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February 8, 2008
The Real Reason Why 241 Toll Road Plan Failed!
Full disclosure: I'm not too informed on the 241 Toll Road. I don't see how extending it to San Onofre will reduce traffic on the 5 Freeway. I don't surf so don't particularly care if the legendary waves of Trestles disappeared. I do know that the Transportation Corridor Authority is one of Orange C ... More >>
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February 10, 2008
Why The Toll Road Is Dead
The Foothill-South (241) toll road extension, as we know it, is dead. Bold claim, you say? Presumptuous, maybe? Not so. Recently, mi hermano Gustavo Arellano pinpointed the root cause of the Transportation Corridor Agencies' failure to gain Coastal Commission approval for their Final Solution to ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
Lance MacLean and the Slums of Mission Viejo
The Foothill-South (241) toll road extension, as we know it, is dead. Bold claim, you say? Presumptuous, maybe? Not so. Recently, mi hermano Gustavo Arellano pinpointed the root cause of the Transportation Corridor Agencies' failure to gain Coastal Commission approval for their Final Solution to ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
A Recall Effort Begins Against Mission Viejo Councilman Lance MacLean
It happened with the haste and informality of a high-five. The honorable and lanky Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean took his seat at the dais around 6 p.m., right before the beginning of tonight's open-session council meeting. A man in the front row of the audience, wearing a vibrant green ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Mission Viejo Recall Target Fires Back
Lance MacLeanMission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean sent out a press release a little more than an hour ago responding to the recall petition presented to him two Mondays ago. Here is the 200-word statement to voters that he's legally asked to issue:"I have been honored to represent you since 200 ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Lance MacLeanMission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean sent out a press release a little more than an hour ago responding to the recall petition presented to him two Mondays ago. Here is the 200-word statement to voters that he's legally asked to issue:"I have been honored to represent you since 200 ... More >>
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February 20, 2009
Saddleback Republicans to MacLean: Resign Now, RINO!
A good number of the people sitting on the Mission Viejo City Council got their political start back in the '90s by holding positions in the Saddleback Republican Assembly, a chartered unit of the California Republican Assembly that serves Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Laguna Woods and Laguna Hills. I ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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March 12, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly
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 >>
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March 5, 2009
Lance MacLean Has Learned That Mission Viejo's Political Players Always Go for the Throat
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 >>
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February 5, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
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 >>
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January 29, 2009
Mission Viejo Councilwoman Cathy Schlicht Tries to Deliver, But Is Running Into an Opposing Majority
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 >>
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May 18, 2009
Aww, There's a Tea-Bagging Reunion Today
Spencer Kornhaber / OCWApril 15, 2009. Remember that? Best day of your life, right? Not just because you got to pay taxes, but rather because you got a chance to complain about paying those taxes. The Weekly, at least, had a pretty good time at last month's tax-hating/liberals-bashing Tea Party in S ... 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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June 15, 2009
Rev. Wiley Drake Leads List of OC's July 4 Teabaggers
Just call him Rev. TeabaggerThe Rev. Wiley Drake, last heard from praying for President Barack Obama's death, leads the list of Orange Countains who have stepped up to lead the "Official Tax Day TEA Party" in their communities on July 4.TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already, by the way. Besides the co ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
Teabagging or Partisan Hackery?
Hey, hey, hey, the beauty of all these anti- (take your pick) -tax, -deficit, -progress tea parties was that they were truly grass-roots, free from the partisan political hackery that many believe in responsible for the country's fiscal woes in the first place. Then what to make of the Saddleback Re ... More >>
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September 28, 2009
Sleepy South-County Towns Make US News's List Of Political Junky Zones
Ed Piskor / OC WeeklyA 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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September 28, 2009
Recall Of Mission Viejo's MacLean Heads To Ballot
Late Friday afternoon, the Orange County Registrar of Voters announced it had certified the signatures gathered by Mission Viejo city activists seeking to recall Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean. It's a big step for the recall movement, which gathered nearly 14,000 signatures -- though they only ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
Local Republicans Back Recall of Mission Viejo's Lance MacLean... Again
The Mission Viejo Dispatch reports that the Saddleback Republican Assembly has voted to endorse the recall of Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean. "But wait!" you, faithful Navel Gazing reader, pleads. "Didn't they already do this?"Yeah, back in Febuary, the SRA--a sanctioned branch of the ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Mission Viejo Recall Proponent Becomes Candidate
Dale Tyler, the man who was signatory number one of 52 on the initial letter announcing the recall of Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean, has moved to be the first candidate in the race to potentially replace embattled councilman.No other candidates have yet pulled papers with the City of ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Mission Viejo Council Candidate Makes it Official
We previously mentioned how Dale Tyler was the first person in Mission Viejo to pull papers to potentially become a candidate to replace city councilman Lance MacLean in the event that voters recall MacLean from office in February. Now, it appears Tyler is the first person to make his candidacy ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Why Is Mission Viejo Mayor Lance MacLean Feeling Better About Election Day?
We previously mentioned how Dale Tyler was the first person in Mission Viejo to pull papers to potentially become a candidate to replace city councilman Lance MacLean in the event that voters recall MacLean from office in February. Now, it appears Tyler is the first person to make his candidacy ... More >>
Columns
January 21, 2010
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
We previously mentioned how Dale Tyler was the first person in Mission Viejo to pull papers to potentially become a candidate to replace city councilman Lance MacLean in the event that voters recall MacLean from office in February. Now, it appears Tyler is the first person to make his candidacy ... More >>
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February 2, 2010
Tensions High as Ever at MV Council Meeting Before Recall Vote
Ed Piskor / OC WeeklyVoters 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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February 3, 2010
Mission Viejo's MacLean Recalled, Replaced by Anti-Recall Candidate [UPDATE: Yes, He Is... by 19 Votes]
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyLance MacLean: Okay, NOW mayor no more.Update, 5:01 p.m.: The final results for the election are out. MacLean has been recalled by a vote of 50.1% to 49.9%, with a 19 vote difference between the two sides. Dave Leckness will replace him. Full results here.Update, 10:50 a ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Mission Viejo's MacLean Rescinds Recount Request
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyLance MacLean: at peace?Orange Juice! and the Mission Viejo Dispatch are reporting that Mission Viejo ex-Mayor Lance MacLean has canceled his request for a recount of the ballot's in last week's election, which saw him recalled from office by a margin of 19 votes.Speakin ... More >>

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