Denley: A slippery mayor confronts a small outburst of democracy

Eels would be envious of the slipperiness of Mayor Jim Watson.
It looked as if the mayor was in for a difficult session at the city budget discussion Wednesday.
Eight city councillors wanted to break Watson’s sacred promise of a two per cent tax limit by imposing a small levy to help fix up the city’s crumbling infrastructure.
The motion was never going to pass, but it was uncomfortable for Watson, who is never happy when others hold an idea that is different from his. Worse, the mot