Invasion from Rancho Santa Margarita
Editorial staff

Those who drove around Mission Viejo during the weekend saw oversize campaign signs popping up on public property all over town. The city’s carefully manicured medians and HOA slopes are now blighted with larger-than-life campaign signs posted by a candidate from Rancho Santa Margarita, Neil Blais.

Days before the RSM assault, a few other campaign signs appeared, mostly on corners or posted by owners on their private property. As the Blais signs went up, signs of his opponent, Jeff Miller, were mangled and torn down. By Sunday afternoon, almost every Miller sign had been damaged, including those posted by owners on private property.

Blais is apparently trying to win votes in Mission Viejo, which he hasn’t earned. See another article on this week’s blog for details, written by Mission Viejo Councilman John Paul Ledesma. A few residents became so confused by the RSM rhetoric they claimed Blais was a “leader in the Capo school district recall.” Blais doesn’t even live in the Capo district, and he has no record of leadership in the Republican Party.

Blais sent mailers claiming Jeff Miller has some kind of legal baggage over a power company issue, and the information is false. Check the dates of the “information” – 2004 or before. All such political smears were dismissed by the D.A. years ago, and Jeff Miller was the one who demanded an investigation to clear his name.

Writers and contributors at MissionViejoCA.org unanimously endorse Jeff Miller