Hazel McCallion dances on Carolyn Parrish’s political grave
Mississauga’s mayor for life, Hazel McCallion, has had a thorn in her side for four years, and that thorn is named Carolyn Parrish—former Liberal MP and, until last night, the main Hazel hater on Mississauga’s city council. So desperate was McCallion to get council back in her corner that she actually campaigned in this, her 12th election. According to the Toronto Star, McCallion took the news of Parrish’s defeat with dignity and aplomb:
When she learned that Parrish had lost, McCallion could be seen jumping up and down with her arms in the air.
Shortly after, McCallion said, “I don’t wish anyone bad luck — I’m Christian.” She later added: “People have spoken and people have not been happy, obviously, of the way she has conducted herself over the last four years.”…
McCallion ran a not-so-secret whisper campaign to defeat her true opponents: Councillors Nando Iannicca, George Carlson, Carmen Corbasson, Sue McFadden, Frank Dale, Eve Adams and Parrish. The group had pushed for the inquiry into McCallion’s alleged conflict of interest in a land deal led by her son.
McCallion is a bit of an outlier in the province’s municipal elections, having been one of the few incumbent mayors to survive last night. Of course, that was never really in doubt: at this point, Mississauga doesn’t even have “politics” the way other places do. There’s only what Hazel wants, and what she gets—and the era when those two things were at all different may just have ended.
Of course, we hope this isn’t the last we see of Carolyn Parrish. She’s just so much fun.
• A double victory for Hazel McCallion [Toronto Star]
• 905: McCallion’s back but incumbents fall across the GTA [Toronto Star]
• Mississauga’s McCallion to return for one last term [CBC News]
• McCallion re-elected, Parrish defeated [National Post]
Good riddance.
Congratulations Madame Mayor! We’re behind you 100%!
McGrath, you can keep Parrish. One person’s fun is another person’s torture. Mississauga is better off without her. Yaaay Hazel!
Perish the Parrish. We hope you will go quietly into the night and we will never hear from you ever again. I think everyone has had enough of your kind of politics.
WELL DONE HAZEL MCCALLION! You have are complete support! The people who should be investigated is that group of seven, especially Parrish! The reason Framk Dale, Eve Adams, Nando Iannicca, Sue Mcfadden and George Carlson-(Parrish’s best buddy) are still there is because of the lack of media exposure to what they have been upto. Wasting our tax dollars for an inquiry into a deal that never told place in 2008. Shame on all of you! The hard working people of Mississauga will find out eventually. We the taxpayers were not asked if we wanted this Judicial Inquiry, I for one think this GROUP OF SEVEN SHOULD PAY!!!
Way to go Hazel! Thank you for going for another term and not letting the garbage deter you from the excellent work you do. In this economy to have a judicial inquiry and spend 7 million and I hear will go much higher, is just unbelievable. It is so wonderful that this group of seven concillors in these hard economic times kept lawyers employed with our tax dollars.
hey caroline, you really are nothing more than a joke! As a liberal you sucked and as a councillor you really sucked. farewell loooser!!
By the way Nando Iannicca really truely believes he is some sort of genius. Greater intelligence than the rest of us.I would truly like to know what this assholes policies are other than staying in council as long as possible. He really thinks he has the right to speak bad about people that don’t agree with him. Sounds like a typical liberal to me!
Mrs. Parrish. You said that those who displease the queen are defeated. Clearly, the people of Mississauga have confirmed that Hazel McCallion is our queen. There is no time and space in Mississauga for dirty politics. The rest of the 7 WILL learn their lesson very soon.
WAY TO GO HAZEL! Mississauga deserves you. You push a land deal for your son. After the deal falls through you get the City to buy the land for 14 million. Then you push the vendor to settle a lawsuit with your son’s company over the previous deal for $4 million. Does that mean the City would have only paid $10 million for the land had the vendor not settled with your son’s company. I wish my mother was like you. Then you campaign against the Councillors who voted for the judicial inquiry. And to top it all off you now have the Councillors in your pocket talking about a vote to end the judicial inquiry before it has had a chance to release its decision. Very machiavellian.
Now without Carolyn its business as usual in Mississauga. No one to ask questions. The surface has already been scratched and the putrid stench has wafted out from your City.