HARD AT WORK: While in Ottawa for a board meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in December 2004, Councillor Kositsky and Aaron Dinwoodie, a past President of the Union of B.C. Municipalities, dropped in at 24 Sussex Drive to discuss the return of the fuel tax to municipalities. Unfortunately the Prime Minister was not at home that morning to receive guests from the west, but successful negotiations between FCM, UBCM, the Province of B.C. and the federal government means local governments in B.C. now receive more than $600 million annually in gas taxes for local roads and public transit improvements.