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Oct. 22, 2005 Honorable Members of the Mission Viejo City Council and staff Re: Contract for "public outreach, "Consent Calendar Item No. 21 relating to the expansion of Crown Valley Parkway. OK. You have spoken. We can accept the decision to retain the services of a professional consultant to take responsibility for this outreach. And we are glad that more than one was found to be qualified to perform said task. However. Let me request that the prevailing council members check out the following information and then place this approval back on the next council meeting with your reconsideration powers. Background for this request. Aug. 22 seven-page Priority Mail Letter from the Law Office of Wewer and Lacy to the honorable Crystal Kochendorfer, Trustee, Capistrano Unified School District. The purpose of Jim's letter is a Cease and Desist dealing with "A notice of intention to Recall." Note: I only came into possession of this letter this morning. If I had it prior to the last council meeting I would surely have submitted it with my testimony on Oct. 17. The allegation in the letter deals with the current recall of the school board and the activities of Roger Faubel's firm. If said practice is correct, this may entail a violation of the California Elections Code. In fact, a statement in the Lacy letter on page 1 indicates that if said allegations continue, said evidence of illegal actions will be referred to the office of our District Attorney for prosecution. Under the heading of Recent Illegal Activities on page 3, it reads: "Individuals who were in attendance at these meetings have contacted us. These individuals have reported that you (together with the assistance and support of Roger Faubel and John Stratham, your paid political consultants from Faubel Public Affairs) led the meetings. (We note that Roger Faubel is also currently a member of the elected Santa Margarita Water District Board of Directors)"... . Note: These private training meetings were held on or about Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 at the private home of a trustee. I won't retype the entire letter. Let me simply state we take pride in calling ourselves a Community of Character. The mayor mentions the character word of the month on a regular basis. There is a NEW cloud hanging over Roger Faubel. Not only did he mislead us in his comments about not being involved in politics for five years until being corrected by Member Ledesma, he also failed to acknowledge his service on the local water district board. Those are not major concerns for me. My concern is the charges that he was actively involved in the current recall and that his firm made recommendations on how to disrupt the legal gathering of signatures for the recall. If these allegations are true, then we should not reward him with a Mission Viejo contract, be it $1,000 or I am certain that a copy of the letter, which is in my possession, can be obtained directly for the Law Offices of Wewer and Lacy. My intent in sending this email is to protect our city from any connection to anyone engaged in illegal activities that can impact our city. CUSD is within our borders. Respectfully submitted. |
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