Scanned, recopied or Internet copy, if there are errors, please e-mail me with corrections: Opening comments: More at the end. Toronto Sun - Aug. 6, 2010 - By Ted Woloshyn - ted.woloshyn@sunmedia.ca - Inquiry bill will sting Mississauga Thank goodness odds on the cost for the Mississauga judicial inquiry were not offered on Ontario’s Pro-Line, or the OLG would have been forced to file for bankruptcy.At the outset the inquiry was projected to cost $2 million to $2.5 million. Nobody bought that number. Most would have taken the over. That taxpayer-funded figure is now $5 million — and it ain’t over yet. Understandably, many are wondering why. Actually they are seriously ticked it’s hit that mark. So how did this happen? Did they not consider summoning people forward to testify, legal costs, and all the paper work and preparation that goes with it would be so expensive? Again, nobody bought the original number but those who insisted the inquiry take place either didn’t believe those who offered caution, or just didn’t give a damn. And remember, this inquiry is not a trial. No one has been charged with breaking any law, no one will be convicted, and no one will be sentenced to serve time. But if you request or demand someone defend themselves regarding allegations or suppositions then you are responsible for their legal costs, otherwise it’s a wide open shooting gallery. Yee-haw! Welcome to basic democratic rights and freedom. Earlier this week Mayor Hazel McCallion, who has already incurred $150,000 in legal fees, asked council to extend coverage of her legal fees to $400,000. Much to the surprise of many, they unanimously agreed — led by McCallion’s nemesis Coun. Carolyn Parrish, albeit reluctantly. It turned out they had no choice. You get the feeling Parrish is beginning to realize this vendetta is losing steam, big time, and maybe it’s time to alter her posture. Maybe it’s time to appear somewhat conciliatory. But Parrish is not one to sit back in silence. When the inquiry was first launched, Coun. Katie Mahoney suggested a monthly report on costs be released. It passed unanimously. It was then requested the results be more detailed, and that, of course, became more costly. An independent company was engaged to sift through city documents and transfer them to electronic files for the sake of expedience. Parrish now plans to re-visit that decision. But why now? The inquiry continues on Monday, but council doesn’t return until September, and by then the majority of the inquiry will have been completed. So is she hoping they can somehow keep the final costs down to a murmur? How this inquiry will end, and what the findings and recommendations are remain to be seen, but here’s what we know: At a cost of some $6 or $7 million, if at the end of this repugnant voyage nothing concrete is resolved the city of Mississauga’s reputation will have been tarnished by those seeking political gain. They will be seen as opportunistic individuals willing to tarnish the character of a mayor who has served her constituents for more than 30 years, when all that was needed was an integrity commissioner and councillors willing to make changes that would ensure transparency, and good governance. As the mayor’s legal counsel, Elizabeth McIntyre, so rightfully stated, “It is very expensive to do these inquiries and the city council should have done so with their eyes open.” It’s a little late for members to come to the realization this is not council’s inquiry; it’s just their bill. And that price tag comes complete with a picture of the seven who deemed it necessary. Comments by others, 35, to this web-page; Laurie@city Report Comment It shows that if you do not share the same opinion or even make a comment , some pps revert to nasty expletives, why? xoxoxo :) MISSISSAUGAWATCH Report Comment You wrote: "Tell me Ms Watch have you never made a mistake, a judgement error, protected a family situation.. how about a parking ticket etc.Perfect,HUH?" Nope. DO make mistakes. You'll see them on the Internet! And that's the point! I don't delete my mistakes and fake like they never happen. I admit to them and then offer up a correction. MYTHissauga lies, denies. (tons of video evidence) You wrote: "If you are so anti everything in Mississauga, why punish yourself ?? Move." I am ANTI-LIES-CORRUPTION @$$*** and a citizen's duty is to STAY - bear witness! You asked, "Are you the person in the ball cap glued to a camera and running for mayor?" Not running for mayor. Researching what it's like to deal with @$$***s like you The Ram Report Comment No one's Discounting Madam Mayor's "Contributions". I, for one, was her Biggest Fan. . 4Ever. . Blindly Voting. . . in a Haze. . . If U Actually "Look" at "Drivel Facts", you will appreciate that: Just the TIP of the 'Berg! spiderveins Report Comment Mississauga Watch Report Comment Royson James "Step one: End the denials." "To the army of Hazel McCallion apologists — many itching to re-elect her Oct. 25 — testimony out of the Mississauga judicial inquiry must be painful. At best, Peter McCallion used his mom, the good graces of her Streetsville home and the tax-supported res...ources of the mayor’s office to feather his own nest." "At worst, he was aided and abetted by the powerful mayor mom who seems to have her hand in every deal, a finger in every transaction, and bared knuckles at the ready to drive hesitant developers to the altar." "Whatever you believe, the public process is badly broken in Mississauga..." Such behaviour is clearly forbidden in most municipalities. We hope." lanny Report Comment frank-n-city Report Comment Corey L Report Comment
