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After holding two large recall rallies in front of our city library, the second of which, held on Thursday afternoon, was covered by Spencer Kornhaber of OC Weekly, the initial rally held last Saturday included live interviews by Pastor Wiley Drake on his Satellite radio program. As most expected to see Mission Viejo recall candidate Dave Leckness to eventually show up he has not disappointed us.
After stopping to see the pro-recall crowd (who are also supporting Dale Tyler) at the intersection of Jeronimo and Alicia Parkway at 11 a.m. this morning I was told that Dave Leckness and his supporters were standing in front of the Arco station site of the first recall rally at La Paz and Marguerite.
When I arrived at that location I proceeded to take photos of their group which consisted of Dave holding a sign, another man, and three ladies standing by two banners. The large banner confirms what I have been reporting since my interview of Dave. Anyone who is running for a city council seat in a city of 100,000 people, regardless of the circumstances, should take this responsibility seriously.
The large white banner reads: Vote NO on recall followed by vote for Dave Leckness.
Talk about a confusing message. Why is Dave a candidate if he opposes the recall?
I believe the other man wearing a hat in these photos is Dan Avery. There were also three ladies which might include Dave’s daughters. As I stood across the street Dave and I waved to each other as he announced to the others that I was there.
At this point I returned to the recall group corner to find a dozen different banners , recall candidate Dale Tyler and 20 volunteers standing at all four corners. In addition to the banners were yard signs reading RECALL MacLean, Vote YES and others that read elect Dale Tyler for city council
One of these huge yellow banners three lines read:
Mr. VioLance Unfit for UCI Unfit for Mission Viejo
A second banner read:
Recall information @ Mission Viejo Dispatch .com
One of the volunteers, who arrived early, saw a man wearing a blue shirt and light color shorts taking a recall yard sign at the gas station exit and, even after being told to put it back, threw it into his white Ford utility van and took off. This resident contacted the OCSD resulting in a deputy being dispatched and opening preliminary investigative work. It is the silly season. Unfortunately, stealing and breaking signs has become part of the game.
I originally was considering a headline that read: Groundhogs Day is after the recall election. That’s why we haven’t seen Lance who has been honkering down.
My guess is that Lance does not wish to be seen in public in case someone asks him to respond to the allegation of his exhibiting violence at UCI. The fact that he “copped a plea” does not wipe out the incident which happened in front of a huge UCI crowd.
I don’t care if the other man refused to open a toilet or not. You cannot justify choking someone when it takes four police to get your hands off his neck when trying to address a problem and get a free pass. That’s the concern expressed to me by many of our registered voters. The Register can spin the legality all they want.
I am tempted to contact the victim to get a quote but I shall let that pass. The police report is all we need to confirm that he has lashed out at another individual. With his temper no one knows the next time it will happen.
While it may be safe in our streets, at times I question if it is safe inside our council chambers as it relates to female council members, past and present.
Yawn. What a waste of time. I saw you guys out there, what a way to waste a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I’m so happy the city is going to spend $250k on a dumb recall. I would rather that money be spent on installing shade structures in our parks.
Larry, I am surprised that you don’t understand how this election works. Particularly since last Monday you were adamant about not allowing education information to be passed to voters via email. From your comment I can see that the information MUST be sent. NO MATTER HOW YOU VOTE ON THE RECALL….YOU MUST VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE. I know you know this Larry, sad that you try to mislead voters. How is that “the Truth”? I don’t expect this to be published, since you are not allowing stuff from the other side, just thought I would try.
Former MV Rotary Club president Victoria Avery. You must be kidding.
Both our first and second mayors were my political mentors and taught me quite a bit about campaigning as they both supported me for our city council. Feel free to speak to Bill C. who is still active in the club about my knowledge of elections.
As most of the Juice readers do not see our Ballot let me repeat the standard instruction as found in that small booklet where it reads SECOND QUESTION:
“The second question on the ballot considers those candidates who are campaigning to replace the incumbent City Council Member if he is recalled.
A voter MAY (emphasized by me) vote for one of those candidates who are listed on the ballot or may write-in the name of a qualified write-in candidate.”
Victoria. It does not say MUST.
Therefore voters are NOT obligated to vote on the second question. Amazing. I do not recall you ever commenting on the Feb 2007 race for the OC BOS First District Board of Supervisors where Janet Nguyen defeated Trung Nguyen by 7 votes, 10,919 to 10,912, when over 150,000 voters stayed home.
Nor do I recall your defending me, as a fellow MV Rotarian at the time, when in 1996 candidate Tom Potocki sent out a flyer, which is in my archives, telling his Aegean Hills neighbors to only cast a vote for him and throw out their 2nd vote when there were two open seats.
And did you notice that we did not delete your comment that is not germane to the topic of this post.Yup. It’s called campaigning.