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The Buzz Did anyone look for an article about Assemblywoman Diane Harkey’s lawsuit against State Senator Mark Wyland in the Orange County Register? Given OCR editors’ privilege of ignoring what they don’t like, perhaps they will endorse Harkey for Board of Equalization. Information about the lawsuit is posted on this blog. Harkey is seeking $5 million for “severe and grievous mental and emotional suffering” and another $5 million for “medical treatment” after Wyland talked about her during a Tea Party gathering. *** South County residents who have seen Harkey lately say they observed no change or anything unusual about her appearance. For example, she wasn’t limping and appearing sore. As a basis for comparison on what $5 million might cover for medical treatment, here are examples from investopedia.com: heart transplant $767,700, lung transplant $657,800 double ($450,400 for single), open heart surgery $324,000, kidney transplant $259,000, tracheotomy $205,000, destruction of lesion of retina $153,000. http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0310/top-10-most-expensive-medical-procedures.aspx *** When volunteers distributed copies of Community Common Sense in their neighborhoods this month, their feedback was reported on this blog, http://www.missionviejoca.org/html/article184.html. Another volunteer who walked his neighborhood in south Mission Viejo discovered information about newspaper subscribers. He said, “Because of the hot weather, I walked my area between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. The Times and Register had just been delivered, and they were still in driveways. My area has a lot of professionals who are up early during the week, but I didn’t see anyone picking up newspapers that early on Saturday morning. I was surprised to see subscribers to the Times outnumber Register subscribers. The other surprise was to see most in my neighborhood don’t subscribe to either one. I am estimating 25 percent take the Times and 15 percent take the Register.” *** The Sept. 16 Mission Viejo council meeting provided additional information to discredit Councilman Frank Ury’s claim he is a conservative. The affordable housing developer with a project at Los Alisos and Jeronimo is having trouble selling the affordable units. Several years ago when a council majority voted to approve the project, the developer was touting how thousands of people would line up to live there. Just as watchdogs said, the “professionals” the developer was talking about don’t qualify for affordable housing. Councilman Dave Leckness led the charge, with Ury signing on, to cut the developer some slack and allow an applicant a chance to buy a unit who does not qualify. During the meeting, information was revealed that the applicant’s brother bought an affordable unit in the project, and he likely did not qualify. http://missionviejo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=14&clip_id=1045 *** The council meetings are perhaps the most unprofessional, un-businesslike productions in the history of Mission Viejo council meetings, and that’s saying something. As one example, Leckness, who was appointed to serve as the city’s Vector Control representative, makes a joke of disease and other serious problems addressed by the agency. Every voter who wants to keep the council majority in office should be required to watch at least one council meeting before the next election. *** The following schedule of events was forwarded to this blog by Mission Viejo resident Joe Holtzman. September 26: Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing 6 PM – 9 PM (doors open at 5 PM for security screening) The NRC will give us an opportunity to ask questions about decommissioning at San Onofre. Please submit yours to the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre for consideration. E-mail suggestions to genston@spcglobal.net October 1: California Public Utilities Commission hearing 1 PM: press conference by members of the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre 2 PM – 5 PM and 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM: CPUC hearing The CPUC will give 2 minutes’ speaking opportunity to each person who signs up to testify. Contact: Martha Sullivan at msmarthasullivan@gmail.com or Ray Lutz at raylutz@citizensoversight.org October 9: Nuclear Regulatory Commission “waste confidence” hearing 6 PM – 7 PM open house, 7 PM – 9 PM meeting October 19: Symposium – Coalition to Decommission San Onofre 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM presentation by experts, panel discussions, questions and answers on nuclear waste and other decommissioning issues at San Onofre. Center for Spiritual Living, 1201 Puerta del Sol, First Floor, San Clemente |
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