Casta Golf Course Questions Continue

Council majority members Lance MacLean, Frank Ury and Trish Kelley (MUK) may have thought they calmed the community by spinning the threat of housing on the Casta del Sol Golf Course. They extended a moratorium on zone changes, saying they “saved the golf course” from development when homebuilding is at a virtual standstill. MacLean falsely proclaimed the golf course is no longer for sale.

Residents who signed the Right To Vote petition should watch the April 6 meeting when the council will likely decide how to deal with the initiative. To be continued from the March 16 agenda, the item was titled “Certification of Petition for the Vote on Private and Public Property Land Use Regulation Initiative.” At the last meeting, only Councilwoman Cathy Schlicht supported moving the process forward so that Mission Viejo residents would have the opportunity to vote on the initiative in the 2010 General Election.

The MUK majority members have made clear they oppose the initiative. Among other indications, residents reported that Ury had instructed them not to sign the petition. Kelley has quietly told people the initiative is “unnecessary.” MacLean at the March 16 meeting challenged Schlicht’s support of moving the process forward.

Homeowners living near the golf course continue to ask what will become of the property when the housing market eventually recovers. All three of the council majority members have made statements in support of housing on the golf course. If the MUK majority decides on April 6 to challenge putting the initiative on the ballot, all those who signed the Right-To-Vote petition should sign the petition to recall MacLean as soon as possible.