Exorbitant Cost of Out of Town Lawyers


Team Santiago hired an Atlantic County attorney to be our city solicitor, James Schroeder. Mr. Schroeder submitted his bid of $55, 000.00 for the year to be the city solicitor. But that was basically to come to the Commission meetings and he reserved the right to charge extra for almost anything else at the rate of $150.00 per hour. For years the established hourly rate was $130.00.Well the bills for the first 3 months are in and Mr. Schroeder has been paid $68,132.49!!! At this rate he is on track to make close to $300,000.00 this year.

Team Santiago also hired Doug Long’s firm. He has been paid  $53,791.71 in the first three months and is on track to take home $215,166.00 this year. Doug Long’s firm was hired for $150.00 per hour with the maximum at $100,000.00. They are half way there in 3 months. Change orders will be coming in shortly.

This is a brief glimpse into what partisan politics is going to cost the city of Millville. Commissioner Parent is in charge of Revenue and Finance. Parent has stated over and over that partisanship and politics is not involved and he has the best interests of Millville at heart. I think he protests too much because he has a guilty conscience. These two appointments were direct election paybacks. Team Santiago’s campaign was run out of the Democratic headquarters and Doug Long was the democratic chair. One of Stands Tall for South Jersey’s listed phone numbers is James Schroeder’s cell phone. Maybe Commissioner Parent should stop protesting  and spend his time looking into what his partisanship is costing this city.

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Geologist Savant said…
Parent politics.... daddy give us more money!!!!! Has anyone seen this Schroeder at a commission meeting?
June 2, 2018 at 4:10 PM
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