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The city sponsored the CFL’s championship game with tax dollars, not to mention rebuilt the stadium where the game will be played, so city councillors and a friend can get in free. That’s partnership.

Council members can also snaffle $100 in “food and cocktails provided by the event,” though any more than that and they’d have to report it. Also, Marleau warned, make sure any party you might go to around the game isn’t organized by a lobbyist or anyone who’s hired a lobbyist.

Which means it’s also OK to accept $150 tickets to an official tailgate party at the Aberdeen Pavilion, which are also on offer, Marleau clarified in a fresh note on Friday afternoon. Though because that’s technically a distinct event, any politician who goes will have to disclose the freebie on the official registry.

Mayor Jim Watson is going to the game, his press secretary Livia Belcea said.

“Mayor Watson will be in the north side, at the invitation of the CFL commissioner,” she wrote in an email Friday. “The integrity commissioner has indicated that these tickets do not need to be disclosed, as the Grey Cup is an Ottawa 2017 event and has received funding from the Major Events Fund.”

The tickets councillors were offered are in Section E, about halfway back. That’s in the middle of the field, some of the best seats at TD Place outside a corporate box. They retailed for $525 each, though on the secondary market online they’re going for a few bucks less.

Besides Watson, councillors who say they’re going are: