Incumbent Mayor Larry O'Brien wants residents to vote for a councillor who supports the ideas of the person who wins the mayor's chair.
"I'm just going to simply point out that if you want what the mayor's going to offer, you better make sure that you have councillors who believe in the same thing -- at least on important issues like finance; at least on important issues like transit; and at least on important issues like how the city runs," O'Brien told CTV Ottawa at his campaign launch at the Heart and Crown pub in the Byward Market Wednesday night.
As mayor, O'Brien failed to deliver on his 2006 campaign promise of a zero per cent tax increase.
However, when O'Brien announced he would seek re-election, he indicated low taxes remain his priority.
"I will never stop trying to get zero as a tax rate," O'Brien said during the June announcement.
O'Brien will launch his financial plan for the city on Sept. 12, which is expected to include widespread wage freezes for city employees.
"I am going to be releasing a plan that will push a reset button on the way the city spends money," O'Brien said Wednesday.
Mayoral candidate Jim Watson launched his fiscal platform on Tuesday, promising to cut costs by introducing a salary freeze for the mayor, city council and senior managers, as well as a hiring freeze. Watson also held a campaign rally Wednesday night.
