Weaver95: The one thing I can think of that might cost Joe an election campaign is if someone can prove his actions are causing tax hikes. Local voters might like Joe's asinine behavior, but as soon as it's clear he's costing them money, i'll bet they fire his ass.

Or wait for 2012.

In 1996, Joe was unopposed.
In 2000, Joe won by 40 points.
In 2004, Joe won by 27 points.
In 2008, Joe won by 13 points. And he was riding McCain's home-state coattails.

2012... he better figure out a way to stop the bleeding or he could easily lose. Or we could yank him out prior; that works too.

He's asking the County Supervisors for an additional $7 million in funds to cover his legal fees. That would be the same County Supervisors he is currently trying to charge under RICO statutes. It's almost amazingly audacious, even for Joe. It's a lot like shooting someone and then biatching that they got your bullet all gooey.

I said this in the last Arpaio thread and no one answered me:

How come nobody's put a 30.06 thru his head yet?

Can't he have his deputies go to the defense lawyer's offices, and steal the money from the coffee fund cans in the kitchens?

He's very popular at Stormfront.org.

Simple statement of fact, Godwin does not apply,

BasqueBastard: I said this in the last Arpaio thread and no one answered me:

How come nobody's put a 30.06 thru his head yet?

Because when you have to beat a weasel like this, it's far more satisfying to use the very system he's exploiting. Sure, someone could cap him like a dog, but all that does is make him a political martyr to the nuts supporting him.

Instead, demonstrate how he's squandering millions to run his own little fiefdom, remind folks that they're paying for his shenanigans, and let the system do its job. Far more satisfying.

Weaver95: How come nobody's put a 30.06 thru his head yet?

Because the Travis Bickles who spend their nights fondling the long, hard shafts of their firearms are all Arpaio supporters.

Headline: ...he's managed to rack up $7 million in legal fees in the past year

FTA: The agency requested that the $7 million allocation be made to the Sheriff's Office annually to cover anticipated legal fees in future years, she said.

Subby, subby, subby. Bad subby.

BasqueBastard: I said this in the last Arpaio thread and no one answered me:

How come nobody's put a 30.06 thru his head yet?

Maybe because nobody wants to spend the rest of their life in prison because of Joe Arpaio. It's not like the police are going to give you a free pass on murder just because the guy you killed is a dick.

Well, I guess that's one way to make him stop doing his illegals sweeps. Cut off his legal budget, so he has to divert more and more of his regular budget toward legal expenses...

Gosling: Weaver95: The one thing I can think of that might cost Joe an election campaign is if someone can prove his actions are causing tax hikes. Local voters might like Joe's asinine behavior, but as soon as it's clear he's costing them money, i'll bet they fire his ass.

Or wait for 2012.

In 1996, Joe was unopposed.
In 2000, Joe won by 40 points.
In 2004, Joe won by 27 points.
In 2008, Joe won by 13 points. And he was riding McCain's home-state coattails.

2012... he better figure out a way to stop the bleeding or he could easily lose. Or we could yank him out prior; that works too.

His voter base, old senile people that crave the "good old days", are dying off.

Old people are the chickens that always vote for col Sanders.

Weaver95:
I don't think it's occured to him that his actions might have consequences.

Probably not. He so rarely actually has dealt with consequences.

baka-san: Tell the bastard he has to pay for them himself.

You know, like the new rules say.

I think the "pay for it himself" means, in government speak, that he would be required to pay for it out of his sheriff dept budget instead of the general fund.

Looks like Sarah Palin has a credible running mate!

A while back, in another state, a local sheriff escaped his legal costs by running for the legislature and winning. The county got stuck with lots of legal bills plus major settlement amounts.

The taxpayers never connected the cost of an out of control official and higher taxes.

