Republican Group Endorses Tyler
Press Release

Saddleback Republican Assembly’s directors and membership have endorsed Dale Tyler to replace Lance MacLean on the Mission Viejo City Council. The SRA board of directors voiced unanimous support for Tyler in the Feb. 2 Special Election to recall MacLean. The group’s membership endorsed Tyler by acclamation, which was also unanimous.

SRA directors and members had previously endorsed the recall of MacLean. The vote took place during SRA’s Oct. 15 meeting.

SRA President Matt Corrigan said, “SRA is well acquainted with MacLean, who received our endorsement when he was a council candidate in 2002. He presented a campaign platform of fiscal responsibility and small government, but he abandoned these principles soon after winning a council seat. His council performance was diametrically opposite his campaign promises. SRA’s endorsing process is a deliberate one, and we expect candidates we support to keep their promises.”

SRA members endorsed Tyler during their November meeting after listening to a presentation by Jon Coupal, president of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. HJTA, an organization with more than 200,000 members in California, was founded by the late Howard Jarvis, author of Prop 13.

Former SRA President Phil Steinhauer of Mission Viejo said the group’s endorsement of Tyler was timely on the night Coupal spoke. He said, “Coupal’s leadership in tax relief and the defense of the California homeowner ties in with Dale Tyler’s leadership in Mission Viejo. Dale founded the Concerned Mission Viejo Taxpayers Association. In the June 2010 election, Dale’s initiative, the Mission Viejo Right-To-Vote, will be on the ballot. We need Dale Tyler to replace the big spender who is being recalled.”

Saddleback Republican Assembly is a unit of the California Republican Assembly, which was founded in 1934. By receiving a local unit’s endorsement, candidates also receive the CRA endorsement, a coveted privilege for those who are deemed by its membership to be conservative, principled and electable.

Corrigan said the members of his group are taking an active role in campaigning for Tyler and reminding Mission Viejo residents to vote on Feb. 2.