MISSISSAUGA — Elias Hazineh, the Mississauga resident who filed conflict of interest charges against Mayor Hazel McCallion, has decided not to appeal the ruling of a Superior Court judge who decided two weeks ago to dismiss the case.

Hazineh told The News this afternoon that although he's disappointed with Justice John Sproat's June 14 decision, there is nothing he can do legally any more.

"We cannot find anything under the law that gives us the right to appeal," Hazineh said. "There's nothing that gives the complainant the right to appeal."

The judge found, among other things, that Hazineh didn't file the application on time. He ruled McCallion was acting in the public interest, not her son’s, when she pushed for a hotel project in the City Centre back in 2007, which eventually failed. He ruled the general public wouldn't conclude that the mayor's financial interest in the project would have influenced her vote on a related matter at Region of Peel Council in 2007.