Lance MacLean is having difficulty defending the recall charges against him, but he has enlisted a host of professionals and special interests to help him fight the recall, according to the campaign financial report he filed Monday. Here are his partners, so far:
- CH2M Hill, a worldwide construction management and consulting firm.
- Committee for Improved Public Policy, a Costa Mesa based developer-funded Political Action Committee
- CR&R Inc., a trash hauler expected to bid on Mission Viejo’s upcoming $100 million trash contract
- Waste Management, a trash hauler expected to bid on Mission Viejo’s upcoming $100 million trash contract
- Judith Ware of Ware Disposal, a trash hauler expected to bid on Mission Viejo’s upcoming $100 million trash contract
- Designed to Win, Inc., a Santa Ana entity with unknown interests
- Kenneth Kachigian, Sr Partner of Brownstein-Hyatt-Farber-Schreck, a large litigation firm with 12 offices throughout U.S.
- OC Coalition of Police and Sheriffs Political Action Committee – affiliated with Deputy Sheriff’s Union (AOCDS) in promoting pay and benefits for the Union
- Santa Ana Diesel, Inc., a Santa Ana company
- Robert D. Thornton, an attorney with Nossaman LLP, which was retained by the OC Toll Road Agencies
- Susan Withrow, former MV councilwoman who failed to be re-elected after Brown Act conviction
- Scott Taylor & Associates, professional campaign consulting firm
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The usual lineup of special interests – their interests are certainly not about the citizens of Mission Viejo, or the taxpayers in the city. I hope everyone remembers these folks that support MacLean and his violent actions.
Why would anyone go to such lengths for a City Council seat? I would be interested to know how the Dispatch verified that these people or companies are actually involved in this recall mess. Especially the ones who are potential bidders for the trash collection contract.
[Editor's Note: Here's a copy signed and filed by Mr. MacLean and his accountant so readers can see for themselves.]
I wish people spent as much time on real issues like what Washington is doing to screw every American in ever city and town across America rather than focus on MacLean whose issues are small compared to the larger issues we face in this Country. The citizens of Mission Viejo are forced to spend a quarter of a million dollars for this recall special election effort when all anyone had to do was wait until the elections in 2010. The Dispatch approach to MacLean shows real concern for one group and screw the rest of us! Go ahead and print this, oh no guts, of course not!
May I remind Dispatch Readers that the cost of keeping Lance MacLean far outweighs the cost of the recall.
I appreciate Mr. Bruchmann’s comments. The real issue is not Washington, D.C. or one local group, but Lance MacLean’s violent and verbally abusive conduct, as cited in the official ballot statement to recall him from office. Specifically, what is Mr. Bruchmann’s opinion on that? MacLean does not address it.
I can’t see how Barb justifies costs. I mean won’t the costs of the investigations into campaign practices eclipse the recall costs? I mean first the Sheriffs investigated Lee, and now the DA has launched a full investigation of Lee. Meanwhile Dale, the guy you want to put on the city council, was over six weeks late in his legal obligation of filing his 460, which has triggered a Fair Practices investigation. (By the way, I just responded to an email from the FPCP and included both of Dale’s 460 forms.)
Don’t be naïve – these third party campaign supporters expect to get a healthy return on their investment by supporting MacLean’s anti-recall campaign. That Return on Investment will be baked into business that they do with the city. Despite the cost of the recall election, which I hate, it will be cheaper in the long run than having MacLean give away city funds and higher trash fee/salaries and benefits to vendors who supported him. There is no such thing as a free lunch. We should have never elected him in the first place.
Did Dan and Robert miss something? This post is about a listing of Lance’s campaign donors, period!
I became interested in local politics as a supporter of Lance’s after a last minute smear of him in 2000. I helped to elect him to the council in 2002 and then watched with dismay as he quickly made new friends and abandoned all his pre-election promises. He has been trying to spend city residents’ remaining reserves on various schemes and, I suspect, these remaining supporters of his all have plans for rewards if he survives. We can’t afford Lance anymore.