No one ever accused me of being soft in asking questions. If you enter the political arena you better be prepared. I learned that over 60 years ago as a Boy Scout.

Dave Leckness is a friend. If you don’t believe me ask him.True friends are not afraid to tell each other if they are making a mistake. It’s called accountability. I simply do not believe that Dave Leckness’s entry into the recall election was of his own making. He should have been preparing for valid policy questions regardless of which reporter he speaks to. You might read part two which is now posted as promised.
And I do “name names” which is an inside comment from my public record requests in Mission Viejo a few years ago.
My group? what are you talking about. I have no group and was not involved in gathering any of the signatures of the recall election. Please refrain from giving me credit for the volunteer efforts of others. It simply is not warranted.

As to Lance’s episode at UCI. I am glad that you can acknowledge it while Lance does not. Have you read his rebuttal to the charges? At no point in that document, that every Mission Viejo voter wil be getting in their mailbox, does he admit to the incident or even mention it. If he can’t even address the first charge why do I need to focus on the other allegations? Have you ever been in litigation? Did yo ever hear of multiple charges such as in the case of Mike Carona where some may be set aside but others stick. I do believe that Lance’s anger is cause for alarm in our city, which was just acknowledged as “the 3rd safest in America (with population over 75,000).”
What message does that send when we give the mayor a pass for his conduct as we promote public safety as job one? I guess it was OK for the University of California to dismiss Lance but you feel we don’t have the same option?

Be carefull here. If you continue calling me a liar I will hit the delete key on your comments whomever you are.

When it comes to KIDS Factory, it was your Gail Reavis who wanted parents to have to pay for this program or not have in it MV!

Marion might be former Mayor Sherri Butterfield’s husband Marion who was 5th to sign Dave Leckness’s Nominating Papers.
As this point I will shift the story to part 2 of 2 where I will “name names.”

For that reason Juice readers must recognize that Dan is attempting to use this blog to promote his friend and one of the two recall candidates. Interesting. Dan. As a big supporter of Lance why were you so anxious to sign his potential replacement’s papers instead of devoting all your time and energy opposing the recall?
Even Dave Leckness feels that he could do a better job than Lance based on his comments.

Folks. My name does appear second in the “Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition” that was submitted to the city clerk on Feb 5th.
Mr. Avery’s BS comment that Dale Tyler and I signed the Petition before anyone, creating this recall expenditure, is a lie.

The petition circulator left that space open for me to consider. I was one of the last 30 or so to add my name but did not sign until weeks later and I have witnesses to my signing to verify this response. In fact council members Cathy Schlicht, John Paul Ledesma and I all signed that document in the same gathering on the same date yet the names are not consecutive as some earlier signers left blank spaces. None of us were in the first 11 listed to sign as it appears in the legal petition.
It is appropriate for the Juice to permit Dan Avery space to defend his friend Lance. And while I have no intention to delete his comments, I will call him out when he is not telling the truth.

Notice that Mr Avery is attacking Cathy Schlicht, another council member who is not the subject of the recall.
Perhaps Mr Avery can deny that Lance was handcuffed by four police at UCI which apparently didn’t happen? Lance skipped over that charge in his response that will appear in our special election ballot.

Mr. Avery. When and if Cathy Schlicht runs for re-election in three years, and we cover that election, you are welcome to comment on her performance.

Difficult for Lance to get re-elected? According to my research 90 percent of incumbents running for re-election do prevail. And if Lance were to win in November he would be eligible for $270,000 in lifetime health care benefits for a part time position. Source. MV Treasurer.
Mr Avery. Recall is part of Democracy. Perhaps you should read the CA Constitution. If you need a personal copy I have several and will gladly hand you one for free at the next council meeting.

And yes, many of us supported Lance MacLean in 2002. I will be the first to admit that mistake and have stated that error in vetting out his candidacy to hundreds of people.

http://open.salon.com/blog/daniel_avery/2009/11/16/if_i_only_had_a_brain

Marion seems to be engineering the train wreck mentioned above in post No. 4.