CHP Threatens Bloggers Over Free Speech

(Originally posted by Travis Kiger from Friends For Fullerton's Future blog)
On June 7th a few of us took a banner onto a public sidewalk along a freeway overpass in Fullerton to participate in constitutionally-protected free speech in support of Bill Hunt for Sheriff. Almost immediately, a CHP officer told us to leave or we would be ticketed and removed.

Citing the 1st amendment, we declined and held our position for nearly an hour.

Eventually backup arrived and we were threatened multiple times with arrest, although the officers would not say which law was being violated. Here is a clip of the event, which reveals several disturbing statements made by the officer.




We decided to leave after the officer began to quiver with anger and his threats of arrest became more forceful.

The officer then suggested that we were being paid and then made disparaging remarks about the candidate who we were supporting. Those statements were extremely unprofessional and suggest that the officer’s intentions may have been political in nature.

We have been informed of similar accounts of intimidation of sign-holders by the CHP at other freeway overpasses throughout Orange County on that same day.

A complaint of officer misconduct will be filed with the California Highway Patrol shortly.

CHP Threaten to Arrest Hunt Supporters

During a Bill Hunt for Sheriff rally known as Operation Overpass III, an officer from the California Highway Patrol threatened to arrest hunt supporters who were holding signs and banners on the sidewalk of the Yorba Linda Blvd./57 freeway overpass. Later, a Fullerton Police officer intervened and helped diffuse the situation. When a CHP sergeant arrived, things heated up. It would appear that holding signs on the sidewalk of a public right-of-way is somehow a violation of law. The right of the People to peaceably meet and speak freely has been trumped by the thin blue line of the CHP.

I don't know all of the details, but stay tuned for more from the Friends For Fullerton’s Future blog.

Bill Hunt on Cameron Jackon's The OC Show

Listen here.

Cameron Jackson interviewed Bill Hunt on last Friday's The OC Show. Hear from Bill Hunt about the recent attempts by the OC Register and KCAL9 to vilify Hunt's credibility.  Jackson helps put the facts on the table regarding Susan Schroeder, Paul Walters, and their connections to Bill Hunt’s opponents. Please click on the link above to hear the interview in its entirety.

Felonious cell mates George Jaramillo (left) and Mike Carona (right).

A Message from Bill Hunt

Dear Friends,

As many may know two police associations have decided to withdraw their endorsement of me by virtue of my participation in ascertaining the true facts on behalf of a certain defendant. While I respect their decision to do so I disagree with their reasoning. Long ago I took an oath to uphold the law and seek justice above all other things. While doing so may be unpopular under certain circumstances, it is and remains a fundamental right granted to all Americans. A healthy justice system operates as a whole. The Courts, District Attorney, defense attorneys, private investigators, probation officers and bail bonds men all are integral and necessary parts to our justice system.

The court system is designed to entertain and weigh facts without prejudice and to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual. No single component of the justice system is dispensable or should hold more sway than another. All individuals are entitled under the constitution to certain inalienable rights and fairness. There is nothing more unjust or unfair than to be incarcerated or denied liberty for a crime you did not commit.

I believe in standing on principle as opposed to popularity and will require any individuals under my charge to do the same.

Bill Hunt

Bill Hunt Helps Defend Innocent Latino While the Union Plays Politics

I was surprised when I heard that the Santa Ana Police Officer’s Association (SAPOA) pulled their endorsement for Hunt. Something in this story just didn’t sound right so I called Bill this morning to get his take.

Bill was hired by attorney Ricardo Nicol to help look at a criminal defense case of Victor Manuel Lua who is charged with a Santa Ana assault and robbery. Early on Nicol and Hunt found holes in the prosecutor’s case. The suspect was a known gang associate of the Santa Ana street gang known as F-Troop who has a prior conviction on his record. Right there most of us would say case closed, guilty as charged. However, the justice system doesn’t work that way. In this case, Nicol and Hunt had to look a little deeper. The suspect had completed his four years of probation without any further legal troubles and appeared to be getting his life together. Ok, no violins please. At the time the crime occurred, the suspect was not in the vicinity. Hunt says the cell phone records don’t lie. Further the original description was of two shaven head Latinos in blue jeans on a single bicycle. The suspect on trial was wearing basketball shorts and slippers (us older folks might remember them as thongs or shower shoes). A gun was used during the crime and no gun has been found since. Lua was in his truck just 400 feet from the crime scene when the officers decided he looked like he could be one of the described perpetrators because his head was shaven much like many other Latinos in Santa Ana and he had a criminal record. Also worth noting is that Lua was “caught” in what many describe as a rival gangs turf, implying that Lua isn’t actually in a gang nor was he associating with a gang at the time the assault and robbery occurred. Simply put, this is a case of mistaken identity which the evidence in the case proves.

