Mission Viejo Buzz - 07/10/10

The Buzz

By following seismic activity on http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv , Mission Viejo residents can see that south Orange County is relatively quiet. Residents can also view areas that are prone to liquefaction and shaker-related landslides at http://gmw.consrv.ca.gov/shmp/html/pdf_maps_so.html . Except for areas near creeks, especially Oso Creek, the city is a relatively safe place to build. As another exception, look at the Casta del Sol Golf Course.

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The Mission Viejo Chapter of ACT for America will meet on Mon., July 12, at the Norman P. Murray Community Center, Sycamore B room. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the meeting begins at 7:30. Guest speaker will be Larry Greenfield, whose topic will be “Jihad vs. America: Threats, Defenses and U.S. Policy Options.” Greenfield is a Fellow in American Studies at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. A $5 donation is appreciated to help cover costs

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Saddleback Republican Assembly does not hold its monthly meetings in July or August. SRA’s next meeting will be Sept. 16.

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Why did a member of the Casta del Sol homeowners board switch sides on the Mission Viejo Right-To-Vote Initiative (Measure D on the June 8 ballot)? Email from a Casta insider: “After our homeowners board took a position to protect the Casta Golf Course from housing development, I was surprised to see a board member at council meetings telling people to vote against Measure D. Then I learned that the board member’s husband has suddenly had a surge of activity in his real-estate related business. In the middle of a real estate slump, he is suddenly so busy with work he has resigned from volunteer activities. I would like to know the names of people who privately benefited from all the money pouring in from out of town to defeat Measure D.”

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In his new book, In Search of Governance, pollster Scott Rasmussen says, “The gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century.” Rasmussen’s Website posts include a daily presidential tracking poll, http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking _poll