"[5] Savoidakis tried, without success, to convince Drapeau's administration to hold night court sessions for the convenience of working Montrealers.
[6] Savoidakis also sought to increase representation from Montreal's cultural communities on the city's police force, despite reluctance from within his own party.
[8] He welcomed a Quebec Superior Court ruling in 1985 that determined the province's Charter of the French Language could not prevent businesses from using English on signs and advertisements.
Savoidakis said that he was not concerned with this threat; describing himself as a "small-c conservative," he also said that he would not defect to the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM), which was then in opposition.
[10] When Jean Drapeau announced that he would seek not re-election in 1986, Savoidakis supported Yvon Lamarre's unsuccessful bid to become the party's new mayoral candidate.
[13] On one occasion, the Montreal Gazette described Savoidakis as "one of the few high-profile politicians in the city who is respected by almost everyone, no matter what their political orientation.