Politicking Around the Campfire
Letter to the Editor

Welcome to the first “campout” with Mayor Dave on Sat. 10/22 to Sun 10/23. Join Dave Leckness, Frank Ury, Trish Kelly and possibly some city employees for a one-night campout (this should be enough for most of us).

Listen to the gang of three – Dave, Frank and Trish – around the campfire (built in one of the new pots they moved from the middle of Marguerite Parkway), regale us with stories of city spending overruns (city hall, library, Norm Murray Center, other assorted rec centers, parade floats, etc.).

The list could go on for hours. However, we campers need our sleep, so we can ask Frank Ury to explain in his usual “talk down to us” style why adding more apartments and low-income housing to be built by HIS developer friends on selected locations (golf courses, shopping centers) will bring only good traffic to M.V.

If Frank has not yet induced drowsiness in the taxpayers, we will call on Trish Kelly to recite her “words of the months.” This should put us all including Trish out like a light.

The next AM after cleaning up in OUR Oso Creek, we hike to the Norm Murray Center where our golf carts await. We then motor up the trail with Dave in the “MAYOR” cart in the lead.

And as we motor off, we say goodbye until next year's campout when Dave will put it ON lake Mission Viejo with party boats. Thanks to Dave, Frank and Trish, the city will then have its own Navy. After all it's only $$$$$$.

Dale Sandore
Mission Viejo