Towing the party line

I've lived in Montreal my entire life and followed our provincial politics with great concern for as long as I can remember. The campaign for a new mayor of our city began weeks ago and the trail has gotten seriously ugly, with no end in sight. Just when I thought we'd moved well beyond our having to endure the division between our two languages, we managed to get hauled back into the fire again. This time it was for the slogan "GO MONTREAL", which was somehow deemed too English by the French language police and it's separatist followers. RUBBISH! (how's that for a bit o' English!?).
Just this past week, more stupidities reared their head. This time in the form of municipal corruption accusations, where millions of dollars in contributions of $100 or more are now being questioned.
It seems to me (and most of the friends I surround myself with) that there is a "witch hunt" going on now in an attempt to make these municipal elections more news-worthy and create doubt by sensationalism (what else is new?). Former Mayor, Pierre Bourque, is accusing Gerald Tremblay of giving too many contracts to the private sector, and as part of his own political agenda, he claims that if elected into office again, he will form an ethics committee to probe into such issues.
To me, this is pandering and filibustering of the worst kind.
Thank goodness there is a voice of reason out there, represented by our chief electoral officer, who is refusing to start any investigations into party financing. I say, let's concentrate on getting Tremblay, in my opinion the most qualified person running, re-elected for another term and start working on issues that really matter.