See what Sheriff Joe has done.

[Gwizz]

A friend sent this too me.

> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
>
> Update on Joe Arpaio
>
> Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
>
> Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on
stray
> animals, like 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 prisoner s.
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. We adopted a dog 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 mostwould 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 prisonersout of
the
> fees collect ed 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, which has a special hotline phone number painted
on
> it, where you can call and report suspected illegal a liens.
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.
>
>
> TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
>
> HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
>
> AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER...
> THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:
>
> Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona) who 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.
> < BR>> 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
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/Carleton.....If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back.'
>
> He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on videotape that he pipes
into
> the jails.
>
> When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he

> replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the
< BR>> inmates were in his jails in the first place.
>
> More On The Arizona Sheriff:
>
> With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees
> Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports:
> About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment
At
> The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To
Their
> Government-Issued
> Pink Boxer Shorts.
>
> On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on
> their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees
Inside
> The Week Before.
>
> Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their
> Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.
>
> 'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who
Has
> Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.'
>
> Joe Arpaio, th e tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city 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!
>
> Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime

> and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes
-
> not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and

> commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money

> and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

[Wooly]

Can we write in Sheriff Joe for president? I could really go for someone who actually gets things done and demands people take personal responsibility for their own lives.

[AZ Rail Rat]

The sad part to all this: Sheriff Joe is getting up in years. He's not going to be around forever.

One like him comes along only once in a lifetime, and sometimes less than that for a town, city or county. No matter who takes over for him, even if it is a hand-picked successor, they will not have the drive and connections, much less the BALLS to do what Joe has done for our community. Most of his programs (tent city, chain gangs, green bologna, pink underwear, burial details {county-paid for graves for indigents}, stray animal control, illegal immigrant roundups), ALL will be dismantled piecemeal without Joe around to fight for them.

[phred]

I'll add my vote for sheriff Joe for president.

[conomark]

I think Joe needs an understudy or something. He needs to spread his knowledge and intestinal fortitude to carry on his legacy. It seems like the general sentiment on this thread is in agreement with his philosophies. There must be someone out there that can carry on after Joe leaves us. Maybe even spread out to the rest of the country and straighten things out.

[thegrindre]

Three cheers for Joe...
Hip hip hooray!
Hip hip hooray!
Hip hip hooray!