Mission Viejo councilman Frank Ury’s voting record catches up with him and he’s angry. A group of 70 people expected a casual brunch on Wed. April 16th at a San Juan Capistrano country club ended with fireworks. Apparently a resident attending that brunch debate, which included BOS candidates, asked MV councilman Frank Ury a rather easy question.
She had a copy of the April Community Common Sense article written by me in which the Liberty First blog had given Frank an average grade of 69% for his voting between 2009 and 2011. Instead of defending his voting record, attendees told me he was mad, reacted with anger, and went on the attack. Councilman Ury said the article was ghost written by a supporter of Robert Ming named Chris Emami when in fact I wrote that report and submitted it to the publisher.
This was an opportunity for him to defend his vote but that is not what happened. He blasted the Liberty First Scorecard stating that the CCS was not credible calling the newspaper “rubbish.”
Councilman Ury had a problem. He was in a box and knew it. When you can’t defend yourself go on the attack. My article quoted directly from the Feb. 1, 2010 city council meeting held the night before the (successful) Recall of mayor Lance MacLean. Ref. Agenda item #7. Member Ury promoted a key revision to the city manager’s Employment Agreement’s provisions relating to causes of termination. The City Manager could be terminated should he engage in “dishonesty, fraud, self-dealing, and willful misconduct committed in the performance of Wilberg’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.” Every one of those clauses was removed from the revised Contract. That was the ONLY change in that 6th Agreement that is typically renewed annually between May and June 30th. At the conclusion of the event the president of the Capo Valley Republican Women Federated stated that “As long as I am the CVRWF president, that kind of remark has no place here.” Readers can disagree with the OC Register the LA Times or CCS but that does not make the paper “rubbish.”
Closing remarks. In my public testimony of Feb. 1, 2010, questioning this Contract revision prior to the Closed Session on this item, I read an email response to me regarding the proposed amendment from attorney and former Fullerton Mayor Shawn Nelson. He wrote: “The time for negotiation is prior to entering into an Agreement. The re-negotiation should have, at a minimum, some concessions on the part of the City Manager. May I ask what has he offered in exchange for this benefit. If the answer is nothing the renegotiation at this point would be completely improper.” There were no concessions from the City Manager. I shared that email some time prior to the Feb. 1, 2010 Mission Viejo city council vote.
Motion made by Council Member Ury, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Kelley, to incorporate changes presented by Mr. Wilberg and his attorney and accept them in total.
On roll call, said motion carried by the following vote:
AYES:
Kelley, MacLean, and Ury
NOES:
Ledesma and Schlicht
ABSENT:
None
Ury’s duplicity knows no bounds ! One just h as to watch the Mission Viejo archived city council meetings to see Ury’s unbecoming conduct and outright abuse off some citizens !
Seems to me, Larry, you’re only upset because Larry isn’t the brainless puppet that Ledesma and Schlicht are. Boo hoo.