SHERIFF
JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! And there’s MUCH more to know about
Sheriff Joe! We don’t know who sent this but our
research, followed by a call to his office pretty much
verified the following:
Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars
a year on stray cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to
take the department over and the County Supervisors said
okay.
The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by
prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every
animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily.
He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition
and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd
like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray
dogs off the street, given them to the care of
prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
The best part? His budget for the entire department is
now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner
from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was
neutered, and current on all shots, in great health, and
even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost
us $78.
The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for
working, but most would work for free, just to be out
of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for
utilities, building maintenance, etc. He
pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted
animals.
I have long wondered when the rest of the country would
take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy
some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated
to the county years ago, where inmates can work,
and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and
food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.
He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides
meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree
nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a
living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and
plant it later. We have six trees in our yard
from the Prison.
Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all
his buses and vehicles with a mural that has a special
hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call
and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and
Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so
he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing
immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4
new buses just for hauling folks back to the border.
He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.
JOE ARPAIO IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE
KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER. THIS IS ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio created the “Tent City Jail.” He
has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and
charges the inmates for them. He stopped smoking and
porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights,
cut off all but 'G' movies.
He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work
on county and city projects. Then he started Chain
Gangs For Women so he wouldn't get sued for
discrimination.
He took away cable TV until he found out there was A
Federal Court Order that required cable TV for jails so
he hooked up the cable TV again but only let in the
Disney Channel and The Weather Channel.
When asked why the weather channel he replied “So they
will know how hot it’s gonna be while they are working
on my chain gangs.”
He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.
When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't
The Ritz/Carlton......If you don't like it, don't come
back.'
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent
city (in temperatures often exceeding 100 degrees) and
long ago started making his prisoners wear pink and eat
bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said
Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: 'It's 120
Degrees in Iraq and our Soldiers are living in tents
too. And they have to wear full battle gear. But they
didn’t commit any crimes, so shut your mouths.’
Way To Go, Sheriff!
News Flash:
We have just received word that
Sheriff Joe may be under investigation by the Justice
Department for alleged discrimination. Seems he
has made an effort to arrest illegal immigrants.
Phoenix has the highest kidnapping rate of any city,
thanks to the Mexican drug cartel which operates on both
sides of the border. According to Fox News and
other networks, Mexico is in danger of collapse and
total anarchy as the police THERE are so corrupted by
the drug cartel that the government has had to call in
federal troops to deal with gun battles in the streets.
Joe Arpaio is investigated for
trying to protect his constituents from the highest
profile criminal element in Texas and Arizona? By
the Dept. Of Justice? How just is that? If
it weren't an ironic truth, it would be a joke.
Our government launches investigation against him which
will tie the Sheriff and his staff up in paperwork and
prevent him from doing the job the citizens keep
electing him to do.
DOJ can't ignore complaints but on
the other hand, it should be too busy meting out JUSTICE
to criminals to have time to harass U.S. Peace Officers.
Are we headed for anarchy along with Mexico?
