Wow! This is a great endorsement for Jeff Miller. Frank is a rock solid conservative with a history of reforming paycheck protection for union employees and a leader in education reform.

And it is good to see an endorsement from the district. Neil is just not having a good week.

It seems to me that the only advantage Blais had over Miller was OC support, but even that has been narrowing.

Frank Ury is not very well liked in his own city after making promises he couldn't keep and other recent issues. He will not even win re-election to his own city council. Blais's stock just went up ten fold in Mission Viejo, RSM, Coto de Caza and Ladera Ranch.

Score one for Blais.

I second. A Ury endorsement is not a good thing in South County, if Miller knew what was going on in OC he would know that.

This is good news for Blais. Ury has ties to people with contrasting philosophies to Blais's conservative values.

Regarding the last three comments:

HA! Ha ha! Hahahahahahahaha! Hahahaha! Ha ha! Ha.

Thanks for the laugh.

To the anons above, you are really just embarassing yourselves. Neil and Jeff both wanted the endorsement, and when Neil did not get it, his folks pull this stuff.

Frank Ury is solid and liked in Mission Viejo, and the moronic comments above are just whining.

But hey, maybe Neil can use that blockbuster Gail Reavis endorsement in a mailer. Yea, that is a winner! She is the looniest councilmember in all of OC.

What promises did Ury not keep? Why did Blais BEG for Ury to come on board? If he is so unpopular?

On the other hand, Blais does have the coveted endorsement of Gail "pay me 10 million dollars or I will sue" Reavis. And like a fool, he touts her support. PLEASE!

On the otherhand, I guess Ury isn't as good as the former OC Sheriff.

Ury isn't the councilman that will not get re-elected. Certain HOA directors/wanna-be Karl Rovers are in a lot of trouble in two years.....

Who cares about small town Frank Ury. Now if a big powerful OC Mayor from say Anaheim was going to go with the guy for Riverside County then I would be a little worried, but what are the chances of that happening, maybe 1000-1

Trish Kelly is far more popular in MV and is a much better endorsement to have.

I am beginning to feel bad for Neil. Miller is racking up the OC endorsements and Neil has no Riverside County endorsements,not a single one, thus as elected offical in Riverside County I would be willing to consider a dual endorse Neil if he meets my qualifications. Have your campaign manager contact me.

Frank Ury a Conservative? What dictionary are you using?
Ask him about his vote to spend $300,000 for a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. What for 5-15 minutes of fame if you get on camera while you ride on the float. Sorry folks, but we are not the city of Anaheim where 28% of their General Fund comes from hotel (TOT) taxes. Anaheim is smart to participate to support all of their hotels as well as a few venues such as Anaheim Stadium, Downtown Disney, the Honda Center and a major convention center.
anaheim is a destination. We are not. Further we do not have beach front hotels, shops or unsold homes to promote in this bedroom community.

No, I would not label Frank as a conservative.

Larry guaranteed that the CRA, of which he is no longer a member would recognize that Blais was 'the' conservative in the race.

Sure.

Larry guaranteed that conservatives countywide would flock to Neil. Apparently Royce, Calvert, Duvall, Ury, Rohrbacher, Righeimer, and Ledesma didn't hear his command.

And now, Larry Gilbert declares that Ury isn't the conservative on the same day that Blais receives the Log Cabin endorsement which must be sought by non-incumbents.

So Larry, Blais is the conservative according to your dictionary. I see. Reminds me of why wikipedia is not a reliable source for definitions.

Ledesma is not a conservative. He is a RINO. He voted for lifetime medical benefits for city employees, he voted to give taxpayer funds to a private auto dealer for private gain, among other things. Rohrbacher endorsed Blais as well. Duvall endorsed the insurance industry, and Royce endorsed a marker he owed to Dave Gilliard.

Larry:

No one in OC politics has known Frank Ury as long as I have.

I realize you have your axes to grind and elected officials to be disappointed in whenever they fail to meet whatever standard you are setting, but to say Frank isn't a conservative is a huge ration of lard.

As long as I have known him, Frank has always been willing to step up and take action on conservative causes where most people just run their mouths and pretend like their doing something. Sometimes he loses, more often he wins -- but he acts.

Pointing to a Rose Parade to commemorate Mission Viejo's 20th Anniversary of cityhood as some kind of evidence that Frank isn't a conservative is -- to quote Spongebob Squarepants -- a load of tartar sauce.

But I suppose it's better than manufacturing phony conflict-of-interest charges.

Anon 8:27- so everyone that has endorsed Jeff has alternative motives? Everyone that endorsed Blais did so because Ackerman told them to. Watch for more dual endorsements by OC establishment to roll out soon now that Ackerman is termed out and we know the Log Cabin Republicans are supporting Neil.

Anon @ 8:27 p.m.:

Watch your step. I edited your comment and want you to know you are perilously close to being banned.

Someone should tell Ury that when Miller was Riverside County Chairman, the Republican Party in Riverside County lost ground on voter registration to the Democrats. Some fine record that is.

The entire state has lost Republican registration. Your point?

Matt.

We both know Frank Ury for many years.
Perhaps you can explain why Larry Gilbert defeated Frank Ury when we competed to serve as President of the Saddleback Republican Assembly, a chartered unit of the ultra conservative CRA. I guess if Frank is a conservative what does that vote say about my credentials?

It would take too much space on this post to list Frank's voting record now that he sits on our city council.

Well Larry has spoken, whomever you are.

