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April 06, 2009
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion
Welcome to Mississauga and Mayor Hazel McCallion
She was born February 14, 1921, and she is affectionately called "Hurricane Hazel". by supporters as well as the media at large for her vibrant outspoken style of no-nonsense politics.
Mayor McCallion was married to Sam McCallion who passed away in 1997. She has three children: Peter, Linda and Paul, and one granddaughter, Erika. Mayor McCallion enjoys many sports including ice hockey, fishing and also enjoys gardening.
McCallion is well known in Canada for her love of hockey. She played for a professional women's team while attending school in Montreal.
In a first-person account for Canadian magazine Confidence Bound, McCallion credited her faith with giving her the energy her job demands. "Having a life filled with purpose and meaning and living my life in a Christian-like manner helps to motivate me and keep me energized," she said.
She also revealed that she does everything around the house herself. "I do my own cleaning, grocery shopping, gardening… The assumption is that people in my position have others doing all these things for them but I like to be self sufficient. Housework and gardening are great forms of exercise and keep one humble."
She was lauded as a hero in April 2006 during a police standoff involving a distraught man threatening to kill himself. The five hour standoff promptly came to a peaceful end when McCallion showed up on the scene and demanded he stand down so that police, paramedic and fire personnel could attend to more important matters.
Her principles are grounded in the belief that a city should be run like a business; thus, she encourages the business model of governance. Her family's business background, her education and prior career in a corporation prepared her to approach government with a business model. Mississauga is one of the few cities in Canada that is debt-free; it has not had to borrow money since 1978.
She has been described as a "small-c" conservative.
Wild Thing's comment...........
She is fantastic, I love her love of life and her positive attitude. And what a politician she is, I wish we had people lilke this.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
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Posted by Wild Thing at April 6, 2009 06:45 AM
Comments
I'd describe Mayor Hazel as more of a "Large-c" conservative. She is not a bumbling senior citizen. She is sharp as a knife.
And we are stuck with Pelosi and Hillary. Ugh!!
Posted by: TomR at April 6, 2009 01:41 PM
I think she runs the only debt free City in the entire world. In fact I think she said, they are on the plus side of the ledger by something like 7 million dollars.
They can't say she a rookie, she's be reelected 11 times.
Posted by: Mark at April 6, 2009 05:52 PM
700 Million in reserves...Wow.
Posted by: Mark at April 6, 2009 06:01 PM
Tom, LOL I know, I wish we had her in our country and I agree she is more of a conservative then she realizes.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 6, 2009 07:32 PM
Mark, I love this so much thank you again for sending it to me.
She is an inspiration! I wish I could vote for her.
LOL yessss my jaw dropped when I heard her say that.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 6, 2009 07:34 PM
Not bad when you consider where she is.
Posted by: Jack at April 6, 2009 09:56 PM
Jack yes, she must have gotten a lot of guff when she started out, heck maybe even now too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 7, 2009 12:09 AM
