Spilt Milk & Sour Grapes

Mayor Miller seems to be getting his shorts in a knot over council rejecting his proposed tax increases.
One of the projects not being done because of this happens to be "the planned $1.2 million renovations to his office". Must be one hell of an office.
Miller then lists a number of cuts and deferals to city spending (some of which seem fairly petty to me).
Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong "complained that shortly after Miller talked of saving money, the mayor was arguing in favour of a motion to spend $1.2 million to buy Theatre Passe Muraille and keep it from going out of business. After considerable discussion, the purchase passed by a 30-8 vote."
So, I guess instead of office renovations, Mayor Miller bought a theatre instead.