Ury Lied About the Golf Course
Letter to the Editor

Homeowners near the Casta del Sol Golf Course should know that their safety and security are at risk with the golf course for sale. We’ll be able to stop this threat by voting for the Mission Viejo Right To Vote (Measure D) in the June 8 election.

The Right To Vote gives us the power to make final decisions on all major zone changes. By approving Measure D, we’ll be able to overturn any council decision to rezone the golf course (e.g., for apartments, a park, etc.). We need the Right To Vote as a safeguard to protect our home values and security.

Council majority members have flat-out lied about preserving the golf course. Sunrise developers had financial problems and dropped their housing plan, but the golf course is still for sale. For awhile, the council majority even lied about that.

Five Mission Viejo residents wrote the ballot argument in favor of Measure D, and I am proud to be one of them. Councilman Frank Ury wrote the ballot argument against Measure D. He was sued for lying in his ballot argument, and a Superior Court Judge struck down his most outrageous lies.

Ury lied by saying housing could never be built on the golf course because it’s in a flood plain. However, residents received a mailer from Sunrise two years ago with pictures of housing on the golf course. Not all of the golf course is in the flood plain, and the entire golf course would have been gone if the council had approved the plan. Others opposing Measure D are a group of Realtors, developers and consultants who will profit from more housing.

It takes only three council votes to rezone property. Two years ago, three council members (Frank Ury, Lance MacLean and Trish Kelley) took “campaign donations” from Sunrise’s public relations consultant. It should be illegal.

Please vote for the Right To Vote on June 8 and take away the council’s power to rezone. Protect our city, our Master Plan and the Casta del Sol Golf Course by voting for Measure D.

Elizabeth Mimm
Mission Viejo