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Why did Frank Ury stick it to M.V. home owners by putting them in fire hazard zones?

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Editor Posted in Fires, Frank Ury, Insurance, Mission Viejo, Orange County 2 Comments

MV Fire Hazard Zones

By Joe Holtzman

Guess what???? On May 19, 2014 The Mission Viejo City Council was bit right where it hurts by the Orange County Fire Authority. The OCFA without notifying city hall, (or Chief Architect of this fiasco—Rhonda Reardon) —sent out thousands of letters to city residents telling them they were in fire hazard zones. Now the fun has begun, as various insurance companies have started cancelling policies. This has left homeowners without fire insurance.

Does this sound a little like Obama Care?

Did Reardon say “You can keep your fire insurance– if you like it !“ ?

I guess the naivety of Council members Reardon,Kelley, F.Ury and Leckness shows brightly on this latest council fiasco. Only one councilmember knew what was going to happen—but she was marginalized, belittled, and ostracized by the all “knowing” majority.

Here is the article I wrote on this subject a couple of weeks ago: Continue reading→

OC’s special interests are trying to bail out the failing Ury supervisorial campaign

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Frank Ury, Lucy Dunn, Orange County, Orange County Taxpayers Association, Paul Glaab, Robert Ming 8 Comments

Frank Ury is going down

OC Taxpayers Association. That sounds like something good, right? But their PAC just dumped $22,000 into the struggling Supervisorial campaign of Frank Ury, who serves on the Mission Viejo City Council.

According to the finance reports filed in February, the leading conservative candidate for the 5th Supervisorial District, Robert Ming raised $98,457, while Lisa Bartlett raised $53,162 and Ury raised $38,746, counting all monetary and in-kind contributions. Ming had 238 donors, far more than the combined number of donors reported by Bartlett at 98 and Ury at 58. He closed the filing period with $103,744 cash on hand, more than any other candidate, as we reported.

So who belongs to the OC Taxpayers Association? Their board includes former Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante – yet another lobbyist/consultant; and representatives of a number of special interests including the Irvine Company, various utilities, Disneyland, and the O.C. Association of Realtors. Of course you will find dreadful lobbyist Curt Pringle there too. Where do these people get off pretending to represent the taxpayers of Orange County? If anything these are the damn leeches who work overtime to rip us off! Click here to see the rest of their awful Board of Directors. They are a bunch of special interests and their main goal is to use tax money to advance their pet projects! Continue reading→

Is this the beginning of the end for Frank Ury’s political career?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Frank Ury, Orange County, Republican Party, Robert Ming 5 Comments

Frank Ury

Mission Viejo Councilman Frank Ury has been pretending to be a conservative for some time but the wheels fell of his wagon this week when he tried to secure the endorsement of the OC GOP’s Central Committee.

Ury is facing off against several other Republicans who are also vying for a seat on the OC Board of Supervisors, in the Fifth District. Those candidates include Dana Point Councilwoman Lisa Bartlett and Laguna Niguel Councilman Robert Ming.

The entire affair was reported by the OC Political blog. Here are the highlights – or in Ury’s case the lowlights:

Ury was asked why he endorsed a Democrat in a previous Mission Viejo City Council election. I believe that question was about Dave Leckness, a Democrat at the time that Ury endorsed him. Ury tried to explain that he picked the lesser of two evils by endorsing a Democrat over a Republican he didn’t like. But the OC GOP Endorsement Committee would have none of that! Thomas Gordon, an Endorsement Committee member, went after him again and this time Ury claimed that Leckness is now a “solid conservative.” Continue reading→

OC BOS candidates Bartlett, Ming and Ury grilled at a public forum in Mission Viejo

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Carmen Luege, Diane Harkey, Eric Woolery, Frank Davies, Frank Ury, Jeff Ferguson, Larry Glbert, Lisa Bartlett, Mission Viejo, Orange County, Robert Ming 2 Comments

Lisa Bartlett’s suggested alternative to using plastic bags

By: Larry Gilbert

This afternoon I attended a 3 hour candidate forum in Mission Viejo hosted by the Casta del Sol Republican Club. There were almost 150 in attendance including the candidates for several contested offices. I must commend the club leadership for scheduling a second opportunity for the residents of that senior community to see and question candidates in the June Primary. Almost every election I am asked for an opinion on Superior Court judge candidates whom you generally are not exposed to. You can’t say that this club didn’t offer that opportunity to their homeowners today.

The first multi-candidate presentation was for the 5th District Board of Supervisors to replace Pat Bates who is termed out of office this year. As this race is of extreme interest in the community I will do my best to list all of the questions and (paraphrased) responses. All three of the Republican candidates were in attendance. Four CDS Republican Club leaders took turns asking Dana Point mayor Lisa Bartlett, Laguna Niguel councilman Robert Ming and Mission Viejo councilman Frank Ury questions about their prior voting records as members of their city councils. Continue reading→

Does OC BOS candidate Ury want Mission Viejo residents to pee on trees?

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Desi Kiss, Frank Ury, Mission Viejo, Orange County 21 Comments

Frank Ury

Mission Viejo Councilman Frank Ury is currently running for the Orange County Board of Supervisors but an embarrassing story is emerging in his city, and Ury is right in the thick of it.

According to Desi Kiss, a longtime resident of Mission Viejo who is running for their City Council this November, the City of Mission Viejo has only 9 parks with public restrooms out of 50 community parks?

Now you would think that Ury would support giving his fellow residents somewhere to pee when they are hanging out at Mission Viejo’s parks, but that turns out not to be the case. Continue reading→

OC BOS candidate Frank Ury erupts when questioned about his lame voting record

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Frank Ury, Larry Glbert, Orange County 2 Comments

Frank Ury

By Larry Gilbert

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.” Continue reading→