MISSISSAUGAWATCH's Top 10 2007 Videos plus summary (Mississauga Musings)

2007 was the year of Transparency and Accountability --meaning, it's really Transparent how there's no Accountability. Transparency... Accountability... how we saw those words mangled over the last year. (Thank you, Duguid et al).

Transparency... Accountability --and what's the other word?-- Trustqualityexcellence. Ah yes, word-a-wash in MississaugaSpeak.

Words like (in alphabetical order):

Accountability, Agenda, Audit, Award, CorporateSecurity, Excellence, Freedom, Independent, Information, Integrity, Investigation, Investigator, Lost/Found, Minutes, Quality, Pelco, People, Policy, Privacy, Procedure, Public, Record, Responsible, Retention, Road, Rubber, (Public)Space, Stakeholders, Surveillance, Taxpayer, Transit, Transparency, Trust, Vibrant, etc etc

And phrases like:

"refer it to staff"

and my absolute-personal-favourite phrase from the Mayor Herself:

"I'd like staff to comment."

And as fascinating as "MississaugaSpeak" is, it's "MississaugaG--A-P-------S" that spews volumes. Like sub-lethal bacteria, G--A-P-------S work their magic in a spectacular variety of forms.

"MississaugaSpeak" and "MississaugaG--A-P-------S" define Mississauga and Future Mississauga.

Above all, they explain why Mississauga Council chose their own investigator to slam the lid on the Ontario Ombudsman.

It's all led me to conclude that being a Mississauga councillor is one of the easiest "positions" in Canada --and one of the most financially rewarding. It would appear that the only challenging part to the councillor "station" is that initial lunge to the trough. (I use "positions" and "station" because having observed Mississauga Council since June 14, 2006, there's no way I'd refer to councillor as a "job".)

You've been mississauga'd if you believe that.

So ends 2007...

2007 --A LOOK BACK

What follows are the Top 10 MISSISSAUGAWATCH YouTube videos for 2007.

Number 10

MISSISSAUGA FIRE DEPARTMENT

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 9

BLACKBERRY Mississauga

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 8

PEEL REGIONAL POLICE TACTICAL UNIT

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 7

Peel Regional Police NOT Peel Regional Police

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)
(NOTE: This video is now obsolete. Believe it or not, despite Peel Regional Police deciding to switch to hybrid cars for 2008, Mississauga Council approved Dodge Chargers (yes, Dodge Chargers) as the vehicle for their Mississauga security/enforcement force. The Better to Confuse with Police Cars, I guess... )

Number 6

MISSISSAUGA KHAN'd

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 5

MISSISSAUGA'S FINEST KIND

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 4

MISSISSAUGA TRANSIT at the MISSISSAUGA MARATHON

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 3

KARIYA PARK MISSISSAUGA

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 2

PEEL REGIONAL POLICE (citizen's) RECRUITMENT VIDEO

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Number 1

EDWARD R. MURROW --MY HERO

(Click here to go directly to the clip on YouTube)

Signed,
The (mississauga'd) Mississauga Muse
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"In contrast to the local law enforcement agencies, Corporate Security provides a distinct difference in approach to providing a safe and secure environment within the community." --City of Mississauga Corporate Security 2003 Strategic Draft Plan