MISSISSAUGAWATCH Report Comment You wrote: "CONGRATS ON RUNNING, I applaud people who stick up for what they believe and in this case you are one of them. We will see in November what the public think of you as a candidate." I'm so confident of a loss that I've booked vacation two days after election! :-) You wrote: "Personally I dont think the majority of people in Mississauga see thing the way you do, and are quite content with Hazel. In most peoples opinion she has done her job very well, and we all know that a few things slip under the table and no one gets excited." Agree completely. Mississauga voters care only about their wallets. Hazel's son makin' millions on a secret land deal --and Hazel helping. Ain't no big thing. George from Brampton Report Comment MISSISSAUGAWATCH Report Comment You wrote: "In reality what you are stating when you run against Hazel is that about 95% of the people agree with her and you are one of the 5% who dont. Pretty hard to beat them odds. If you feel that Mississauga has been wronged, then run for the mayors chair....Good luck, take your chance, put your money where your mouth is, and walk the walk instead of just talk the talk." I signed up to run for Mayor against Hazel McCallion on January 4th and was the FIRST person to file! Here is video of me filing --and the reasons why. ""The Mississauga Muse" (MISSISSAUGAWATCH) ru... --hobbles for MAYOR. " at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyo5ff1a5qA Watch and you'll see the Hazel McCallion the public doesn't... Watch. Geirge from Bramton Report Comment Willy Report Comment Lived there for fifteen years till the late eighties. I wouldn't even send my worst enemy in there and Hazel or PEEL Region have not done anything to try to eradicate the crime. Sad MISSISSAUGAWATCH Report Comment Michele Mandel July 27, 2010 8:44pm "McCallion's son testifies at inquiry" at: www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/michele_mandel/2010/07/27/14846711.html and: Michele Mandel July 28, 2010 7:05pm "Hazel McCallion's son keeps it under his hat" at: www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/michele_mandel/2010/07/28/14858221.html (You know, just to confirm what Ted Woloshyn is purposely hiding from you.) George from Brampton Report Comment
ConcernedResident/Ted Woloshyn --same same. In Mr. Woloshyn's case he emcee'd the December 2, 2010 "Friends of Hazel" Rally. Like other "Friends of Hazel", Woloshyn did his all to STOP the Judicial Inquiry. ConcernedResident, believe it or not, actively prevented people from getting at the truth. For example, when I shared links to actual court transcripts, ConcernedResident (and friends) deleted them. Deleted LINKS to the Inquiry website! Don't listen to me. Don't listen to Woloshyn or ConcernedResident. THINK for yourselves! Again. Here are all the Judicial Inquiry court transcripts. http://tinyurl.com/36zk4u7 And the ROGERS telecasts. http://tinyurl.com/33s5c32 Notice Woloshyn doesn't share true (primary) information. Mississauga Watch Report Comment Regarding Carolyn Parrish you wrote, "I do note, she does not have the guts to run against Hazel one on one, knowing full well she will get her ass kicked." Why single out Parrish. There isn't a politician ANYWHERE who'd go up against Hazel McCallion for the very reason you mention, they'd get their asses kicked. Indeed, it's been called political suicide. That's why municipal elections in MYTHissauga remind me of an old joke reaching back to the 60's. Khrushchev was criticized that there's no democracy in the Soviet Union. He responded that indeed there IS democracy. The Soviet people were free to vote for whatever communist they want. Surely you're not taking the Mississauga mayoralty PRETEND seriously! Mississauga Watch Report Comment You wrote, "It appears that Mississauga Watch has a real hard hit on for Hazel. You are upset at Woloshyn and really have not one good word to say on his article." To be clear I have a real hard hit on for MYTHissauga --that fraudulent municipal government free to trumpet, "Trust Quality Excellence" with its smiling public face, when the behind-the-scenes reality confirms fraud and duplicity. Bragging about Staff when the reality is there isn't a corporate policy that staff haven't violated. Watch here as the City dupes some sub-contractors out of tens of thousands of dollars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPp2T669aQA As for me not having a good word on this article. That's because Sun readers deserve better. Concerned Resident Report Comment George from Brampton Report Comment Ghoulash Goner Report Comment Nando it is. He's got my Vote! Mississauga Watch Report Comment You wrote, "I live 'tween Hurontario/Dundas and Hurontario/Quuensway. Would like to know who my Councillor is and whether He/She/It Voted For/Against the Inquiry. Would like to Pat them on the Back or Kick them in the Pants (a.k.a. Vote against Them, this time around),depending." Provided that you live west of Cawthra, your Councillor is none other than Nando Iannicca. Not only did he vote FOR the Judicial Inquiry last Wednesday he defended the cost! Here's your Councillor as he spoke last Wednesday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaYLBGBPBk If you live east of Cawthra, your Councillor is Carmen Corbasson. Also voted FOR the Inquiry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNUBWuHhmbA Ghoulash Goner Report Comment I live 'tween Hurontario/Dundas and Hurontario/Quuensway. Would like tio know who my Councillor is and whether He/She/It Voted For/Against the Inquiry. Would like to Pat them on the Back or Kick them in the Pants (a.k.a. Vote against Them, this time around),depending. I enjoy the ODD, er Occassional, Ghoulash &/or Perrogie &/or Zweig, but DON"T LIKE Ghouls who Try to Put a Spin on and Cover Up something as Scandalous, as this. Do respond on the Councillor part. . .
