Good. Finally some good news for Sheriff Joe. I hope he beats that stupid federal case against him.
Despite a recent court ruling that the department run by Maricopa County’s top cop used racial profiling in his quest to crack down on illegal immigration, a recall effort against Sheriff Joe Arpaio has failed.
On Thursday, members of Respect Arizona and Citizens for a Better Arizona -- who launched the recall effort against Arpaio -- failed to gather the necessary 335,000 valid voter signatures by the 5 p.m. deadline. The aim was to force a recall election.
Activists behind the recall effort would not say how many signatures they were short. Randy Parraz, president of Citizens for Better Arizona, only said the two groups had collected close to 300,000 signatures.
Arpaio, reelected in November, blasted the group in a prepared statement.
“After months of name calling, after the disparaging effigies and theatrics … this latest recall effort has failed,” Arpaio said. "This effort failed because the good people of Maricopa County, whom I'm honored to serve, rejected the wrongheaded idea of overturning an election."
The groups had struggled to raise funds necessary to hire paid signature gatherers — key to these sort of efforts. Instead, the groups relied heavily on volunteers to gather signatures against the six-term sheriff who is something of an institution in Arizona’s largest county.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...,7548060.story
ROFL
Good. Finally some good news for Sheriff Joe. I hope he beats that stupid federal case against him.
“The Communist party must control the guns.”
― Mao Tse-tung
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”-Generally attributed to Uncle Joe Stalin
“Everything under heaven is in utter choas; the situation is excellent.”
― mao tse-tung
christiefan915 (06-01-2013), I'm Watermark (05-31-2013), Topspin (06-01-2013)
Anti-Party (06-02-2013)
Topspin (06-01-2013)
Topspin (06-01-2013)
DamnYankee (06-01-2013)
DamnYankee (06-01-2013), Topspin (06-01-2013)
Arizona is challenging alabubba for most racist state.
The stone that the builder refused
Will always be the head corner stone
NOVA (06-01-2013)
DamnYankee (06-01-2013)
So... why again do you all support this guy?
Arpaio has between 7500 - 10,000 inmates in his jail system. In August, 1993, he started the nation’s largest Tent City for convicted inmates. Two thousand convicted men and women serve their sentences in a canvas incarceration compound. It is a remarkable success story that has attracted the attention of government officials, presidential candidates, and media worldwide.
Of equal success and notoriety are his chain gangs, which contribute thousands of dollars of free labor to the community. The male chain gang, and the world’s first-ever female and juvenile chain gangs, clean streets, paint over graffiti, and bury the indigent in the county cemetery.
Also impressive are the Sheriff’s get tough policies. For example, he banned smoking, coffee, movies, pornographic magazines, and unrestricted TV in all jails. He has the cheapest meals in the U.S. too. The average meal costs between 15 and 40 cents, and inmates are fed only twice daily, to cut the labor costs of meal delivery. He even stopped serving them salt and pepper to save tax payers $20,000 a year.
Another program Arpaio is very well known for is the pink underwear he makes all inmates wear. Years ago, when the Sheriff learned that inmates were stealing jailhouse white boxers, Arpaio had all inmate underwear dyed pink for better inventory control. The same is true for the Sheriff’s handcuffs. When they started disappearing, he ordered pink handcuffs as a replacement.
www.mcso.org
The man is 80 I think so he isn't gonna be around for much longer.
DamnYankee (06-01-2013)
SEDITION: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.
arpaio's a disgusting, repulsive piece of crap and his day of reckoning is coming. Arizona voters (not you, CrashK) must be brain-dead to keep this trash in office. How can anyone justify his methods?
Family members of inmates who have died or been injured in jail custody have filed lawsuits against the sheriff’s office. Maricopa County has paid more than $43 million in settlement claims during Arpaio's tenure.[77]
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office controversies
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
Well...if he doesn't win...he could always be consultant for developing countries who want American Business...tent cities, slave labor....sounds like an.American.Capitalist's dream.
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