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The Buzz On Aug. 12, the Secretary of State used a random drawing to determine the alphabetical order of candidates on the ballot. In the Mission Viejo council race, the order is: Rhonda Reardon (Retired Business Manager), Fred Carr (Local Businessman), Patricia “Trish” Kelley (City Council Member), Ken Golemo (Consumer Marketing Consultant), Bill Barker (Registered Professional Engineer), Neil Lonsinger (Retired Service Executive), *** Check out a county blog article about Councilwoman Trish Kelley’s lies in her ballot statement: http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2010/08/mv-city-clerk-refuses-to-challenge-mayor-kelley-candidate-statement-lies . The article describes Kelley’s false claims. Two years ago, the MV City Clerk not only challenged statements from two council candidates, she sued them. Here’s an excerpt from Larry Gilbert’s OJ Blog article: “Fast forward to Friday, August 6, 2010 when I sent an email challenge to our city Clerk with my first challenge against mayor Trish Kelley’s candidate statement. On Saturday morning August 7th I added a second challenge based on the mayor’s falsely reporting of our city reserves. That same day I received a response from our City Clerk stating that “I, as the City Elections Official, reviewed the candidate Statements prior to my upcoming vacation and did not find the statements to be in violation of the California Elections Code.” *** Kelley in her ballot statement claimed she “saved” the Casta del Sol Golf Course from housing development. Since the golf course is still for sale, perhaps Kelley should explain what she saved it FROM. The council’s phony moratorium on rezoning contained a loophole, whereby housing developers could not legally be prevented from proceeding with housing development. *** Does anyone not understand the union’s motives for recalling CUSD Trustees Mike Winsten and Ken Lopez-Maddox? Union leaders indicated they wanted to recall the trustees from the time they were first elected. Those associated with “Children First,” the union-backed group promoting the recall, tried to explain the animosity toward the board members: “The two trustees just don’t do a good job of communicating.” Winsten and Lopez-Maddox are among the seven current trustees who ran on a platform of reform, and they’ve held the line with the teachers union. *** Heads-up from a resident with regard to the neighborhood streets being repaved: “Please warn everyone who is leaving a vehicle on a side street while roads are being repaired. Many cars were parked on my street when an adjacent street was being slurried. My son saw someone late at night going from car to car with a flashlight, probably looking for valuables. I would have called the police immediately, but my son came home late and didn’t tell me until the next morning. This might be a crime ring of opportunists who watch for cars being left out that are usually parked in garages.” |
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