Reevely: Ottawa councillors` infrastructure rebellion seems doomed - but it`s a noble failure
(WorldNews Canada)

Every year, Mayor Jim Watson dares city councillors to find a way to mess with his budget. This year, a record eight councillors are taking him up on it, proposing a small one-time infrastructure levy to fix crumbling roads and maybe replace a pipe or two. Unless something truly extraordinary happens in Wednesday`s city council meeting, they will fail. Ten councillors are firmly against them, two are openly very skeptical, and 12 votes is the ballgame. But that eight councillors signed up for a rebellion is something. Council`s downtown lefties, whose idea of what the city government should do differs from the mayor`s, took a while but eventually realized they had that in common....