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Ed Piskor

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    February 2, 2010

    Tensions High as Ever at MV Council Meeting Before Recall Vote

    Ed Piskor / OC Weekly​Voters today are heading to the polls in Mission Viejo to decide whether or not to recall Mayor Lance MacLean.You'd know that fact already, many time over, if you'd been at last night's Mission Viejo city council meeting.For years, the council's public comments portion of the ... More >>

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    January 14, 2010

    The Weekly Used as Propaganda in Mission Viejo Recall

    The news story in the latest dead-tree version of the Weekly is about the attempted recall of Mission Viejo mayor Lance MacLean. MacLean seems to think he's got a chance of surviving the recall because of a few well-publicized setbacks for his political foes.That doesn't mean the campaign's over by ... More >>

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    September 28, 2009

    Sleepy South-County Towns Make US News's List Of Political Junky Zones

    Ed Piskor / OC Weekly​A proponent of the Lance MacLean recall (blogged about earlier today) just tipped me off to a list in published in US News and World Report last week: "10 Cities for Political Junkies." Orange County towns comprise one-fifth of the cities on the list, which seeks to document ... More >>

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    May 22, 2009

    Creek Trail Boondoggle Demonstrates The Mission Viejo Difference

    Ed Piskor / OC WeeklyAs I just posted: In Dana Point, when you use state and federal grants to fund a $7 million beautification project disguised as congestion relief, you don't have to worry a whole lot about public scrutiny and can expect a crowd of impressed citizens when you complete the project ... More >>

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    April 7, 2009

    Mission Viejo Council Votes To Let Voters Vote On Right To Vote

    Good headline, right? Last night, the Mission Viejo City Council sent the long-gestating "Right To Vote" initiative -- which is backed by roughly the same people who back the Lance MacLean recall campaign -- to a city-wide election. The initiative would mandate that all major zone-change proposals i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Mission Viejo Recall Crowd Hits Back; Lance MacLean Grabs Gardening Tool?

    Illustration by Ed Piskor / OC WeeklyThe proponents of the recall against Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean, understandably, weren't too happy with the story in this week's Weekly in which MacLean called them all liars. I received a polite but firm email from Connie Lee, one of the top membe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    The MacLean Recall: It's On

    Ed Piskor / OC WeeklyMore than a month after Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem was presented a letter stating the intention of 51 citizens to have him recalled from office, MacLean's opponents have gotten the go-ahead to begin gathering signatures from the general populace to get the recall on the ballot. ... More >>

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