsman has been pushing for a return to free parking on Sundays, as well as on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings ? as reported in this week?s edition. ?What we?re seeing is the municipal government decimating the citizens; drowning them in extras fees, taxes, laws, bylaws, sub-laws?it?s inhumane,? Wajsman said. ?I?m sick of the gratuitous tax grabs. Successive administrations have been slowly killing this city, reducing it to the place where Torontonians come once a year to have a good time ? but God forbid they should invest here!? Wajsman plans to continue to function as editor of this news-

?What we?re seeing is the municipal government decimating the citizens; drowning them in extras fees, taxes, laws, bylaws, sub-laws?it?s inhumane,? Wajsman said.

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Wajsman for Mayor

The Suburban?s editor challenges the City

Beryl Wajsman to run for Mayor of Montreal. paper throughout the campaign and leading up to the November elections. That decision was quickly denounced by Dominic de Villepin, a spokesperson for the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ), who said having an established weekly newspaper push the candidacy of its editor is a clear violation of ethical guidelines. Wajsman chucked at the criticism, saying ?the FPJQ is a mediocre organization run by mediocre journalists who wouldn?t know advocacy if it bit them in the ass. They say they are modest. Well, come to think of it, they have a lot to be modest about.? A graduate of McGill Law school, Wajsman has devoted his career to combining politics, public advocacy and media. Until last year, Wajsman was host of the highly regarded ?Last Angry Man? newsmagazine on the nowdefunct news/talk station, 940 Montreal. He is heard as a guest contributor on CJAD?s Tommy Schnurmacher Show. He said See WAJSMAN, page 5

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