The 72-year-old died the night before Election Day.
Category: Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo, a planned community and home to Saddleback College, has about 90,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, development and elections.
Posted inInvestigative, Mission Viejo, Politics & Elections
An Escalating Political Sign War in Mission Viejo
City Council candidate Rick Sandzimier is alleging that local
political activist Joe Holtzman hit him with his vehicle late
Friday.
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Revolving Door Law Back on Mission Viejo Docket
Councilwoman again proposes ordinance restricting time between a
public official leaving the city’s employ and being able to do
business with the city.
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Pot, Guns and Influence on the Mission Viejo Docket
The City Council is slated today to take up marijuana grow houses, pellet gun permits and an ordinance banning city officials from doing business with the city for one year.
Posted inMission Viejo
Mission Viejo Incumbents Show Early Fundraising Advantage
Council candidates are already busy building their campaign war chests for the November election.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Top Stories
The Rights and Wrongs of Redevelopment
The Shops at Mission Viejo is a redevelopment success story,
while adjacent Kaleidoscope Courtyards is a redevelopment failure.
The Laguna Hills mall (pictured) never even had the chance. What do
these projects and others say about redevelopment as public
policy?
Posted inInvestigative, Mission Viejo, Politics & Elections
Mission Viejo Council Strikes Lifetime Medical Benefits
City Council puts an end to a drawn-out battle that featured fights over whether council members would sue the city to get benefits.
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Mission Viejo Council Revives Fight Over Medical Benefits
City leaders exchange rhetoric over whether they should get the same benefits as rank-and-file employees but don’t take any action on the issue.
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‘Right to Vote’ Initiative Stays Hot in Mission Viejo
Voters will decide today whether to strip the city council of some of its zoning powers. The debate continues, however, on how much impact the initiative would have.
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Mission Viejo Group ‘Suburban Political Terrorists,’ Says Ex-Mayor
Local group, which has for years worked to stack the city council with extreme fiscal conservatives, distorts the truth and engages in “petty financial fear mongering,” Lance MacLean writes in email.
