Denley: Ottawa council chairs – Watson's wishes will be their command

Ottawa voters have let Mayor Jim Watson down rather badly. We did not elect nearly enough of his favoured candidates, leaving him desperately short of acceptable people to fill the main roles on council. Once he discarded the ones he doesn’t like, the ones who will not automatically support him on every vote and the ones who might run against him next time, the pickings were slim.
Some have criticized the mayor for giving little important work to councillors from the centre of the city, bu