R. Scott Moxley reported via OC Weekly that “But Hunt disputes the assertion, saying that he was hired to work on a robbery case and recently attended a preliminary hearing but did not testify. He also says that his client, Victor Manuel Lua, is innocent of the charges based on evidence he's developed and that the gang allegation is tenuous at best: The 20-year-old Lua, he says, grew up in a Santa Ana neighborhood controlled by a criminal street gang and thus knows members but is not one himself.”

Hunt goes on to connect the dots for us. He thinks the DA began getting nervous when he started putting the pieces together and blowing up the prosecutions sure conviction. And we all know who the number two person at the DA’s Office is, Susan Schroeder, wife of Mike Schroeder. Yes, the same Mike Schroeder that gave us convicted felon Mike Carona; the same Mike Schroeder who is pushing hard to give us Craig Hunter, an Anaheim PD deputy chief. It’s obvious at this point that it looks like the Santa Ana PD dropped the ball with their due diligence and investigation. And everyone knows when the PD looks bad the chief looks bad and so enters SAPD Chief Paul Walters, possibly still disgruntled former sheriff’s candidate who appears to have finally given up on running and is now supporting Hutchens. You heard me correctly, he supports Hutchens.

Moxley reports this quote, "'Our members are very upset with Mr. Hunt,' one officer told the Weekly on condition of anonymity. 'He testified against us in court.'" Why do you suppose the anonymity? Is he or she afraid of something? What could a police officer be scared of?

No doubt Santa Ana police officers are upset and embarrassed for being called out in court over what appears to be a rush to judgment by the officers and investigators.

The real irony rests in two final thoughts. First, Bill Hunt has caught a lot of flack from immigrant rights folks who say he is a racist and anti-Mexican. This case alone clearly debunks that myth. Second, SAPOA provides assistance to its members who are charged with breaches in departmental policy and crimes. Their defense attorneys rely on private investigators to dig for the truth and protect them from wrongful prosecution and punishment. It seems highly hypocritical that this association would use their misguided logic to fulfill the political agenda of a handful of miscreants who are only concerned with their consulting contracts and political livelihood. You would think that it would have occurred to someone in the SAPOA that Hunt, as a PI, might work on criminal cases. But I suppose the SAPOA board members were too wrapped up in other matters or just didn’t care to know.

An interesting side note to the SAPOA and Chief Walters is that the SAPOA supported Hunt and the Walters supports Hutchens. Why not endorse the same candidate? Assuming the SAPOA endorses another candidate, who will they choose? Will they go against their chief by supporting the card-carrying union member Craig Hunter or will they fall in lockstep with their boss? You would think the SAPOA would realize the error of their decision and help the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) elect their candidate Bill Hunt. I suppose the various OC law enforcement associations, though, are truly disconnected from one another and don’t see eye to eye except where wages and retirement are concerned.

UPDATE:
I was able to speak with the defense attorney on the Lua case, Ric Nicol. He said that in most cases that involve Bill Hunt, Bill comes back from his fact finding missions with a recommendation that the defendant plead guilty and spare everyone the cost of a trial. Ric also said that the majority of defendants that he represents are minorities. Again, there goes the racism myth.


Ric went on to explain the role of the private investigator in cases like Lua’s. The PI is a fact gatherer. Their job is to collect evidence that the DA doesn’t bother to look for. In this case it was Lua’s alibi together with the mismatched descriptions that the DA saw fit to ignore. After all, it is up to the defendant to disprove the People’s case. In Lua’s case, the cell phone records, numerous friends and family, his clothing, facial hair, etc. are fairly conclusive evidence that he isn’t the perpetrator, all of which were disregarded by the prosecution.

There were two OC cases which Ric sited as being noteworthy because the defendants were found guilty solely on eyewitness testimony and whom were later vindicated. The first is the story of Arthur Carmona, a 16-year old kid who was wrongfully convicted of a robbery in the late 1990s, due to bad witnesses and a shoddy defense lawyer (Larry Agran). Read more about Carmona’s battle: http://www.ocweekly.com/2000-08-31/news/the-kid-is-free

The second case was that of Dwayne McKinney. ABCNews.com reported this on October 8, 2008:
“He was arrested for car theft and also jailed for attempted robbery. When he was 19, in November 1980, he was shot in the leg by a rival gang in what he said was one of the first drive-by shootings in Los Angeles' notorious South Central neighborhood.