"An independent company was engaged to sift through city documents and transfer them to electronic files for the sake of expedience. Parrish now plans to re-visit that decision. But why now?" These two sentences/paragraphs have nothing to do with each other. What Parrish plans to revisit (as do other councillors) is whether Peter McCallion failed to report his 12% share in World Class Developments and his portion of the settlement when he first cried poor and asked for funding. For details, check out Mississauga News "City to sue mayor’s son?" http://tinyurl.com/2753ete Or REALLY inform yourself and read the court transcripts at: www.mississaugainquiry.ca/transcripts/index.html The Ram Report Comment From what's been Revealed so far, the McCallion Clan isn't All Peaches and Cream and has, Allegedly, being Playing Fast and Loose with Public Money. I guess for some, it's OK for a Mayor to, so Blatantly and Aggressively, ABUSE her Office and (MORE IMPORTANTLY), the TRUST that MISSISSAUGANs placed in her, for years. Some of us, DO NOT want . . A Chain put around our Necks and Led around like Someone's WOOLY TEDDY BEAR. . . I guess, the SOCIALIST BLOC did Deaden the Competitive Spirit that the Rest of the World Grew Up with, and "Many" are content to just FOLLOW-the-LEADER, in the POLITBURO, making do with CRUMBs. Mississauga Watch Report Comment Called, "Judicial inquiry coverage" please see: www.mississauga.com/news/article/856638--judicial-inquiry-coverage and the wealth of articles through Google News searching "hazel mccallion inquiry" at: http://tinyurl.com/3aknuf5 Last, I encourage you to watch Councillor Nando Iannicca talk about the cost of the Inquiry. YouTube, "Mississauga Council debates lawyers' fees for Mayor Hazel McCallion (Judicial Inquiry)" at: http://tinyurl.com/3yy9pt6 Mississauga Watch Report Comment "Q: Okay, let's go back to Exhibit 196 then. (BRIEF PAUSE) Q: So this is a promissory note in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), due November 1st, 2007. If we could scroll down to the signature on this, we see, sir, there are two (2) signatures. We see that, first of all, on behalf of World Class Developments Limited, we have a signature. Whose signature is that? A: That's mine. Q: Per Peter McCallion, ASO. Is that correct, sir? A: Correct. Q: Now, you apparently signed this on July 27th, 2007? A: Yes. Q: At the time, did you understand what ASO meant? A: Yes. Q: What did you understand it to mean? A: As signing officer." Fraud. Mississauga Watch Report Comment The appalling number of "I can't remember, I don't recalls" by former city manager David O'Brien. http://tinyurl.com/26kq9sn That Dave O'Brien is the trustee of the McCallion family trust! That was a huge revelation given that during the public Enersource meeting I went to the podium and asked the Mayor why O'Brien wasn't here. She said, he "didn't ask, nor was he invited." Imagine O'Brien's "I don't remember I can't recall" performance in front of the Mississauga public? She spared him. She writes a letter asking him to explain the veto clause. It takes him one year to respond. Yet being "close" to him, she' d have had TONS of opportunity to turn the screws to him. Mississauga Watch Report Comment He writes, "At a cost of some $6 or $7 million, if at the end of this repugnant voyage nothing concrete is resolved the city of Mississauga’s reputation will have been tarnished by those seeking political gain." Tarnished by WHO?! Hazel McCallion, Peter McCallion and the Friends/Fiends of Hazel. Suggest you read Michele Mandel's "Hazel McCallion's son keeps it under his hat" at: http://tinyurl.com/2f6uuup Like all the other "Friends of Hazel", Ted Woloshyn wants to hide all the corruption of MYTHissauga. Check out the Globe and Mail article, "Peter McCallion’s other troubles. Hazel's son faces a lawsuit involving the Stavro family, a free Cadillac and nude photos" at: http://tinyurl.com/2vu9qpf cheryl Report Comment The Studder Report Comment
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