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Media Reports: Recall Of Lance MacLean

Local voters initiated a recall effort against Councilman Lance MacLean by serving him with the following statement:

You violated your responsibilities to voters, showing yourself unfit to serve as a City Council member by exhibiting:

• Violence when you were arrested by Police for assault and battery on a co-worker.
• Anger and incivility when you ordered a Mission Viejo councilwoman to “SHUT UP” in closed session.
• Hatred and disrespect when you called residents racists and elitists in a LA Times interview.
• Self-dealing when you voted to double your council salary during our current economic crisis.
• Greed and corrupt priorities when you voted to give yourself lifetime medical benefits at taxpayer expense after only 12 years of part-time council service.
• Financial mismanagement when you voted for budget items leading to $11.8 million in deficit spending.
• A tax increase when you authored and promoted Measure K, which was rejected by Mission Viejo voters.
• False promises when you voted to increase housing density leading to more traffic congestion.

The recall will go to an election ballot if 9,400 voters’ signatures are received on official petitions by August. Following are news reports related to the recall:

Councilman Lance MacLean Served Recall Papers (MVD 2-3-09)

The Case Against MacLean (MVW 2-3-09)

Residents Initiate MacLean’s Recall (MVW 2-3-09)

A Recall Effort Begins Against Mission Viejo Councilman Lance MacLean (OCW 2-3-09)

Residents Begin Recall Effort Against Councilman (OCR 2-3-09)

MacLean Says Not “Arrested” (MVD 2-4-09)

Letter: Recall (MVD 2-9-09)

MacLean Responds To Proposed Recall (MVD 2-11-09)

Mission Viejo Recall Target Fires Back (OCW 2-11-09)

Republicans Seek MacLean’s Resignation (MVD 2-20-09)

Saddleback Republicans to MacLean: Resign Now, RINO! (OCW 2-20-09)

MacLean Recall: City Clerk Approves Petition Format (MVD 3-18-09)