Golf Course Remains at Risk

As an ongoing public relations problem for the MUK majority (MacLean, Ury and Kelley), the Casta del Sol Golf Course is still for sale. Despite all the denials from city hall, a housing developer could buy it at any time. In 2007-2008, Sunrise Assisted Living was trying to buy the property and get it rezoned for housing. Sunrise planned to use only 10 acres on the south or southwest side and negotiated with American Golf to purchase all 72 acres – the entire golf course.

The MUKsters now say they have always been dedicated to preserving the golf course. Did someone forget to ask them who would operate and maintain the golf course if Sunrise had bought it? Did anyone think caregivers from the Sunrise assisted living facility would double as golf course employees? American Golf would have left town, and the golf course would have been closed.

The MUKsters indicated the golf course was never at risk, but their preservation scenario was a hoax.

Did Sunrise indicate it would become the new operator of the course? (No. Sunrise stated it didn’t want the golf course.)

Did Sunrise pretend it had an interest in leasing out the remaining 62 acres as a golf course? (No.)

Did the MUK council members identify (after claiming the remaining acres would remain a golf course) who would operate the course if Sunrise bought the property? (No, they didn’t have to. Their followers never figured that one out.)

If the MUK majority’s rezoning craze hadn’t been interrupted by the Land-Use Initiative, and if Sunrise hadn’t become financially hamstrung, what would have stopped the new owner from closing the golf course? (Nothing. With the entire 72 acres rezoned to allow housing, Sunrise could have sold the remaining 62 acres to another housing developer.)

If the MUKsters had any explanation of how a golf course would continue functioning without employees, funds, maintenance, etc., what was it? And what were the chances that Sunrise could have found a buyer for a golf course missing a 10-acre chunk including its clubhouse?

The MUKsters are engaged in the fight of their political lives against those wanting to recall MacLean. A key objective of the recall group is saving the golf course. The first step was placing the Mission Viejo Right To Vote Initiative on the ballot, and the second step is removing MacLean from office.