Video: Mississauga Politrix, Bureaucraps and Hangers-on: TEAM STUPID or TEAM EVIL?” (4:37 min)

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MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

Thought it was appropriate to report from here —especially given the comment, “F*** the SYSTEM”.

And we’ve heard a lot about the Mississauga Judicial Inquiry and specifically the whole concept of conflict of interest. And what’s really interesting is for Hazel McCallion to be feigning that she is unsure of what conflict of interest is. Her apparent confusion over the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act basically thinking it only applies to Council meetings.

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Mr. William McDowell (Mississauga Judicial Inquiry transcript,  July 6, 2010):

 20                 The nub of the Mayor's position in this
 21  inquiry, as we understand it, is as follows.
 22                 As a matter of the law the only legal
 23  constraint upon the Mayor in the -- in the years 2005 to
 24  2009, which are the years at issue in the Inquiry, was to
 25  refrain from voting in matters in which she, and by

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  1  extension her son, had a pecuniary interest.

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MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

You can’t possibly believe that they’re serious!

MR. WILLIAM MCDOWELL (Mississauga Judicial Inquiry transcript,  July 6, 2010):

  8                 Secondly, I take it from the Mayor's
  9  submission that provided that the Mayor did not vote or
 10  influence voting, before or after the meeting in
 11  question, in relation to the WCD transactions, she was
 12  free to be involved in relation to the financial
 13  interests of WCD, indeed to promote them, or to counsel
 14  her own family members.  That's what I take from -- from
 15  the face of the Mayor's submissions.

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MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

And I’m reminded of a Jon Stewart Show where you had a TEAM STUPID and a TEAM EVIL.

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JOHN OLIVER (Daily Show, August 23, 2010):

These are the only two possible explanations.

MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

And you’re not quite sure which? Except when I analyze the comments that have been made by the Mayor, by her Leadership Team —they’re not TEAM STUPID. They’re TEAM EVIL.

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JOHN OLIVER (Daily Show, August 23, 2010):

Because if they’re not as stupid as I believe them to be, they are really f***ing evil.

MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

I have to say that there’s no more efficient system of government than the City of Mississauga. You have at its top, a powerful mayor who has created this illusion of honesty and integrity.

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MAYOR HAZEL MCCALLION (Mississauga Council meeting,  May 23, 2007):

—wondering why you haven’t included, “Based on its values of Honesty, Trust, Quality, Excellence —why you haven’t included the word “Honesty”.

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MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

And when you have that kind of reputation, by God, that’s the most efficient way of all. Because it leaves you free to lie.

MAYOR HAZEL MCCALLION (ROGERS telecast post Enersource Public Information meeting,  January 22, 2009):

The purpose of the meeting was to give as much information as possible to the citizens.

MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

It leaves you free to say the most outrageous things.

MAYOR HAZEL MCCALLION (Media scrum after Mississauga Council meeting,  April 14, 2010):

Today there is nothing confidential. There’s absolutely nothing confidential. Freedom of Information can get anything they want.

MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

And make the most outrageous claims.

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MAYOR HAZEL MCCALLION (Mississauga Council meeting,  February 28, 2007):

We are so well-managed in this city. Lead Canada in management.

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MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

Because you put up an impenetrable barrier for citizens to prove otherwise.

MAYOR HAZEL MCCALLION (Mississauga General Committee meeting,  February 28, 2010):

It’s pretty serious when people can come before a public body and accuse Staff of doing something that they are not guilty of. And it’s very difficult to respond to it.

MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

You understand that we needed a five-million dollar inquiry before we figured out what was going on regarding the Enersource deal. And regarding the land deal with World Class Developments where Hazel McCallion’s son stood to make $10 million dollars¹ on something that he claimed was to fulfill his mother’s dream of doing what was best for the City.

“Q” MR. WILLIAM MCDOWELL and “A” PETER MCCALLION  (Mississauga Judicial Inquiry transcript,  July 27, 2010):

  9                 But -- but your upside is actually in the
 10  millions of dollars?
 11                 A:   Yes.
 12                 Q:   And you may need employees, you may
 13  have to split this and so on?
 14                 A:   Correct.
 15                 Q:   But if you are the Peter McCallion
 16  Real Estate Inc., in gross terms, as you say, you may
 17  generate $10 or $12 million?
 18                 A:   Gross.
 19                 Q:   Gross.
 20                 A:   Yes.
 21                 Q:   Right.  But that's what was in it for
 22  you, in --
 23                 A:   That's what was in it for me.

MISSISSAUGAWATCH (reporting from Mississauga industrial park graffiti research site, August 25, 2010):

And—

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JOHN OLIVER (Daily Show, August 23, 2010):

—if they’re not as stupid as I believe them to be, they are really f***ing evil.

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Signed,

MISSISSAUGAWATCH

¹ Actually the money that Peter McCallion stood to make on this “best for the city” deal was between $10-$12 million dollars.