Reevely: City treasurer finds surprise $10M, potholes get fixed, Watson reminds renegade councillors who`s in charge
(WorldNews Canada)

Ottawa`s potholes will get an extra $10 million worth of fixes next year, Ottawa taxpayers won`t have to pay an extra infrastructure levy to cover the cost, and Mayor Jim Watson got to show a group of eight rebellious city councillors on Wednesday what happens when they cross him. All thanks to several million dollars the city`s finance department found in city hall`s couch cushions last week, just in time for the final vote on the city government`s 2018 budget. The usually mannered debate over the city budget turned nasty late last week, when those eight councillors, led by Kitchissippi`s Jeff Leiper and Gloucester-Southgate`s Diane Deans, shared publicly a plan to hike taxes 2.5 per cent...