Lance MacLean recall, Mission Viejo, California (2010)

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An election to recall Lance MacLean, who is a member of the Mission Viejo City Council and its Mayor Pro Tem, will take place as early as January 19, 2010. MacLean was first elected to his position on the city council in 2002. He was re-elected in 2006 to a second four-year term. His current term ends in 2010. MacLean was Mission Viejo's Mayor Pro Tempore in 2005 and the Mayor in 2006. The effort to recall MacLean begin in March 2009.[1]

Barbara Anderson, Connie Lee and Dale Tyler are leaders in the recall effort.[2]

13,915 signatures were submitted in the recall effort, versus a requirement of 9,393 valid signatures.[3],[4],[5]

Orange County election officials will administer the recall election.

Motivation for recall

Those supporting the recall give as their reasons:

  • In 2008, he allowed expenditures in the city to exceed revenues by more than $11 million.
  • In a 2004 quote featured in the Los Angeles Times, MacLean spoke of some city residents in an unflattering way, saying, "Apparently, Mission Viejo was too busy developing its master plan in 1965 and missed the civil-rights movement. . . . I’m embarrassed and disappointed that so many people in the community would engage in such exclusionary politics that border on bigotry and racism."
  • A 2007 altercation with a co-worker.[6]
  • A 100% pay raise for city council members in 2008.[7]
  • Members of the city council, including MacLean, voted to give themselves lifetime healthcare benefits after three years of part-time service.[7]
  • He "authored, promoted and sponsored Measure K, a tax increase, after promising no tax increases."[8]

City Council members John Paul Ledesma and Cathy Schlicht signed the recall petition.[9]

MacLean's response

In response to the recall effort, MacLean has criticized the approximately $265,000 cost of a special recall election taking place in the same year when he will routinely be up for election. "I am sorry that the residents of Mission Viejo are going to have to shoulder $265,000 when my term ends in November 2010. This is a travesty and a horrible waste of taxpayer monies, all for a personal vendetta."[9]

At a city council meeting in October 2009, MacLean referred to fellow city council member John Paul Ledesma as "J.P. Lobotomy."

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References

  1. ↑ Orange Juice Blog, "Mission Viejo MacLean RECALL election press release & calendar", September 27, 2009
  2. ↑ Red County, "Slow going for MacLean recall", May 4, 2009
  3. ↑ Orange Juice Blog,"13,915 petition signatures to RECALL MV councilman Lance MacLean delivered one day early," August 24, 2009
  4. ↑ Orange County Register, "Mission Viejo recall signatures are submitted", August 26, 2009
  5. ↑ OC Weekly, "Lance MacLean and the Slums of Mission Viejo", March 25, 2009
  6. ↑ OC Weekly, "Lance MacLean has learned that Mission Viejo's political players always go for the throat", March 4, 2009
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mission Viejo Watchdog, "Recall update"
  8. ↑ OC Weekly, "Saddleback Republicans to MacLean: Resign Now!", February 20, 2009
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Orange County Register, "Recall tensions boil over at City Council meeting", October 5, 2009
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