The ROV has just verifed that volunteers have obtained more than adequate signatures to begin the RECALL of Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem Lance MacLean. The earliest date for the Special Election would be Jan 19th with an outside date of around Feb 23, 2010.
While I probably already know most of the candidates who will throw their hats in the arena I can assure you that neither the names of Dick or Linda Ackerman will appear on the ballot .
Kudo’s to every one of the volunteers who gave up their weekends to stand in front of stores gathering nearly 14,000 petition signatures. A minor factoid is that they accumulated more registered voter signatures than Lance received in his election.
Stay tuned as I’m off to Saddleback Church to hear from Rwanda ‘s president
Great news — congratulations to all those who supported the recall and signed the petition.
Great news! A brighter day in MV is coming.
With the special election for the 72nd being held on Nov 17th, why is MV election being held 2 months later?
If the State Assm election can be Called and held in 45 days, why can’t a city election be called and held in forty five days?
How about the recall of Anthony Adams — they are still getting signatures and expect to have the election in December.
MV city hall likes to drag things out and spend as much money as possible. For example, they could have opted for sampling instead of verifying each recall signature, but they spent more money to get the same result.
Check out city hall’s so-called blog, which misrepresents the recall signature count by failing to state the Registrar of Voters stopped counting after finding that the recall qualified. City hall spinners tried to make the recall look as if it barely qualified when the outcome wasn’t even close. The city will try to delay the election as long as possible, as they need MacLean to continue their spend-athon.
Cook. It’s power play starting with the simple cost effective solution which would require some courage. Lance could simply remove himself knowing that 10,000 plus Mission Viejo voters support giving themselves the option for his removal.
The city council also enters the picture in that they set the Special Election date which can be any Tuesday after Jan 19th. Stay tuned.
YAWN….
The only question here is —Who will MacLean vent his anger on ??? Most likely a female. However she must be less than 5’2″ and under 115 pounds.
This is what gutless bullies do–pick on the small and weak.
Is it because of the insurance question? If in Nov. he would loose the benefit but after Jan. 1st he qualifies?