Miracle Mayor McCallion, age 90, of Mississauga, Canada
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Though her administration has been mostly scandal free, Hazel
has been the subject of some controversy a couple times in her mayoral
stint. Recently (2010), she has been
accused of backroom negotiations in a condominium and four-star hotel
development project in which her own son stood to make millions of dollars out
of the deal. But her populace has so
much faith in her that she still won reelection in the fall of the same year by
a landslide. The results of the inquiry are due in June 2011.
Hazel never had the opportunity to go to college. After high school, she went to business
secretarial school. Before entering
politics in 1967, Hazel worked for an engineering and contracting firm for 19
years. After deciding to leave that
position, she served as a member and chairman of the Streetsville planning
board, and later as Streetsville deputy mayor and mayor before becoming mayor
of Mississauga. Streetsville was one of
the small towns that <a href="http://burmistrzem.com.pl>burmistrzem.com.pl</a>eventually merged to form Mississauga.
The media’s descriptions of her include comparisons with
Margaret Thatcher’s style of leadership and the nickname of “Hurricane Hazel.”
The nickname derives from her well-known spine of steel and tremendous stamina,
the latter of which is the envy of many 20-something-year-olds.
She has also has many qualities which endear her to her
constituents, particularly her common touch. Mississaugans believe that Hazel will be mayor until
she is either invalid or in the grave. Two years ago it might have been all over when Hazel was hit by a truck and knocked to the ground. However, she got up without injury and the truck had to be repaired!
This dear little lady (she stands barely five feet tall) makes
U. S. politicians seems like “children” in comparison. They could stand to pay some attention to her
methodology and accomplishments.
You absolutely will be missing something if you don’t
watch this adorable You Tube video about Hazel McCallion: