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    I Think I Love This Guy

    Maybe You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the
    jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb.
    Well………

    SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

    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 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 prison ers 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.

    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.

    Then He Started Chain Gang s 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/Carlton…..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
    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 T he T ENTS for 1 year. ‘It’s Inhumane.’

    Joe Arpaio, the 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 Degree s 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.

    If you agree, pass this on. If not, just delete it.

    Sheriff Joe was just reelected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona



    Posted on: June 11, 2008 at 8:52 am





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