Mission Viejo Buzz - 01/03/09

The Buzz

Reader comment about the Rose Parade float: “I hope the council is real proud of the fact that they spent $300,000 of the taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars for their egos only to have the TV commentators make stupid comments about Mission Viejo. We sure got our money's worth out of all that – HA! It causes grinding one’s teeth to nubs!”

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Another comment on the float: “With a city employee getting more than $100,000 a year to write constant spin, I think she could have written two sentences about Mission Viejo. On the channel I was watching, they chit-chatted and made small talk as Mission Viejo’s float was going by, talking about the Goodyear blimp and the weather.”

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The anticipated recall of Councilman Lance MacLean apparently isn’t a secret. Activists were at a storefront getting signatures on the Mission Viejo Right-To-Vote Initiative, and they said someone came to their table wanting to sign the petition to recall MacLean.

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As the momentum grows for recalling MacLean, residents are asking why not recall the M-U-K majority, MacLean, Ury and Kelley. Getting three signatures at one time makes sense, but the critical need is to change the 3-2 majority. Council Members John Paul Ledesma and Cathy Schlicht need only one more vote to promote fiscal responsibility. While not all residents are Ledesma enthusiasts, they should keep in mind that he has never initiated a pet project during his 10 years on the council.

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The Orange County Register has had display ads for two weeks heralding its “Meet the Publisher” breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Wed., Jan. 7, at the newspaper’s main office in Santa Ana. Among the “Five W’s” of an invitation, the “why” is missing. Aside from providing a complimentary continental breakfast for those who attend, the reason for the meeting isn’t stated. The ad says go to the Website for additional details, but none are given.

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If Register bosses want feedback on why the paper is failing, they can find out by reading the blogs, where complaints about the Register abound. First, a paper should report the news instead of attempting to create it. Second, have reporters write balanced news instead of publishing press releases and pretending that feature stories are news.