A Mission Viejo blog is going after Councilman Frank Ury and his lame allies at the Red County blog – here are a few excerpts from their post:
Councilman Frank Ury alternately supports and opposes Councilman Lance MacLean, depending on his usefulness. When MacLean ran for reelection in 2006, Ury campaigned for candidates who tried to unseat all three incumbents (Lance MacLean, Trish Kelley and John Paul Ledesma). Ury now wants MacLean to remain on the council, and Ury’s friends who write a county blog made an odd prediction that the recall won’t qualify for the ballot.
During his first two years in office (2004-2006), Ury sat at one end or the other on the dais and couldn’t get a second for his motions. That changed after his slate of candidates lost in 2006. Behind the scenes, Ury evidently persuaded both Lance MacLean and Trish Kelley to get over his attempt to destroy them. A strange alliance developed, forming the current majority of MacLean, Ury and Kelley (MUK). Ury, who pretends to be a far-right Republican and fiscal conservative, has become a big spender, voting with two social engineers who also tried to raise city taxes with Measure K. Do the ignoramuses in the county GOP not know that Ury has no discernable ideology other than self-advancement? A politician who understands Ury emailed this blog, “It would be hilarious to watch Ury throw McLean overboard as the recall moves forward.”
A central figure among Ury’s political ties is his longtime friend, John Lewis, a lobbyist from Orange. Lewis pulled strings to funnel out-of-town money into Ury’s 2004 campaign. Lewis is tied to a county blog, Red County, which presents itself as a conservative Republican operation. The organization is a front for lobbyists and hacks who are currently promoting a Democrat, Tom Daly, for County Supervisor Chris Norby’s seat. After a series of publicly noticed gaffes revealing its true nature, the discredited Red County organization became known as Red-faced County.
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“Ury, who pretends to be a far-right Republican and fiscal conservative”
He Does???? I don’t think I have ever seen him vote No on any spending!!! He may have pretended in the past, but I don’t think he even bothers to pretend anymore!
From the article: “Do the ignoramuses in the county GOP not know that Ury has no discernable ideology other than self-advancement?”
Priceless!
You’d think that the California GOP’s only hope for resurgence would come from OC. But, the OC GOP is run by incompetent hacks and its elected officials are weasels. Sad.
It is sad so sad that we have to wait months for the recall election.
At least Frank Ury is articulate and can run a meeting but that Lance what a bozo. Lance MacLean appears to be mentally unstable and a deceptive jerk. To bad for him that he is not smart enough to lie well.
With 22% of the registered voters having signed the recall petition Lance MacLean has no chance of surviving the recall!
It will be interesting to see if any big-name elected officials will want to associate with someone who is going down in a recall.
DEPENDS ON THE MORALS OF THE PERSON? iF NOBODY DOES , JUST SHOWS WE HAVE A TYPICAL COUNCIL?
Colin. FYI. This post appeared on a Mission Viejo blog and added on the Juice by myself. At this point I do not know who penned the story.
Larry,
wouldn’t it make sense to wait until Lance’s term is up next year rather than spend all that money now? Talk about waste on a float, even Lance is appalled at the taxpayers money being spent this way . All they have to do is wait a while and his term will be up then a vote could be taken.?
Colin. “Even Lance is appalled”? what do you expect him to say. Perhaps he should have given more thought to his prior actions whereby he could have avoided this recall
Larry,
Never the less, The money about to be spent [in his own words] is so much why not wait until the term is over? one year? Personally, a lot of people cry about the waste of the float, but are willing to spend on a recall which borders on the same amount?
Colin. Tell you what. I will meet you at Bof A or Chase with a cashiers check for $250,000 in exchange for your cashiers check for $400,00 any day the bank is open.
Want to discuss MV taxpayer money? We had to stop Lance from giving away $2.1 million dollars to an auto dealer as we lobbied the council to oppose that handout. Although he voted the ful amount requested they reduced that redevelopment agency gift to $600,000 saving the city $1.5 million even as Lance argued repeatedly that the Gunderson Audi dealship would not accept less than the original $2.1 mil.requested.
This is a well documented Public record.