Although the rookie and the old man each lost in Sunday’s NFL championship games I still look forward to see the Super Bowl ad’s where I expect Budweiser to be the fan choice for best commercials. Perhaps Art will add a poll to one of our posts to get reader opinion on the best and the worst bang for the buck ad on Super Bowl Sunday.
Let’s shift gears and look at another form of advertising. In this case the AOCDS union has hit a new low. After someone has taken four different election related polls of Mission Viejo voters, and using a shotgun approach to see if anything they throw at the wall will stick, they have sunk to a new low.
We all have seen ads that use our children as pawns in the political tug of wars across this state.
In our mail yesterday the OC deputy sheriffs union “hit” piece has a picture of a cute young girl in pigtails facing us while holding a piece of chalk. The background of this mailer is a dark chalkboard with two questions.
Will her neighborhood library have the same hours?
Will she still have music, PE and art classes at her school?
MAYBE NOT. If the February 2nd Recall passes, funding for crucial community programs may be at risk.
So president Wayne Quint tugs at the heartstrings of our parents by alleging that our children’s school programs will be on the line if the recall is successful.
One problem.
The city of Mission Viejo is not the same elected body as either Trustees of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District or the Capistrano Unified School District, each of whom control how and where they spend their budgeted funds. The Mission Viejo city council has zero influence on daytime school programs.
There is more at stake in this recall election than Lance MacLean getting lifetime health care for a part time position on our city council that our Treasurer told us will cost around $257,000 for each of the current council majority. Two other council members, Trish Kelley and Frank Ury, are also eligible for the same benefit at the same cost to taxpayers if they win one more election. We all know that over 90% of incumbents win when running for reelection.
At one city council meeting Frank Ury said they would be fighting the recall. He is a friend of union president Wayne Quint whose union dues spent to block this recall extend way beyond mayor Lance MacLean. They want assurance that Frank Ury will be protected by enabling him to retain his $257,000 lifetime health care option as Frank is no longer a big shot at Intel and only recently formed his own company.
If elected, challenger Dale Tyler has been very specific that he will promote and Agendize elimination of this taxpayer funded perk at his first council meeting. He does not support taxpayers being obligated to pay the cost of lifetime health care of our current council majority.
Questions for Juice readers:
1. Should part-time city council members be “entitled” to taxpayer funded health care for the rest of their lives?
2. Does your employer provide lifetime health care for you if you leave the firm?
Note: I am told that if they do not take the coverage, which today is $840 per month, the money will go into an annuity for them.
The attack against Mission Viejo residents by unions and other outsiders is HORRENDOUS. If the unions can pull this one off, mere citizens are in deep, deep trouble.
Wayne Quint and his union just might find out his efforts in Mission Viejo have backfired. He is an idiot to think the city and schools have any type of mutual funding. These latest tactics are an insult to Mission Viejo.
Mission Viejo is not a town that cottons to outsiders pumping a lot of money into a race to save special interest.
So–just why would Wayne Quint and his union pump close to $100,000 into Mission Viejo while the Orange County Supervisors are cutting budgeting to all of the agencies within the county. Maybe Mr. Quint should spend his time protecting his flock, and talking to the OC Supervisors about his dues paying members and get his BIG NOSE out of Mission Viejo politics.
Of course no one ever said Wayne Quint is/was very bright.
MV Hometown Boy.
Wayne has not returned my call nor has he responded to my email copy of the earlier post so I guess he is avoiding any contact with the Juice.
Perhaps someone reading this story, who might be a card carrying member of the union can get the answers we seek.
So…. for a political friendship, the union boss abused his authority, deliberately made false statements which do not correspond with the truth, made all kinds of charges and proved none of them. umm….sounds just like the same tactics Council Members Mr. vioLance Maclean, Frank Ury, Trish Kelly used to vote themselves lifetime health benefits. These MUKsters tried to tell the voters that if they did not reinstate their benefits the city would be sued for $10 million. So they set themselves up as valiantly protecting the public interest by voting themselves lifetime health benefits – makes sense to me. NOT !
Where is Brother Scott Baugh, the GOP chief who just reinvented himself as the union fighter? If he goes riding down to Mission Viejo on his white horse, his fellow Republicans at the county would unseat him.
O brother where art thou?
Good question. Scott Baugh has received an email copy of my Central Committee speech follow up but he is sadly MIA.
Perhaps the union understands a thing or two about Dale Tyler. Such as he’s lived here for 22 years and doesn’t have a California Drivers License. Oddly enough he does have three vehicles but two are registered in Indiana. I’m guessing this is why the CHP has been looking for him to ask some questions. CHP, District Attorney, the FPPC, the IRS are all investigating Tyler. No wonder cops don’t want him elected.
And if you think you can keep this quiet by not publishing this comment, in 15 minutes Sharon Cody will have the news and in 4 hours half of Mission Viejo will have it. Tyler is finished, you are finished, some revolution. Oh and the story is going to break about how you hung Lance in effigy today.