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No Rights for Residents As a Mission Viejo resident I disagree with the “The Register’s” endorsement of Frank Ury for City Council because Mr. Ury has NOT supported the property rights of Mission Viejo’s citizens. A city must respect the rights of all individuals--not only the rights of a particular property owner but also the rights of the individual property owners surrounding a property. To illustrate: If my neighbor shelters 30 cats and dogs, 50 chickens, a rooster, and a cow -- he is affecting my property rights and the rights of the whole neighborhood. Unfortunately, Mr. Ury endorses comparable infringements on neighborhood property rights. I would not expect “The Register” to know the details of Mission Viejo’s local issues; and that’s where local citizens come in. The details of Mission Viejo governance include the fact that under Mr. Ury’s mayorship, the city has seriously considered allowing several giant electronic signs at the juncture of Crown Valley and the 5 Freeway. Although the issue is now dormant through the election season, no doubt it will be revived. (Just as the Obama administration plans to carry on its plans if re-elected.) After the election, if the issue of large, electronic signs is revived and passed for Crown Valley Parkway, the property rights of all home owners in the area will be affected. Eventually, it will necessitate accommodating all businesses signs in Mission Viejo and thereby all neighborhoods will be affected. Moreover, the signs at Crown Valley and the Freeway have already generated threatened legal action from the cities of Laguna Niguel and Laguna Hills. If the signs are erected, Mission Viejo’s property values will decline. And to add insult to injury, its home owners will be paying for the legal fight to erect the signs. Combining Mr. Ury’s support for big, electronic signs along with his past support for high density housing (with resulting high density for classrooms, traffic, and emergency rooms), Mr. Ury seems to be planning a major transformation of Mission Viejo from a tree-lined suburban city to a hardscaped urban metropolis. Paula Steinhauer |
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