Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Sorry, I’m Distracted
I’m still basking in the irony that Joe Arpaio is having someone ask for his papers.
Entries Tagged as 'Maricopa County Politics'
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Arpaio Losing Support, Finally!
For years, Joe Arpaio has been given free rein to do whatever he wants by the public and the media in Maricopa County. I’ve been trying to figure out what Arpaio would have to do, short of ordering the waterboarding of the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, to make people finally see what sort of person they have [...]
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
So Proud of Our Boy Joe…
Talking Points Memo has announced their Golden Duke Awards, named for former Congressman Randall “Duke” Cunningham. Our own Joe Arpaio got an award for Outstanding Achievement in Corruption Based Chutzpah. Here is the comment from one of the award judges, Jack Shafer:
There’s a thin line between chutzpah and villainy, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio erases it.
Shafer [...]
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
A Little Fight
After the jump is a campaign e-mail I got from Democratic Attorney General candidate Felecia Rotellini. What is nice about it is that she’s willing to call out Republican candidate for Attorney General Andrew Thomas. To be fair to the other two Democratic aspirants, Vince Rabago and David Lujan, their campaigns are still embryonic so [...]
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
So Proud of Our Political Leaders
Below is a screenshot of national blog Talking Points Memo this morning. Click on it to get the full size of what readers would have been treated to if they scrolled past the first set of headlines. Think we can manage three of a kind tomorrow?
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
I Didn’t Say It, He Did…
Maricopa County Justice of the Peace C. Steven McMurry when ruling on attorney’s fees for five activists who were acquitted weeks ago of disturbing the peace charges on one defendant’s assertion that Joe Arpaio’s deputy was “fascist:”
Moreover, it is important to note the message being telegraphed by Deputy Acritelli by his words and manner at [...]
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Come On, Really?
Lou Dobbs claimed that anti-immigration activists took potshots at his house, a claim that was not taken seriously by local police, especially since hunters frequent the rural area where Dobbs lives.
Now Joe Arpaio has jumped on the bandwagon, claiming that he is so startled by this incident that he is reviewing his own security. Of [...]
Friday, October 16th, 2009
I’m Tough So I’m Going to Cry
Could someone please explain to me how Joe Arpaio makes himself out to be a tough guy for having his deputies chase down immigrant women and their children, but he becomes a whiny, spolied three year-old when the feds tell him he needs to dial it back?
For those who still don’t understand the full extent [...]
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
As a Nine
I know a lot of you think like me, because you are discerning in your choice of blogs. So, most of you were happy to find out late last week that Joe Arpaio lost his status under the 287 (g) program, which means he isn’t allowed to play ICE agent any more. After the requisite [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
No Relation to Fred Harvey
There has been a flury of speculation about who will get Steve Gallardo’s seat in the legislature. This is the methadone that political junkies need to substitute for the heroin they didn’t get when it turned out that Raúl Grijalva was staying put.
The new name that has emerged is teacher and Tolleson Vice-Mayor Anna Marie [...]
