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People use cellphones to talk and to text, but soon Ottawa residents may be able to use them to pay for parking.

Ottawa may have a new force on the municipal political scene. But those involved are keeping a low profile, as the movement may be the city’s first local political party.

Councillors eagerly hacked and slashed city programs to reach the target 3.9-per-cent tax increase at a budget committee meeting recently, but their eagerness blinded them to strategy when they cut funding for Crime Prevention Ottawa, says Somerset Ward Coun. Diane Holmes.

City council gave the Lansdowne Live proposal the green light last week with rural and suburban councillors tipping the balance in its favour.