Montreal mayor's pothole woes become personal, with two blown tires

“Two tires. Two flats.” Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has spent much of the past two weeks publicly discussing the issue of potholes, a situation exacerbated not only by extreme temperatures but a lack of equipment to deal with it. However on Monday night, the mayor’s story became personal. Very personal. In an Instagram video, Martinez Ferrada showed herself being helped out by a tow-truck driver after she blew out two tires on potholes while driving along Notre Dame