"One (Toronto) councillor made the comment that the staff must do what the mayor says ... that’s not the way it’s done here. We do not tell the staff what to bring forward in a report," Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion said during a Wednesday council discussion of the politically motivated firing of TTC chief Gary Webster.
LUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTOSan Grewal
密西沙加老市长麦考莲评论说，多伦多市长福特解聘TTC总经理向市民传递了一个错误信息。“这不是我们这里做事的方法，我们不会告诉公务员在报告里得出何种结论。”
麦考莲还说，“我希望市民知道，市议会具有最高决定权，市长没有权力凌驾于市议会之上。”
http://www.thestar.com/news/cityhallpolitics/article/1135231--firing-ttc-chief-sends-bad-message-mississauga-politicians-say?bn=1
Firing TTC chief sends bad message, Mississauga politicians say
Published On Wed Feb 22 2012
San GrewalUrban Affairs Reporter
Hazel McCallion, arguably the most powerful mayor in Canada, is worried the firing of TTC general manager Gary Webster sends the wrong message to residents.
“One (Toronto) councillor made the comment that the staff must do what the mayor says ... that’s not the way it’s done here. We do not tell the staff what to bring forward in a report,” McCallion said at Wednesday’s council meeting in Mississauga.
“I hope our citizens know that council rules supreme. The mayor has no authority above council,” she said.
McCallion commented after Councillor Nando Iannicca raised the issue of Webster’s ouster on Tuesday by a group of councillors loyal to Ford.
“I have spent 25 years of my life telling constituents, ‘I can’t do that. I can’t tell a transportation commissioner what to think,’” Iannicca said. He referred to reports quoting Toronto Councillor Frank Di Giorgio that it’s the role of city bureaucrats to support a mayor’s mandate.
“I’ve told (constituents) the opposite of what they’re now being led to believe,” Iannicca said in response to Di Giorgio’s comments.
Other Mississauga councillors described the recent TTC drama as “sad” and “unfortunate,” echoing Iannicca’s concern that some Mississauga residents may think bureaucrats run city hall, not elected officials. | 
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