Mayor gets his own voodoo doll

CANADA- group of artists opposed to the re-election of Saguenay Mayor Jean Tremblay is selling voodoo dolls bearing the politician's likeness in the hope that he will retire.
Pierre Demers, a film teacher at Cégep de Jonquière and a long-time outspoken critic of Tremblay, said it's time for the mayor's 12-year reign to end.
"Maybe it's time for him to retire," he said.
Demers, who came up with the idea for the voodoo doll, which comes with its own pins, said the handmade doll portrays Tremblay with a crucifix at his hip because of the mayor's legal fight to continue reciting a prayer before council meetings.
Tremblay has been a defender of Quebec's Roman Catholic roots and said he had no intention of cancelling the prayer even after Quebec's human rights commission asked the city in May 2008 to stop praying before council meetings.
Demers also criticized the mayor for running what he calls a "totalitarian regime" where there is no room for debate.
Tremblay, who is running for a fourth term, won the last election with 72 per cent of the vote, and a local poll predicts similar results on Nov. 1 when more than 1,000 Quebec municipalities hold elections.
Tremblay said he's not upset, adding the voodoo doll is hardly worth a comment.
"Ha, he can say what he wants, but I don't think the people think that," Tremblay said