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Invitation to Attend the Coto de Caza Pat Bates Celebration September 28, 2006 September
15, 2006 In
preparation for Pat Bates’ (candidate for Orange County Supervisor) appearance in Coto de Caza, September 28, 2006,
CotoBuzz is preparing a list of questions we plan to ask her. The
questions below have been sent to her office for review. We
have sent the same list to
Cathryn De Young's office as well, and extended her an invitation to visit
Coto de Caza. If
you are planning to attend the reception, RSVP at 949-249-7900 no later than
September 25, 2006. If you have additional questions for Pat, please send to Box 154, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678 (509) 355-8895 ----------------------------------------------------------- TO:
TEAM BATES FROM:
COTOBUZZ SUBJECT:
QUESTIONS FOR TEAM BATES c.c.
Assemblyman Todd Spitzer Please
review the questions below prior to your visit to Coto de Caza scheduled for
September 28, 2006: Homeland
security and public safety It
doesn't take a super spy to figure out that the U.S. intelligence community is
going through a difficult time. In early April, 2005,
a presidential commission published a 600-page report painstakingly
detailing American intelligence failures before the Iraq war. It also reported
that the government still knows "disturbingly little" about actual WMD
threats, "and even less about the intentions of our most dangerous
adversaries." California
has been so slow in spending the $1.3 billion in homeland security and
bioterrorism funds it has been awarded over the past five years, the federal
government could take back $239 million in unspent funds. "The state's
organizational structure for ensuring emergency preparedness is not streamlined
or well defined," wrote State Auditor Elaine Howle in the 59-page analysis
of California's readiness for a disaster or terrorist incident released
September 12, 2006. It
has been demonstrated that there is a strong correlation between crime and
terrorism. However, local
communities are not empowered by local politicians to know when public safety is
being compromised. The FBI, the CHP
and the Sheriffs office, each have their own data collection system and is not
properly integrated to provide local residents a view from the top, unless it is
through efforts not unlike those of CotoBuzz. What
are you prepared to do in this case? Community
Interest Development/Homeowners Associations Recent estimates based on
a California Senate Housing and Land Use Committee survey claim that seven
million Californians now reside in 35,000 CIDs, with 1,000 CIDs being formed
annually. These figures show that nearly 20 percent of Californians and almost
15 percent of all US residents live in CIDs. Common interest developments are
now the fastest-growing form of housing in the nation.
In California, CIDs are regulated by the Davis-Stirling Common Interest
Development Act of 1985. However, in blatant
disregard for homeowners who prefer to live in a HOA, such as Coto de Caza, the
Orange County Board of Supervisors has politicizes this issue:
Supervisor Chris Norby is more
interested in getting a piece of the pie from Sacramento.
He argues that since the CHP gets paid for pro-active traffic control in
unincorporated areas such as Coto de Caza, perhaps the county can get that money
instead, if the county provides similar services via the Sheriff's.
In a private session with CotoBuzz,
in January 2006, outgoing supervisor Wilson conceded that under
any CSD/City scenario, pro-active traffic enforcement creates additional
overhead for private communities and it is very expensive!
However, true to demagogic form, Wilson It should be noted that the current Coto de Caza board has pursued personal agendas (turning Coto de Caza into a city), since they came to power. Even though it has been close to one year since Coto de Caza experienced is first tragic traffic accident in 10 years, the board has relegated public safety to to bottom: They fired the largest private security company in the world, replaced it with one of the smallest one in the world, without due diligence and recently we had a second traffic fatality. A teen was arrested for voluntary manslaughter, resisting arrest and hit and run - because she is a teen, we are unable to disclose all the details of the case, but a seating board member blames the vicit for "violating the vehicle code". Most recently the board defended a flawed decision to get "free trees',. which ended up costing residents over $45,000.00. So now, that the Orange
County Board of Supervisors has gone on record with their strong opposition to
private communities ("islands") such as Coto de Caza, and fighting
cross purposes with the State Legislature, who is actively working to make CID
governance more responsive to residents, and that you were involved in turning
the Laguna Nigel community into a city, what are you prepared to do? A pattern of lack of due diligence, and accepting "free services", have turned out to be very expensive for Coto residents! Robbin'
(Coto de Caza) Hodd What is your position
concerning Robbin' (Coto de Caza) Hood - the notion of taking money from the rich and giving it
to the richer? For example, having Coto de Caza residents subsidize the
Coto LifeStyle for the Estates/Villages? Residents of the CZ Master Association (roughly 4,000 homes and 18,000 residents) have been, with full support from the local governing body, subsidizing other communities at the tune of over $600,000 per year, while these communities are proceeding to build gates around them so they can exclude the same residents that keep paying higher monthly dues? For example, the Exquisite Los Ranchos Manor, in Coto de Caza, where you are scheduled to make an appearance September 28, 2006 at 5:30, is being subsidized by CZ Master Association residents.
Bates
for Supervisor Mailing Address 30025 Alicia Parkway #133 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 Pat Bates for Supervisor
Headquarters 23954 Aliso Creek Road Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 ph: (949) 249-7900 fax: (949) 472-1375 RELATED
STORIES:
Pat Bates' (Candidadate
for Orange County Board of Supervisors) claim to fame according to her
website is that “She was the driving force behind Laguna
Niguel’s cityhood campaign and became the first Mayor upon the city’s
incorporation in 1989.”
Invitation to Cathryn DeYoung: Candidate for Orange County Supervisor As
you may know, Pat Bates is scheduled to make an appearance in Coto de Caza
September 28, 2006, at the request of the local leadership. In planning for such meeting, we are asking The CotoBuzz Journal readers to help us prepare a list of questions so Ms. Bates can respond to them at that time Chasing Red Herrings, Chasing Votes, Chasing Pork and Supervisor Wilson's
Trojan Horse. The
Broken CZipper and Mezger’s POLP Rain THE
COTOBUZZ (COTONUTZZ JOURNAL) September, 2006 AB-770
Bad News for Coto de Caza, and other Home Owner Association Residents OC
Board of Supervisors
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