While I have endorsed Neil in this race please show me where I guaranteed a CRA endorsement. What I did report, and it happened againin the Dennis Mountjoy endorsement, that there is a black cloud over both of these bogus endorsements with potential conflict of interest to the organization insiders.

Personally I would never seek or accept the endorsement of the Log Cabin Republican Club

Matt.

There is one CIP that Frank has supported with every Change Order.
The expansion of our Norman P Murray Community and Senior Center that we were told was to cost $5.5 million and to date is around $15.1 At least I was able to lobby Gail Reavis to vote no on the last Change Order that I believe was $350,000 one week before the center opened as part of our 20th anniversary celebration.

How do you define Conservative??

Larry: name one popular election you have ever won. Frank has won at least two (maybe 3 I don't remember) so hush up and sit down. Frank is a well known intelligent conservative not a loosertarian

Larry Watcher.

I seem to recall Frank losing his bid for re-election to the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, SVUSD. Interesting minor factoid but I once did a matrix of countywide incumbents that won 90 perecent of the time when they ran for re-election. Some within the 10% chose not to run again so the number is actually much higher.
This post is about his conservative history not my personal campaigns. I included SRA/CRA just to question his conservative
credentials.

Larry watcher.
Just FYI. For the record I supported Frank in his 2004 city council victory in which he used my garage for the GOP GOTV precinct walkers. Aside from that I installed his yard signs til 2 a.m., and participated in other forms of grass roots support such as standing on key street corners with his sign and supported his fundraisers. Don't believe me. Ask him yourself neighbor.

Would a true conservative vote against the wishes of parents and homeowners and sell out our city parks to the cell carriers and vote to give $200,000 plus a 25% commission to a fellow politico to do it ?

Would a true conservative vote to give $100,000 to a lobbyist for e-mail alerts?

Would a true conservative vote to reduce city reserves for more spending money?

Frank Ury has voted for all of the above and more.

Is Frank the new face for conservatism then ?

Who’s interests is Frank Ury serving?

In 2004, I stood on street corners holding Vote for Frank signs. I rode shotgun with Larry Gilbert as we went around the city installing his campaign signs.

Would I vote for Frank again. NOPE.

Frank is hardly a good endorsement and is not well liked in Mission Viejo. If Jeff Miller knew anything about Mission Viejo politics he would not accept this endorsement.

Larry,

Frank lost his reelection to the school board because he was man enough to support vouchers in our public schools and stand up to the teachers union. He did more for my kids during those years to improve our schools than any of you did. And his reward was the unions spent lots of money to remove him from office.

Frank Ury has guts you will never have.

For you to criticize his efforts on behalf of schools is just cowardly. Shame on you.

And Cathy, I see you at council meetings on TV. You have nothing positive to say, ever. No one listens to you or Larry. Who in the world cares one wit what you think? Keep on complaining, that is all you ever do. If you would not vote for Frank ever again, that is THE reason I would vote for him.

Come on Karl (MV Resident) Is it cool to be attacking a colleague in a neighboring city just because he didn't endorse your boy? Frank Ury isn't well like just like JP, and Curt Pringle, and Mike Duvall, and Ed Royce, and every elected official in Riverside County (now for you, that is one that I would be careful with. Never bite the hand that feeds you---literally).

LArry - you were the one who brought up winnng elections, as if some committee job matters to anyone in the universe but you. Whoo hoo - you got appointed to something instead of Frank.My point is that Frank has put himself out there and won -- something you have tried several times and never come close. Frank makes decisions by weighing all sides of an issue instead of making knee jerk reactions based on an ideology. He tries hard to be fair to both residents, property owners and business. But you can't make everyone happy all the time. As to the cell phone site, we need cell phone service -- and it has do go somewhere. better a tiny area in a park than your back yard doncha think?

"Larry watcher 1:18 p.m." introduced the issue of winning elections, not me. While "grass roots" volunteers in Mission Viejo played a key role in his 2004 victory, the majority of whom will not be in his corner this fall.

Matt. While you may know Frank longer than anyone else in OC have you met elected officials who change policy positions after getting elected? It is not only found in presidential campaigns.

MV old timer. Guts. Are you joking. If you live in Mission Viejo you can surely find out about my having guts in taking the city to court, the OC Grand Jury on different issues, and a meeting in the Attorney General's office in Sacramento to block an after the fact redevelopment Bond funding of a CIP for the Mall expansion.

As this dialogue is shifting from an endorsement to peripheral dialogue I will not engage in any further dialogue about myself. We can debate who has more guts at another day time and place.

Larry:

I would define a conservative as someone who believe in limited government and ordered liberty; as someone who doesn't believe government has the answers to all our problems, and as someone who opposes a reflexive resort to a government "solution" whenever a problem arises.

A conservative trusts in the ability of individuals to run their own lives, make decisions for their families and accept responsibility for their actions.

I don't define a conservative as whatever Larry Gilbert thinks it is.

Larry, there isn't always a single "conservative" position on an issue, and sometimes there isn't any "conservative" position. Trying to turn a Rose Parade float into some kind of conservative litmus test is absurd.

You brought up Frank's failed re-election campaign for the SVUSD School Board -- but you conveniently omitted that Frank was targeted by the teachers union because of his consistent conservative advocacy on the Board of Trustees.

I look forward to congratulation Frank when he is re-elected tot he Mission Viejo City Council this November.

Perhaps you can explain why Larry Gilbert defeated Frank Ury when we competed to serve as President of the Saddleback Republican Assembly, a chartered unit of the ultra conservative CRA.

Ever notice how Larry has a habit of referring to himself in the third person?

Weird.