In December 1980, McKinney's life took a turn for the worse. He was pulled over for a routine traffic violation, but what happened next was anything but routine. McKinney was accused of a much more serious crime: first degree murder.”
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5987657&page=1

The story continues…:
“Twenty-five years ago, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas was the young deputy district attorney assigned to the Burger King case. Armed with eyewitness testimony, he never doubted McKinney was the cold-blooded assailant sought for the killing.

‘The people who were put into a meat cooler by the assailant, and looked at him, told me that was him,’ Rackauckas said.

Rackauckas went on to describe the horrible scene that faced the surviving Burger King workers.
When they emerged from the meat cooler, Rackauckas said, ‘They saw the young manager there with his head on his desk in a pool of blood.’

Rackauckas asked the jury to make McKinney pay with his own life.

But McKinney was nowhere near the Burger King that night, and even presented witnesses who had seen him elsewhere during the time of the robbery. McKinney tried to point out that his injured leg would have made it impossible for him to leap over the restaurant counter, as witnesses described.
But, he said, ‘No matter how loud I yelled or how loud I screamed, no one really heard me because my lifestyle basically said just the opposite.’

The jury didn't believe McKinney's words or his witnesses. They found him guilty. Although McKinney escaped the death penalty, he was ultimately sentenced to life without parole.”
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5987657&page=2

In the latter case you have suspect who already has a criminal record. This helps plant a seed in the mind of the officers of suspicion and prejudice. For the street cop, this is that gut feeling that keeps you alive, day in and day out. It is a necessary tool that is developed quickly out of the police academy. However, for the police department investigators and DA investigators this prejudice should take a back seat to the facts of the case. The element of time is now on your side. There is no looming danger, no more car stops. This is where their fact-finding job begins.

Ric Nicol went on to explain that the DA has their own investigators who are supposed to go find all of the facts. Because relying on them alone does not give a defendant a much confidence that someone is looking out for their rights because the prosecutor may not like the evidence that the investigator conjures up, the Public Defender’s Office also has their own investigators. These are sworn police officers whose soul purpose when they get to work is to uphold the constitution. However, some of us have the resources to pay for our own defense attorney rather than rely on the Public Defender’s Office. That defense attorney doesn’t have an army of cops available to investigate their cases, so they must hire their own investigators, like Bill Hunt. According to several sources, PI work is the number one job of “retired” cops. With that in mind, are all of those cops who retired on sweetheart pensions all bad guys simply because their clients may be found guilty? Of course not! In fact there are few jobs a retired cop could do that would still be with the spirit of upholding the constitution.

As Ric points out, it isn’t (usually) the job of the street cop to go and conduct a lengthy investigation and verify alibis. Their job is to hook and book, refereeing to handcuffing them and booking them into the jail facility. Leave the other stuff, the detail work, to the professional and licensed investigators.

Ric wrapped up our discussion with a profound thought. The Santa Ana Police Officer’s Association is doing exactly what many accuse Arizona’s new law of condoning: racial profiling of Lua with a smattering of criminal profiling. They assume he is guilty and therefore any defense to the contrary is unacceptable.  I hope the SAPOA will rethink their knee-jerk pull of their endorsement, but I have little faith that logic will prevail.

The Bill Hunt Revolution

Junk Mail and Elections

If you live in Fullerton or parts of Orange County's 4th Supervisorial District, then you are probably familiar with some of the wild political ads arriving daily. Some are ridiculous boasts of good deeds and strong support while others are just down right mean. With all of the flack flying, it can be difficult to tell who is good and who is bad. For that matter, depending on your political philosophy, all of the candidates could be great. But the uninformed voter will be lost in a tornado of mud and inflammatory allegations with some being righteous and others just rude.

So who is right? Who is the best candidate and why?

It is easy to see the many messes made by incumbents. They have had time to make decisions, the results of which are evident and measurable. We can review council and board minutes as well as video recordings of the meetings. We can look at departmental expenditures and contracts. We can take public polls to see what voters think of their elected leaders. We can look at votes of confidence to see what employees think of their employers. These are all great tools for us to use in understanding the incumbent. But what about new candidates? How can we learn about someone who has never been elected? The only way to know is to ask them, their coworkers, business partners, supervisors, employees.

In the races I am primarily concerned with this June, I think I know enough about those candidates to know who I would like to see win. Do you? Have you done your homework and understand who is running and what their motivation is? When you get a mailer that quotes a newspaper article, do you look up the actual article to see who wrote it and what the author's motivation may have been? Do you try to research other stories to understand the dynamics involved? Can you trust bloggers, like me, to provide you with accurate information?

Sometimes you just have to ask the candidates about subjects that you think are important and see what they have to say. I have done that with Bill Hunt who is an outstanding man and truly a fearless leader, the likes of which Orange County has never seen. I have asked Hieu "Hugh" Nguyen, candidate for Clerk-Recorder, what he planned to do when he wins the race. Hugh made it clear that he is a leader and a mentor. He wants to lead by example, not intimidation. I have had a few brief conversations with Shawn Nelson, who is a current Fullerton councilman and candidate for OC Supervisor. Despite being an attorney, Shawn is able to speak clearly and concisely to anyone. Ask him why he did or didn’t vote on an issue and he will likely give you a good education on the topic. And if you want to know where he stands on a given subject, just ask. I haven’t looked too deep into the other county offices and the candidates who are running for them but I will do some homework and see if I can’t find a gem in the pile.

I have tried contacting several other candidates, but none would return my emails or phone calls. Two of those were incumbents who were too busy wasting our tax-dollars to talk to me. I suppose I'm just a small fish in a big pond. But this small fish has found out some disturbing things about the current OC establishment, some of which I cannot prove without blowing the names of my multiple sources who still need their government jobs. Without getting into the name calling and HE said SHE said, I will just say that OC needs to elect some fresh blood to public offices like Bill Hunt, Shawn Nelson, and Hugh Nguyen. The others in the race, in my opinion, just aren't worth my vote. Don't take my word for it, go do your homework and learn who these people are that want your vote. Try to understand what they want. Most importantly, ask what motivates a candidate to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a job that pays $100K-$200K per year? Clearly, none of them are running for the salaries (but maybe a second pension)after spending so much of their own money (or is it their own money?). Is it ego? Is it power or prestige? Ask them and they just might tell you. They may give you the old "sense of civic duty" line or they may give you their vision for what they believe to be a better future. What exactly that better future will be will likely depend on your political philosophy.

Arpaio is making some phone calls

Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes a phone call...

Bill Hunt - June 8 Primary

USCCA ENDORSES BILL HUNT

Gun Rights Roundup
by Uli Gebhard

USCCA Armed American Report ISSUE 195

NOTE: The USCCA would like to wish Mr. Bill Hunt the best of luck in his run for Sheriff of Orange County, California. He has our fullest endorsement!

Orange County, CA had to deal with an appointed Sheriff for almost two y ears. Her experience stems from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – one of the most CCW-restrictive agencies in the nation. Barely in office Sandra Hutchens went on a reckless mission to revoke, restrict and deny renewal on hundreds of legitimately issued concealed carry permits.

The path from Cite and Release to Federal Detention Centers in Orange County

Bill Hunt comes to Fullerton

Join Orange County Sheriff’s Candidate

Bill Hunt and special guest for an evening of wine and hor d’ oeuvres

Thursday, May 13, 2010

5:30 pm - 8:30pm

Held at The Bushala Residence

2020 Conejo Lane

Fullerton, CA 92833

Special Guest

California State Assemblyman Chris Norby

Suggesed Donation

$50 Per Person

$99 Per Couple

Casual Attire

With a little luck and maybe an email or two, we just might get a special visit from Hugh Nguyen and Shawn Nelson.

Bill Hunt Visits Orange May 25, 2010

I met Michael Green just yesterday at my "other" office.  After talking with him for a few minutes Hunt's name came up and he produced this flyer.  If you haven't had a chance to meet Bill, this is a great opportunity.  The 80-guest limit means you will have time to get to know Bill and hear first hand his solutions for Orange County.  Ride with Bill on the trolley as he tours Orange with the locals. 

Opus is a cigar-friendly restaurant with great food.  I hope you will find the time and money to attend this great event to support Bill Hunt for Sheriff!

2 Must-See Videos from Bill Hunt!

Cameron Jackson - The Best Kept Secret In OC

Click here and check out what I'm talking about.  If there is one thing you do today, CLICK HERE and listen to Cameron Jackson. 

