Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Culture and Leisure are almost 50% of total expenditures when we have roads and other infrastuture that looks like third world countries [Re Deficit]. Need to get back to basics in running this city before it loses it’s “California Dream status.”
Steve Caporaso
Posted in Schools, Sports, tagged Trabuco High School Mustang Football on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trabuco made it to the final four in the Southwest Division by beating Western last night, 28-21.
The Mustangs let Western catch them at 21-21, but Donnie Simonson rushed for the go ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. Western pushed the football toward the goal line, but failed to tie the game when time ran out.
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Posted in Schools, Sports, tagged Mission Viejo High School Diablo Football on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lakewood advanced to the semi-finals of the Pac-5 playoffs last night by defeating Mission Viejo 28-7. The Diablos, averaging around 40 points this season, never got their game into synch on Lakewood’s field. Mission had little to show for over 200 yards passing, after suffering two interceptions and a fumble.
Posted in Budget, Cellular Antennas, tagged Budget Deficit, Budget Workshop, City of Mission Viejo Financial Report on November 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday the City Clerk published the City financial summary for fiscal 2007-2008. The report, required by state law, shows the City Council overspent revenue by almost $12 million.
Expenditures were $63,197,302 while revenue was $51,357,432. At the beginning of the fiscal year the General Fund balance was $55,082,182 while the year ended on June 30 with a [...]
Posted in Crime & Public Safety, tagged Americas Safest City, Mission Viejo Crime on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mission Viejo relinquished its title as “America’s Safest City” in the new 2008-2009 crime rankings. MV ranked 2nd among all cities.
Ramapo, New York, squeezed out the top spot. Five of the top ten cities are in New York.
Neighboring Irvine and Lake Forest ranked 11th and 12th, respectively. Three other OC cities made the top 50: Huntington [...]
Posted in Events, tagged City of Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo Activities Committee, Santas Workshop on November 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Santa Poll was concluded Sunday night after reaching a stabilized outcome over the past few days. The results were 67% oppose relocating the Workshop from Four Corners (LaPaz & Marguerite) to Civic Center, while 33% favor moving the Workshop to the Civic Center, according to the tabulation company.
The Mission Viejo Activities Committee has stated the Workshop will [...]
Posted in Schools, Sports, tagged Chris Simonton, Jason JJ Mayer, Shane DeCillo, Southwest Division Playoffs, Trabuco Hills High School Football on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Trabuco High Mustangs scored a decisive victory in their first round of the Southwest Division playoffs. The team defeated Valencia 35-21 on Friday and will host Western in the quarterfinals next week.
Trabuco scored early compiling a 28-7 lead over Valencia at halftime, then coasted to the victory although outscored 14-7 in the second [...]
Posted in Schools, Sports, tagged Loyola High School, Mission Viejo High School Diablo Football Team, Pac-5 Playoffs on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Diablos finished strong against Loyola tonight to advance to the second round of the Pac 5 playoff bracket.
Mission took an early lead, holding a 20-7 halftime lead which held after a scoreless third quarter. Loyola slowed the Mission passing attack that was effective in the first half and threatened a comeback with its [...]
Posted in Budget, Cellular Antennas, tagged ATS Communications on November 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
An attempt by the City Council to raise cash by liquidating cell leases has failed. The Investment Advisory Commission learned at its Tuesday meeting that the buyer, Communications Capital Group (CGC), had failed to obtain funding from its lender, the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The sale would have generated about $1.5 million cash to [...]
Posted in Events, tagged Four Corners, Santas Workshop on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The issue of relocating Santa’s Workshop has been extensively debated, so the MV Dispatch is sponsoring a new Santa Poll which is posted in the sidebar. After voting, click on “View Results” to see the current opinion. Thanks for participating.
[Results: The Santa Poll was taken down Sunday night after receiving a large number of votes over the past few days and [...]
Posted in People, Schools, Sports, tagged Allan Bridgford, Army All-American Game, Mission Viejo Diablo Football Team on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diablo quarterback Allan Bridgford has been selected to play in the 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The annual East-West contest features the best high school players from across the country. Bridgford was the only player selected from Orange County.
Allan’s resume included his strong arm, experience playing in a complex offense, strong performance making decisions at [...]
Posted in City Aestheics, Code Enforcement, Council Votes, Homeowners Assn's, Zoning & Development, tagged City of Mission Viejo City Council, Lance Maclean, Mission Ridge Homeowners, Tony Le on November 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On Monday evening the City Council upheld the Planning Commission’s decision to deny an application by Mission Ridge resident Tony Le to construct a 5,000 foot subterranean garage. Le, represented at the hearing by his attorney from the firm of Rutan and Tucker, has exhausted his administrative appeals.
It appears Le will now decide [...]
Posted in Open Government, Schools, tagged Capistrano Unified School District, CUSD on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently the attorney for the Capo School Board advised the trustees that a Brown Act violation occurred. He recommended the Board ’cure and correct’ the violation by simply admitting the mistake and moving on. Under state law a public entity cannot be sued over a violation of open meeting laws if it makes a public acknowledgement [...]
Posted in Budget, Council Votes, tagged Frank Ury, Lance Maclean, Mission Viejo City Council, Trish Kelley on November 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Last month council members doubled their monthly cash stipends. Last night the part-time council added a lifetime medical benefit for members who conclude their term limit of 12 years after reaching age 50. A city actuarial audit concluded the average cost to the City for the lifetime benefit would be about $257,000 for each qualifying council [...]
