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Should Mission Viejo taxpayers subsidize outside team tennis?

Mission Viejo’s Capitol Improvement Project #501 calls for the addition of one tennis court at the Marguerite Tennis Center which currently has seven courts.
After receiving multiple calls from taxpayers expressing concerns of the semi-private nature of this tennis center I have contacted senior staff and recreation department employees to get a better understanding of this [...]

The City of Irvine charges less for dog licenses than the City of Santa Ana does

Did you know that the wealthy City of Irvine charges less for a dog license than the City of Santa Ana?
Santa Ana charges $24 for a dog license.  Irvine charges only $20 – and if you buy a three year license it costs only $50.  That comes to $16.67 a year – about 30% less than [...]

Official Statement from Mayor Lance MacLean of Mission Viejo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2010
Official Statement from Mayor Lance MacLean of Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo, CA — Mayor Lance MacLean of Mission Viejo, CA issued the following personal message to the City of Mission Viejo earlier this evening.
There is no question that the past few months have been extremely tumultuous for all of us as we [...]

Unofficial, Mission Viejo Mayor MacLean recalled by 118 votes

Awaiting the Recall Results…
Update: We have just found out that there are 1140 additional ballots to be counted. While Provisional ballots are counted later I am surprised that they did not mention the 864 turned in at the polls that were not included in the unofficial final count. Therefore, to survive the recall Lance must get [...]

MacLeanites seething with anger as MacLean recall campaign wraps up

The MacLeanites are seething with anger…
Mission Viejo Councilman Lance MacLean started the road to his recall because of his infamous temper.  Now, as his recall election draws to a close, his supporters appear to be channeling his anger – and his incivility.
Case in point – Dan Avery, the head of the MacLeanites.  Avery’s comments got [...]

MacLeanites feebly grasping at straws

Dan Avery will stand on his head if you will vote against the MacLean Recall…
Dan Avery, a very vocal opponent of the campaign to recall Mission Viejo Councilman Lance MacLean, has been sporadically sending me emails attacking Dale Tyler.  Apparently Avery has been trying to find something, anything, on Tyler.
Tyler is one of two candidates [...]

Should CAPO Trustees Lopez-Maddox and Winsten be recalled?

“Parents for Local Control, a newly formed coalition of parents and community leaders that opposes Capistrano’s “reform”-minded school board, presented trustees Ken Lopez-Maddox and Mike Winsten with recall notices during a board meeting Tuesday night,” according to the O.C. Register.
This would be the third such recall in CAPO history.
Lopez-Maddox and Winsten have acted like typical [...]

Is the Recall Campaign against Mission Viejo Councilman Lance Maclean in trouble?

Is Mission Viejo activist Connie Lee in trouble over the Lance MacLean recall campaign?
We received a tip today from one of our readers, Dan Avery, alleging that a judge has signed a court order and that the Orange County District Attorney’s office has picked up the orginal petitions to recall Mission Viejo City Councilman Lance MacLean, [...]

Mission Viejo recall election update

On Monday, December 7th we learned that one of the paid solicitors gathering signatures on Mission Viejo petitions for the recall of councilman Lance MacLean contacted city officials with allegations of improper handling of the petition effort.
This unnamed individual lives in our neighboring city of Lake Forest. His allegation was published in the OC Register [...]

Connie Lee appointed Mission Viejo City Chair by OCGOP

Connie Lee, of Mission Viejo (Picture Courtesy of the OC Weekly)
Connie Lee, who was recognized as a “volunteer of the month” by the OCGOP, at which time she received certificates of appreciation from Congressman Gary Miller, State Senator Mimi Walters, Assemblyman Jeff Miller, OCBOS Chair Patricia Bates and OCGOP Chairman Scott Baugh, was recently appointed [...]

Public Service in Mission Viejo. Please don't hit me, please don't hit me

While we have hundreds of volunteers  serving in Mission Viejo as members of our SCAT team, or in our animal shelter, library and Norman P, Murray Community and Senior Center, there is an area where the 80-20 rule is not even on the radar screen.
Politics. Apathy. And there surely are valid reasons for that shortage.
Let’s begin [...]

Three Stooges arrived in Mission Viejo last Fri. Part 2 of 2

Former Mission Viejo Mayor, Susan Withrow is a big fan of recall candidate Dave Leckness
Earlier today I met with our City Clerk and copied the list of names on both Mission Viejo RECALL candidate Dave Leckness and Dale Tyler’s Nomination Papers. I also copied the 50 plus names that appeared on the Feb 5th Notice [...]

3 stooges arrived in Mission Viejo last Fri. Part 1 of 2

Mission Viejo recall council candidate Dave Leckness
Good afternoon folks. The election to recall  Mission Viejo Councilman Lance MacLean is starting off like a “3 stooges” comedy routine.
On Thursday Nov 19th Dave Leckness submitted his documents to become the second candidate to replace Lance MacLean if voters kick him out of office. While two other Mission Viejo [...]

“Disaster Preparedness EXPO” in Mission Viejo

Who said I can’t post a positive story about  Mission Viejo, the city in which I live?
Exactly one year ago Mission Viejo City Council candidate Cathy Schlicht attended the Walk Against Drugs and stopped at the South County Emergency Preparedness booth adjacent to the Norman P. Murray Community Center.
Realizing that the 2007 Santiago Canyon fire caught [...]