OC Register: Racism, Illegal Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Bill Hunt

The OC Register just can’t get enough of Bill Hunt. From the looks of the headlines, Hunt just might be the best thing that’s happened to the failing media company in a long time. It seems that protestors and allegations of racism no matter how patently false are great gimmicks to sell papers. Indeed, they are right up there with sex.

First, we have the OC Register story bearing the headline “Protesters rally outside O.C. Sheriff candidate’s event” http://www.ocregister.com/news/hunt-245737-arpaio-sheriff.html

The story takes you down the path of the newly minted immigration law in Arizona and then to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. OCR: "He helped pass this ridiculous, awful, mean-spirited bill," Maureen Shrubsole said of Arpaio. "Everybody in this country is from somewhere else originally."

It seems Shrubsole forgot that citizens pledge their allegiance to the United States Constitution. So whether you are a new citizen or your family has been here for 350 years, we all must do the right thing and uphold all of our laws including those of immigration. It is our civic duty.

The OC Register makes the protestors outside of the event the headline story rather than the reason for the fuss. No, Arpaio isn’t the reason for the angst, although the protestors and news paper will have you think he is. The real story being missed is that of U.S. citizens who are burdened by immigrants who have trespassed into the U.S.A. Those who bring their poverty north of the border hoping to strike it rich and return south someday with their pockets lined in greenbacks are displacing legitimate workers, suppressing wages, and collapsing our hospitals. This is the story the OC Register misses time and again.

But that’s not all we got from the OC Register this weekend…

Our next OCR headline is “Arpaio takes immigration victory slow”. http://www.ocregister.com/news/arpaio-245704-sheriff-hunt.html?cb=1272292126

What kind of headline is that? The author assumes that Arpaio doesn’t (or didn’t) have the appropriate authority to tackle some of the immigration issues. That isn’t true.

“Under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law is the supreme law of the land. State and local governments are “preempted” from enacting legislation in areas where Congress has asserted its exclusive authority or that would conflict with federal legislation. In the immigra¬tion field, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized three tests to determine whether federal law preempts a state or local law: 1) constitutional preemption, 2) field preemption, and 3) conflict preemption. A state or local law related to immigration that fails any one of these three tests is preempted by federal law and therefore unconstitutional and invalid.” http://www.ncacc.org/annualconf/2008-b1_lawbulletin.pdf 

Therefore, Arpaio can enforce many of the federal immigration regulations as well as Maricopa County Ordinances and his own policies. Most importantly, he can screen for immigration status when the prisoners are incarcerated for other crimes.

My favorite quote from these stories is from Arpaio:

"Ten guys in a trunk. I would think that's reasonable suspicion," Arpaio said. He proudly announced that his department just arrested 22 illegal immigrants at a fast-food restaurant. "I just opened 22 jobs for people here legally."

Common sense.  And that is why Sheriff Joe Arpaio is liked by many and hated by liberal lefties.

 
 

Hunter's Inspiration: Money

This past week I spoke with a Hunter co-worker (yes, a sworn member of the Anaheim PD) who recently asked Craig Hunter why he was running. Hunter is reported to have said, "I can get a second pension." Hunter apparently didn't make any mention of his desire to fix the OC Sheriff's Department, CCWs, jail reform, immigration, or anything else which he claims publicly as the reasons he wants your vote. There were witnesses to the conversation who heard his real inspiration for running: A FAT PENSION at our expense.

Hearing that caused me to wonder if the rank and file who want Hunter to win are motivated by the idea that he will be out of the department thereby creating a vacuum for promotions (or they just don't like him and want him out)? OR they are supporting him because he is their "Chief" and if they don't, he'll remember who they are and how they failed to serve him when he looses?

I don't know what Hunter's inner motivation is; no one really does. But my source is adamant as to what Hunter said to them and the witnesses that were present. Therefore, I am inclined to believe them and the witnesses.

Join Bill Hunt Live at The John and Ken Show this Friday!

Join Bill Hunt Live at The John and Ken Show this Friday!

John and Ken will broadcast their show live at the Ayres Hotel, 3737 West Chapman Avenue in Orange. Bill Hunt and special guest Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, Arizona will appear together at 3:00 PM for the full hour.

