Mississauga Watch --Your TRUSTed Guide to Municipal Governance since March 9, 2007
NEW CITIZENS' BLOG ---HEY THERE, MISSISSAUGA
Many thanks to The Mississauga News for providing this Blog as a platform for citizens to discuss municipal governance and politics. Even more thanks to John Stewart for his support, encouragement and sense of humour.
Anyway. Like Moving Forward, eh?
I know what you're thinking. How can anyone write about municipal politics and governance, let alone read anything so mind-numble-ling-ly boring.
Not so. Not so.
Municipal-types just want you to believe municipal politics and governance is brain-cell destroying-boring but no. It all depends on how you look at it.
Really.
Municipal governance and politics is --is, like--WOW-- what can I say? It's 50% Cloak-and-Dagger-Intrigue, 50% Spectator Sport (think Kiddie Greased Pig Chases), 75% Soap Opera and 110% game of Survivor and 2000% Kafka Novel.
Yes, I know that adds up to 2,285% --that's allowed in this Municipal Space/Time Continuum.
Regular contributors to this Blog will include my good friends, The Mississauga Muse --who's currrently on assignment in Brampton, and our resident ever-vigilant sheepdog Murrow who also doubles as our Canine vigilantis watch dog.
Introducing Murrow
Murrow is in charge of all visuals in this Blog including audio-video editing. Murrow also fetches coffee and Timbits from across the street and will bring back some even for us. Murrow also acts as our ex-officiado-liaison with The Province (yes, THAT province).
We invite fellow Mississaugans to contribute to this forum. We'd love to see your Mississauga-related self-produced videos. We even hope to draw Net-izens from other municipalities --Yo! Brampton! Yo! Caledon! Yo! (dare we say it?) TORONTO!-- to this Citizens' Blog.
We have slogans!
There's so much to ponder --so much to discuss and debate.
Best of all, we have more slogans to keep you coming back!
Plus souvenirs! Yes, we have souvenirs!
And now --our Mayor, our Esteemed Hazel McCallion...
CLICK on the (upper) left arrow to play.
And we'll also let Her Worship have The Last Word --1998, source: The Toronto Star
"You've got to be tough. You can't be namby-pamby in politics. You don't have to use foul language and call people names, but you have to be strong and not let people push you around, you have to be honest with people."
Signed,
Team Mississauga (Mississauga Watch)
MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE
YOUR GUIDE TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE (wait for it)
PEEL REGIONAL COUNCIL --LIVE AUDIO
(broadcasting of Council, General Committee and Statutory Public Meeting proceedings)
ENVIRONMENT MISSISSAUGA
MISSISSAUGA WEATHER STATION (what better way to check which way the wind's blowing?)
INSIGHT
001: "A profile of Hazel McCallion" Director: PeterGWall (YOUTUBE September 12, 2006)
002: Mayor Hazel McCallion summarizes her political leanings.
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