After decades of ruling the city of Mississauga and intimidating anyone who would challenge her lengthy sway Attila the Hen is being challenged for her bullying tactics once again. Having balanced her books for years on development fees she has nearly run out of new lands to pave and been rebuffed in her efforts to seize more land from Halton and Oakville. Perhaps it's past time when she should have retired gracefully before she reached her senility:
Mississauga mayor facing judicial inquiry
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 10:01 PM ET
CBC News
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion will face a judicial inquiry into whether her involvement in a development deal involving her son represented a conflict of interest.
Town council voted 6-4 on Wednesday to go ahead with the inquiry.
McCallion has come under fire for attending private meetings with her son and the developers of a multimillion-dollar hotel project. Peter McCallion's company, World Class Developments, tried unsuccessfully to buy the land for $14.4 million.
McCallion has maintained she declared a conflict of interest when the matter came before council last May and that the council minutes support her.
But a video record of the meeting does not show McCallion declaring a conflict, leading to accusations that the minutes were changed.
McCallion loyalists in council and many Mississauga residents have voiced opposition to the inquiry, saying it would cost too much at a time when money is tight.
The inquiry is expected to cost $2.5 million and last 40 days.
But Coun. Carolyn Parrish, who has led the calls for the inquiry, said more transparency is needed.
"I want to find out how the minutes got changed … I want to know what other deals have been going on in city central like that," she said in council Wednesday.
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