Sheriff Arpaio has endorsed Bill Hunt to be the next Orange County Sheriff. If you cannot make it live, watch the live webcast on http://www.billhuntforsheriff.com/

John and Ken Show

http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/jk2010.html

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Cocktail Reception

Friday, April 23rd, 4:30-6:30

Pacific Club, Newport Beach

Bill Hunt - Upcoming Events

Friday, April 16, Brown Residence, San Juan Capistrano BUY TICKETS

Saturday, April 17th Noon - 5:00, OC Indoor Shooting Range & On Target

Friday, April 23, Sheriff Joe Arpaio cocktail reception, 4:30-6:30

Pacific Club, Newport Beach

Saturday, April 24, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Costa Mesa Rally, $25, 10:00 AM – Noon

BUY TICKETS

Friday, April 30, Newport Beach Poker Tournament, 6:00 PM,  2122 Newport Boulevard

Saturday, May 8, Hunt Motorcycle Ride for the Heroes

REGISTER/DONATE

Thursday, May 13, Fundraiser with Assemblyman Chris Norby, Bushala Residence, Fullerton

Stop by the Headquarters and get a yard sign and bumper sticker for your car

5160 Birch Street, Suite 100, Newport Beach

SIGN UP for precinct walking today / bhfsvolunteer2010@gmail.com

Email the campaign to VOLUNTEER / BillHuntforSheriff@gmail.com

Craig Hunter's Smoke Screen With Haidl's Pot

Red County is at it again. Every time it looks like Bill Hunt is gaining momentum the Hunter/Schroeder wannabe posse attempts to ride his coattails. This time, like always, the Hunter/Schroeder Public Trust Wrecking Crew dredges up the Gregory Haidl pot incident as if it were some major drug deal that was covered up. The only thing major about it was that Greg Haidl was involved and that Carona and Jaramillo repeatedly attempted to cover it up.

Recently, I found a short set of transcripts from the USA vs. Carona trial in my email's inbox. The parts I received pertained to Gregory Haidl and very loosely to Bill Hunt. The one person who supposedly was told by Hunt to NOT arrest the suspects that night has since died. When Sgt. Downing died, he took with him the truth about what Bill Hunt said. Since the beginning, Hunt's story has remained the same. Further if anyone had a shred of evidence that Hunt did something illegal, why didn't the U.S. Attorney go after Hunt in the indictment with Carona and his posse? Because there is no evidence that Hunt did anything illegal. In fact, the California Attorney General's report says as much and goes further to say that Hunt did not break departmental policy with his role as chief of police services. The one guy who really botched up the field work and subsequent reporting and evidence booking was Sgt. Downing. Everything Roche had to say about Hunt was regarding Roche's claim that he was ordered to omit facts from his report which was debunked by Sgt. Gaffner's signed statement that supports Hunt's side of the story.

No, I am inclined to believe Gaffner and Hunt over a pissed off deputy who had his toes stepped on by all of his supervisors; first by his sergeant (Downing) and second by two other supervisors (Gaffner & Hunt). I still think it was Roche who violated departmental policy by leaking the audio and video recordings to the media. Roche was the one with the chip on his shoulder and wanted to get even with management. The only problem is that it's his word against two supervisors, one of which (Gaffner) was independent of the rest of the incident. Not helping Schroeder or Hunter are the facts found by R. Scott Moxley of OC Weekly when he pulled the phone records and found that Carona had lied about his hand in the Haidl affair.

As whoiscraighunter.org has reported, Schroeder was Carona's puppet master as he is now Hunter's. That means Schroeder and his wife (who works in the DA's office and is now the DA's Chief of Staff) had access to sensitive information and unique opportunities to tip off Carona about what the Grand Jury and DA's Office were doing when it came to investigating him and his posse. It wasn't until the Feds got involved that we started to see what was really going on. So, let's recap that thought: Schroeder had Carona and the DA in his pocket. Carona specifically asked the attorney general to NOT investigate. Carona walked free throwing everyone in his posse under the stage coach until he was the last man standing. Then the Feds caught him on tape saying some pretty bad stuff. Of course the Feds were a little out of reach of the Schroeders' grasp and eventually Carona was indicted on the somewhat minor charge of witness tampering (minor considering what Carona was charged with).

And of course, Schroeder et al are back with their pot laced smoke screen buying off the Red County boys (and maybe girl) to get their guys, Craig Hunter and Mike Schroeder, into the Sheriff's Office so we can have Mike Carona reincarnated in the Osborne Building.

All this over a small bag of dope!  But we have to keep in mind that the kids at Red County are just doing the job that they are paid to do.