Mission Viejo Buzz




	The Buzz Post from Mission Viejo resident Larry Gilbert: “You can never know what ‘off the cuff’ suggestions you will hear at breakfast meetings. Someone suggested having best-selling author and conservative columnist Ann Coulter portray Hillary Clinton in a future movie. This followed discussion of ‘The Butler’ with traitor Jane Fonda. I wonder what the title should read.” * Where is the OC Register in reporting Mission Viejo news? During the Aug. 19 council meeting, Mission Viejo resident Brian Skalsky read a police report into the public record. The report quoted a city council candidate, Richard Sandzimier, who said he was never hit or injured in a confrontation on Oct. 8, 2010. Skalsky’s information countered OCR’s coverage of Sandzimier’s claims he was hit by a vehicle. Residents following the story report that Sandzimier has resorted to harassing Skalsky following the Aug. 19 council meeting. * The Mission Viejo Chapter of ACT! for America will hold a General Meeting on Mon., Sept. 9, at the Norm Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The meeting starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. and ends at 9:30 p.m. The topic of the program will be “Report from the Fronts: three patriots share successes and insights in the war against jihad.” Featured speakers will be Jim Murphy, Steve Amundson and Steve Martel. * SOC912 will present “Our American Heritage – Black Heroes of the Past and the Renewed Racial Tension,” on Fri., Sept. 6. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. The group meets at the Norm Murray Community Center, Juniper Room A & B, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. Speakers will be local teacher/historian Ardyce Kehiayan, SOC912 co-founders Cathy and Kevin Richardson and Steve Magdziak, president of SOC912 Founder’s Club. * Candidates for 73rd Assembly District in the November 2014 election will be on program for the Capistrano Valley Republican Women Federated meeting on Wed., Sept. 18. CVRWF meets for brunch on third Wednesdays of the month, 9:00 a.m., at the Marbella Country Club, 30800 Golf Club Drive, San Juan Capistrano. Call (949) 496-2525 for reservations, http://cvrwf.org * The council will meet on Tues., Sept.3, following the holiday on Monday. The agenda can be found at http://dms.cityofmissionviejo.org/sirepub/pubmtgframe.aspx?meetid=2105&doctype=agenda . Anyone who cannot attend but would like their comments to become part of the public record can e-mail City Clerk Karen Hamman, asking for inclusion in the public record: KHamman@cityofmissionviejo.org . Don’t forget to reference the Agenda Item number (#8) on your correspondence. * Look at the Sept. 3 council agenda, Consent Calendar No. 8, Loud Party Ordinance. Passage of this ordinance would jeopardize Constitutional protections for due process and equal protections of the law. Residents should object to this proposed ordinance, which could become law in less than 30 days if a majority approves it on Tuesday. With the first reading on Aug. 19, it was passed on a 3-2 vote, giving police the authority to mail a bill to a party host for cost recovery of police services to shut down a loud party. Per Police Chief Wilson, the bill could be as high as $10,000. Watchdogs object to this ordinance on the basis it is subjective, thereby making it unconstitutional. Following are the concerns: There are no definable guidelines. Different officers will have different interpretations. Arbitrary interpretation violates due process protections. Without specified criteria, how does this meet equal protection laws? How will this ordinance be enforced fairly and equally? The appeal process is all in-house. The city manager is the judge and jury. By issuing a bill for cost recovery through the mail vs. issuing a citation, this is skirting the Constitution. With the issuance of a Cost of Recovery Bill, the offending party does not have any administrative right of appeal to a court of law, as the only administrative appeal is to the city manager. His decision is deemed final. The ordinance, as written, cannot treat all loud parties in the same way. The citizens, both the party hosts and the complaining neighbor, and the responding police officers, must engage in guesswork to determine when a loud party violates the ordinance, triggering the mailing of a cost recovery bill after a warning is issued. Any council member who wants to proceed with a Loud Party Ordinance should first define guidelines to show the difference between intolerable noise and unwelcome noise. This ordinance is in effect 24 hours a day. Children’s birthday parties, pool parties and gatherings of two will fall under this law. This ordinance can become a tool of retribution against a neighbor. *** Also on the Sept. 3 council agenda, look at Agenda Item No. 9 under Old Business, Review of Management and Budget policies. Residents should ask: are we moving the goal posts because the city cannot reach the goals established in the policy?