That dude is the worst Sheriff in the country. He brags about how his crappy treatment of prisoners and wild tactics saves the county money, but it generates lawsuit after lawsuit, which cost the city way more than they would have saved. And the people who vote for him are probably the same people who say they are "Taxed enough already." Get a clue, Teabaggers, if we reorganized our justice system, we could save a ton of money.

What about all the kidnappings done in Arizona by the Mexican cartels? Ol' Joe doesn't have a plan for those motherfarkers! The problem is bigger than Joe. Joe is just a nasty old man taking advantage of a corrupt and farked up system.

In Texas alone, we have increased funding for prisons so much that now state universities are getting around 10% of the money they used to get. Is that really going to help anything? Spending less on advanced education and more on advanced incarceration?

We really need to rethink who we even throw in jail in the first place. Too many people can be diverted and spared the traumatic and life changing experience of doing jail time. Until we get that sorted out, there will be no progress with the justice system.

/Rant over

Gosling: Weaver95: The one thing I can think of that might cost Joe an election campaign is if someone can prove his actions are causing tax hikes. Local voters might like Joe's asinine behavior, but as soon as it's clear he's costing them money, i'll bet they fire his ass.

Or wait for 2012.

In 1996, Joe was unopposed.
In 2000, Joe won by 40 points.
In 2004, Joe won by 27 points.
In 2008, Joe won by 13 points. And he was riding McCain's home-state coattails.

2012... he better figure out a way to stop the bleeding or he could easily lose. Or we could yank him out prior; that works too.

The guy is 77 now. As ornery a bastard as he is, I can't imagine he's going to be running for reelection that many more times, one way or another. I'm more worried about who he's been grooming to inherit his little fiefdom.

Weaver95: House of Tards: He's asking the County Supervisors for an additional $7 million in funds to cover his legal fees. That would be the same County Supervisors he is currently trying to charge under RICO statutes. It's almost amazingly audacious, even for Joe. It's a lot like shooting someone and then biatching that they got your bullet all gooey.

I don't think it's occured to him that his actions might have consequences.

Wait... actions have consiquences? So all those times I talked about Ultrafa.....

******Carrier Lost******

......aaaaaand we're back!

Ok, so what ever happened to last weeks "My deputy's not going to jail / fine, he can go to jail / due to a technical difficulty, he can't go to jail tonight" saga? I've been watching Fark this weekend, and haven't seen any new news on that front.

BitwiseShift: Looks like Sarah Palin has a credible running mate!

All Sheriff Joe has to do now is quit before his term ends and he's got the lock on being Palin's VP.

Olglethorpe?



/hot

pxlboy: i bet he'd kill himself before allowing himself to be fed to the monsters he created.

Hey man, nice shot.

Befuddled: BitwiseShift: Looks like Sarah Palin has a credible running mate!

All Sheriff Joe has to do now is quit before his term ends and he's got the lock on being Palin's VP.

Well, that and his becoming a facebook star, which doesn't seem quite in keeping with the whole "old school" vibe he has going on.

dstanley: Weaver95: jaytkay: He's very popular at Stormfront.org.

I haven't been there in a while.

I'm afraid to go, I'd rather see gorgor's hard drive before I wander into that cesspool.

Believe it or not, while full of absolute morons, there's not much there you don't see from the trolls on Fark.

SharkTrager: Believe it or not, while full of absolute morons, there's not much there you don't see from the trolls on Fark.

And oddly enough, some of them have the same screen name on Stormfront as they do on Fark....

DOBBS-ARPAIO 2012

Si se puede!

NightOwl2255: Headline: ...he's managed to rack up $7 million in legal fees in the past year

FTA: The agency requested that the $7 million allocation be made to the Sheriff's Office annually to cover anticipated legal fees in future years, she said.

Subby, subby, subby. Bad subby.

Yeah... he only racked up 2.5 million in legal fees this year. He still wants to hold the comptroller and the city council hostage for more than twice that, and ensure a similar sum be handed over every year for the same purpose.

It almost sounds worse that way. Wait. Strike the almost.