James, John and Kevin dis­cuss the city’s pre­lim­i­nary 2014 bud­get (includ­ing its con­tro­ver­sial non-essen­tial-employ­ee unpaid-Christ­mas-leave pro­pos­al), Scott Field­ing’s recent spate of big civic ideas, and the con­do­mini­um devel­op­ments ris­ing over the grave of the Mont­calm Motor Hotel.