I was in Montreal for the mayoral election - everyone in my family who lives there voted for Plante.  No one mentioned the 'old boys', or any of that - what ticked them (and others) off about Coderre was his arrogance and forging ahead without even the semblance of collaboration.  He was seen to waste a huge amount of the taxpayers dollar as well.  As some people there said - why did he bother with a hugely expensive 375th birthday anniversary for the city, when the really big one - 400 years - is coming up relatively soon?