Outgoing City council leader Ross Willmott will give up the hotseat on March 15. The runners and riders are already making their moves for his chair. The significance of his departure date wasn’t really noticed at the time, but his reign ends on the Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was bumped-off by fellow politicians – including his close friend Brutus.

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