I have just received the following Press Release from city of Mission Viejo senior council member John Paul Ledesma:
For Immediate Release Contact: John Paul Ledesma
January 25, 2010 Cell (949) 616-2988
Union Boss Quint Attacks Mission Viejo Taxpayers
MISSION VIEJO – President of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, Wayne Quint, continues his attack on Mission Viejo Taxpayers at a feverish pace opposing the February 2 recall election. As of last week’s campaign reporting period, the Union has spent more than $77,000 on outright lies that include such statements as “a Yes vote on the recall means less fire and police personnel.” Yet, the councilmember they are defending, embattled recall target Lance MacLean, is the ONLY sitting councilmember to have ever voted against adding deputies to the Mission Viejo contract.
“Quint is blatantly lying with his claim that a ‘Yes’ vote on the recall means less fire and police personnel. Ironically, the Union is defending the only sitting councilmember who has ever voted against adding deputies to the Mission Viejo contract. Residents are calling me, and they’re astounded that anyone in the field of law enforcement would back a politician with a history of violence. MacLean has been charged with assault, and he has a documented anger management problem,” said Ledesma.
Ledesma continued, “It is insane for the Union to go to such lengths to defend lifetime medical benefits for City Councilmembers. Last Friday, I was sent a link to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9F97qCSM1o and viewed www.youtube.com/recalllancemaclean “
Mission Viejo is a member of the Orange County Fire Authority, which is NOT funded through the Mission Viejo general fund. It is funded through property taxes collected in Mission Viejo. To say that Fire Services would be cut is a complete fabrication.
MacLean’s history of violence is well documented on the Internet, including a widely publicized Irvine police report and the official UCI campus newspaper. The OC Register and OC Weekly have also carried articles about MacLean’s assault on a co-worker.
According to the March 4, 2009 OC Weekly by Spencer Kornhaber, “Right there in the UC Irvine Police Department crime report dated Oct. 26, 2007, is an account of what happened between MacLean and a co-worker:
“After a short verbal altercation (about 30 seconds) between the two men, Maclean [sic] took a step forward and bumped [Jack] McManus against the chest. Maclean then extended both his arms out and placed his hands around McManus’s neck. Maclean then shoved McManus against the wall and started to lift McManus up while his hands were still around McManus’ neck.”
The police report then says it took four cops to break MacLean’s grip, wrestle him to the floor and handcuff him over snarls of “Get the f@#$ off of me; get the f@#$ off of me.”
[Note: the “F” word was edited in this press release and not in the original article]
John Paul “J.P.” Ledesma is a proponent of the recall and has a record of opposing a staff recommendation to reduce the number of deputies in the City’s contract.
Mission Viejo has consistently been recognized as one of the safest cities of its size in California and the nation. John Paul “J.P.” Ledesma was first elected to the City Council in 1998 and has supported every increase to the Police Services contract with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The recall election will be held on February 2, 2010.
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Gilbert note. While we have covered some of these documented issues in Juice posts, I did not particpate in writing this Press Release and am sharing it with Juice readers as it was received this morning.
Now isn’t that interesting?! The public employee unions back MacLean….reason enough to toss him.
Folks. In today’s mail we received ANOTHER hit piece from the AOCDS that demonstrates how informed they are NOT!!! On the front side is a picture of a cute young girl holding a piece of white chalk as she faces us. On the simulated blackboard it states “Will she still have music, PE and art classes at her school?”
What genius created this flyer? The city of Mission Viejo has ZERO influence on either of our two school districts’ programs.And to think that the vast majority of our voting age residents have college degrees while receiving this trash is amazing.
Larry. Someone is making money. The firm that does all of the AOCDS printing who must be laughing as he doesn’t even question the message.
It is rather obvious that Wayne Quint and the Sheriffs Union are out of touch with what is going on in Mission Viejo and the state in general.
To claim that a recall in a city election would have anything to do with our local schools is ridiculous at best.
Mr. Quint–to help you out they are TWO different political entities. A decision to boot out Lance MacLean will have nothing to do with ether Saddleback Unified , or Capistrano Unified.
Most likely both districts and their administrators WILL CHEER when MacLean is told to go home on Feb 2, 2010 by the voters of Mission Viejo.
As another note to Wayne Quint–this IS NOT YOUR, OR THE UNIONS COMMUNITY. Your are employed by the city and that is it. !!!
Quint is a good man and while I don’t know what his reasons are for opposing the recall, I back him 100% and encourage others who support our men and women in uniform to do the same.
To: I like John Wayne Quint.
Sorry but the president is out of line spending upwards of $100,000 to protect a known violent man.
And let me add that as a former Board Member of POFF, Police Officers and Firefighters Fellowship, we held annual prayer breakfasts for around 600-700 of our county public servants who put their lives on the line every day. My issue is not with the men in blue.
The OCSD union should not be engaged in this recall election, especially as they have just negotiated a reduction in rank and file benefits. I wonder if anyone has questioned their leader of this massive expenditure.
I agree with Poster #4. I’d much rather have Wayne Quint on my side than a whiner like Ledesma!
Poster boy.
Is this your scoop? John Paul Ledesma is running to become our next sheriff or OCSD union president?
Amazing how far off the reservation some of our readers take us!