"Hazel McCallion PLEASE INVITE ME (Going to Extremes)" click here for video clip on YouTube
In my August 3rd Blog, we at MISSISSAUGA WATCH were ecstatic to find an Editorial in the Peterborough Examiner calling for the Ontario Ombudsman to investigate municipalities. Far as we know this is the first paper to reallly GET IT. Like in GET IT get it. Even better the Peterborough Editorial said it so much better then we-here could.
We loved the title, "Mixed message; Ombudsman as investigator would settle any doubt" --settles any doubt, all right-- and then it got better from there.
Best part?
"The best outcome would be for the province to drop the hired investigator option and give the job of overseeing open municipal government to Marin and his staff."
In our Blog we wrote:
"The following Peterborough Examiner Editorial has just won the first ever --created only this morning-- "MISSISSAUGA WATCH Edward R. Murrow Heads-Up-Stick-on-the-Ice-Media-Award". (We're designing it over the weekend)"
Well, we designed our Media Award. We couldn't fit in that Stick-on-the-Ice part but no matter. We thank the Peterborough Examiner and present the first-ever "MISSISSAUGA WATCH Edward R. Murrow Heads-Up-Stick-on-the-Ice-Media-Award" for its editorial, "Mixed message; Ombudsman as investigator would settle any doubt"
Also, shining for Ontario citizens this weekend was Jim Coyle of the Toronto Star. Yes, Coyle flicked an easy backhand right into the net with his "Look before leaping into spin trade"
Seems our Public Corporation to the north has its own case of MIssissaugitis. Tsk tsk, Brampton. Mississauga. Brampton... you know you got to begin wondering about the magnitude of Peel Regional Council Spin and Puffery (*gasp* --ya don't think!...)
Coyle's Gem?
"Issues, as somebody once said, are what happens when you're busy making other plans. Think, after all, of the most assiduous issues managers in recent times.
There was the Harris government in Ontario. What are they remembered for? Ipperwash and Walkerton. There are the Bushies south of the border. Iraq and New Orleans. (Mission Accomplished and Heckuva job, Brownie, indeed.)"
My very favourite part?
"You may 'inform and advise staff, council and management of emerging issues in the media.' Then the media, in their childish way, leave that emerging issue and go chasing the next bright, shiny thing that catches their eyes."
Me, a citizen Blogger, I don't go chasing every new Sparklie that comes along. I know that when you "chase" it means someone else is callin' your direction. No. I study sea turtles and they've taught me that the most important thing is:
PATIENCE.
Last.
Thank you to Reader "Deep Oakville" who advised us that this week's comic strip didn't come out properly for anyone using the Internet Explorer browser. It's been fixed. See yesterday's blog entry if you missed it by clicking here.
Signed,
The Mississauga Muse
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"Edward R. Murrow --My Hero". To Go Directly to the clip on YouTube or Google Video)
"Mississauga Saga". To Go Directly to the clip on YouTube or Google Video)
"A Flag named The Andre Marin". To Go Directly to the clip on YouTube or Google Video)
All "Antonio Batista Pothole Poet Trial" Blog entries:
THEIR MISSISSAUGA, yes, and ever increasingly --THEIR MISSISSAUGA (May 27, 2007)
Hypocrisy Democracy (May 28, 2007 7:27 am)
"What would Edward R. Murrow do? What would he want me to do?" (May 28, 2007 11:55 pm)
"We have to send a message to the public" Crown Attorney. (May 29, 2007 2:51 PM)
A pothole never loomed so large (John Stewart's "Random Access") (May 30, 2007)
"The government must not silence its critics by force." ---Clayton Ruby (May 29, 2007) (May 31, 2007)
"She does not think how you feel" Antonio Batista (June 4, 2007)
"Mrs. McCALLION what is wrong with the City of Mississauga?" (Antonio Batista) (June 5, 2007)
"Reasonable Person Test" --Crown Witness (June 6, 2007)
And I bet you thought that I'd forgotten about Antonio Batista, huh? (July 16, 2007)
On the nature of "accountable" "accountability" (July 18, 2007)
The Mississauga PotHole Trial --more insight from Freedom of Information results (July 19, 2007)
Bottom of The Bucket. Are we there yet? (July 24, 2007)
Another PotHole Poem: "Peering through a pothole of a Mississauga steamboat..."
(July 28, 2007)
Time Travel to Portugal 1920's-1940's (PotHole Poet Antonio Batista) -- heads up thanks to Don Barber (July 30, 2007)
"We must employ every possible tactic to dissuade those who try to silence us with fear"
---The Mississauga News Editorial (2007-03-24)
Click here for John Stewart's Blog
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