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Reminder from ACT for America’s Mission Viejo Chapter Leader Bruce Mayall: ACT for America will meet Mon., Jan. 9. Guest speaker will be Jesse Petrilla, and his topic will be “The Leftist-Jihadist Alliance: two grave threats to America and how we can stop them.” Petrilla is a member of the Rancho Santa Margarita City Council. The meeting will be held at the Norman Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.

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Tea Party Patriots will continue to fight on for three core principles of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free markets. The U.S. debt reached 100 percent of the Gross Domestic Product in 2011. The debt is currently at $15.17 trillion and continues to increase by the second. While Tea Partiers fought to prevent the government from continuing to borrow money, the effects of the “debt ceiling deal” could not have been more obvious last week when Obama asked for another $1.2 trillion increase. He will get it because Congress has now said he can have the increase as long as both the Senate and House do not vote to disallow it. Tea Partiers know now more than ever of the need to make changes and restore fiscal responsibility in all levels of government.

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Excerpt from an email about the national debt forwarded by Tea Party Patriot Lorraine B.: “We now owe more than we produce; our debt exceeds GDP (Gross Domestic Product – the total amount of all goods produced by every person and company in America in a year). That would be ok if you are paying off part of the balance each year, but we continue to add to the debt each day. Here’s the link to the national debt clock: http://www.usdebtclock.org . The numbers are shocking. Spending at this rate is criminal.”

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With California’s redevelopment agencies out of business as a result of a state Supreme Court ruling last week, high-density housing projects in Mission Viejo appear to be in limbo. Palmia homeowners who opposed the apartment project on east Los Alisos say they are cautiously optimistic the apartments won’t be built in the near future. Prior to the ruling, word had spread that UDR Inc. wanted sell the property to another apartment builder. In July, UDR succeeded (with a 3-2 council vote, Frank Ury, Trish Kelley and Dave Leckness in favor) in getting an increased number of units and switching from condos to apartments. Will another developer buy it, given the depressed economy and no financial incentive from the city?

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The year 2011 left a lot of people poorer and more frustrated than ever before. In Mission Viejo, the end of redevelopment gave city watchdogs a boost that the year was ending better than it began. Other optimism stems from the November 2012 election on the horizon.

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Happy New Year to all from Missionviejoca.org.