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Posted by R. Scott Moxley in Carona Watch, Crime & Sex, Moxley

December 18, 2007 6:01 AM

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Mike Schroeder will jump out of bed this morning in Corona del Mar, neatly hang his Darth Vader pajamas in the closet, shower, kneel at his USC football altar and don an expensive, natty suit befitting Orange County’s leading Republican strategist-slash-chiropractic insurance company king.

It’s a big day in Schroederdom. He’ll drive his jumbo-sized, black Hummer to the state court of appeal (COA) in Santa Ana in the hopes of teaching a onetime disciple a lesson: Don’t Mess with Mike. Schroeder—consigliere to both District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Sheriff Michael S. Carona—wants the justices to toss First District Republican Supervisor Janet Nguyen from office.

Not gonna bore you with technical election junk, but Schroeder claims the Registrar of Voters certified the wrong Nguyen as the winner (by just three votes) in last February’s special election. He says the Republican who finished second, Trung Nguyen, should be seated. Surely coincidentally to the merits of the case, Trung is, to put it bluntly, Schroeder’s boy. Janet, on the other hand, has had the audacity to show occasional independence from local GOP bosses like Schroeder.

But there’s more at play here than petty, inside political baseball. If the COA tosses Janet’s election, Schroeder—the reigning mastermind of OC insider games—will be in excellent position when his pal—the federally indicted Carona—leaves office prematurely. How? In his corner, he’d have three likely votes on the board of supes: Trung Nguyen, Pat Bates and Bill Campbell. That board majority gives Schroeder key influence over who will complete the remainder of Carona’s term at the county’s most powerful government agency.

So if you see Schroeder running excitedly into the COA building on Spurgeon this morning, it's not a pit stop. It's not even to distribute Mitt Romney For Prez brochures. Half of his law enforcement empire is at stake.

-- R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly

Comments (2)

Debby Bodkin says:
December 18, 2007 07:23

My question is: Why is Michael Schroeder involved in this litigation?

Think about it... in the event there is any type of wrongdoing involved, legal conflicts of interest or fraud -- ALL ALLEGED OF COURSE -- then who is going to investigate? Will it be the indicted Sheriff? Will it be the OC District Attorney, where Michael Schroeder's wife, enjoys the protections of the job of OC Public Affairs Counsel to the DA?

Pro bono legal services hold all attorneys to the same laws of the land.... but yet, somehow, many attorneys believe if they are not getting paid for legal services, the laws can be manipulated. Shame on Michael J. Schroeder, Esq. and his client for attempting to BULLY whoever gets in their way of so called political success in Orange County!!!! MAY THE BEST MAN/WOMAN win, in the interests of the fair administration of justice guaranteed in the United States.

G.Jones says:
December 18, 2007 09:21

Scott! Please, no more Schroeder in pajamas images. Plenty of otherwise decent people read this blog.

My question is different from Ms. Bodkin's: if he wins he has a majority on the Board of Supes. But if he loses?

Isn't there some sort of three strikes rule that comes into play here?

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