The Buzz

City hall has received complaints from business owners and others trying to make a living in Mission Viejo. The city uses tax dollars to compete with business – everything from classes and services to showing “free” movies and distributing “free” merchandise. When City Hall invades the private sector, small businesses cannot compete, particularly during a recession. While the idea of a farmers market is a good thing, city hall is hosting a taxpayer-subsidized market directly across the street from two grocery stores. The city is distributing “free” (taxpayer purchased) reusable bags at the market – made in China, of course.

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In addition to two great grocery stores near La Paz and Marguerite – Ralphs and Trader Joe’s – Mission Viejo is fortunate to have a neighborhood market at Marguerite and Trabuco. Ranch Market is the smaller sister store to Mission Ranch Market at 23166 Los Alisos Blvd.

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An old friendship of Barack Obama might come back to haunt him. Did the parents of former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers help finance Obama’s Harvard education? Did Ayers’ mother believe Obama was a foreign student? A retired U.S. Postal Service carrier, Allen Hutton, who delivered mail to Tom and Mary Ayers in a Chicago suburb in the late 1980s and early 1990s and claims to have met Obama in front of the Ayers home, emphatically says yes. Hutton says that in conversations with Mary Ayers while on his route he learned of the couple’s enthusiasm and support for a black foreign student. http://www.teaparty.org/article.php?id=2754

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Update from Mission Viejo Chapter Leader Bruce Mayall, ACT for America: Robert Reyto, D.D.S., will be the group’s featured speaker on Mon., April 9, 7:30 p.m., at the Mission Viejo Community Center. Reyto’s topic will be “The Myths and Realities of the Qur’an: what every infidel needs to know about Islam’s sacred texts.” Muslims believe that the Qur'an was revealed to Mohammad by the angel Gabriel. In it the self-appointed prophet reveals Allah's eternal commands for Muslims. For almost 1,400 years devout Muslims have followed these commands. But, much to their detriment, few non-Muslims know what the Qur'an says. Ignorance may be blissful, but ignorance of the Qur'an is dangerous. Islamists say their ideology is a misunderstood "religion of peace." But 14 centuries of jihad, bloodshed and conquest contradict their story. They don't want infidels to know their true history, doctrines and intentions. But, to understand the intentions of Islamists in America and around the world, one must know about Islam's sacred texts.

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The OC Register’s 3-22-12 article about the housing development plan to the east, Rancho Mission Viejo, included an interesting comment. City Manager Dennis Wilberg was quoted, “I’m encouraged to see the economy has picked up to the point where they’re actually moving forward with some development.” Why would Wilberg be encouraged by housing that will bring a tsunami of traffic through Mission Viejo? Oh – he lives in Lake Forest. For any Mission Viejo resident who isn’t concerned about the impact, look for a description in the comments, http://missionviejodispatch.com/business/new-neighboring-city-begins/

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Mission Viejo Tea Party Patriots are planning a Tax Day protest. Because April 15 falls on a Sunday this year, the rally will take place on Monday, April 16 – save the date. Saddleback Republican Assembly will support the event.