My man of the year nomination

[Exudedude]

what a guy!!!
>
> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
>
> Call me anything you chose but I love this guy. . . . . .
> Sounds like a win-win system he has set up!
> The news article:
>
> 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
> 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.
>
> Update on Joe Arpaio?
>
> 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 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/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 Inmates 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, 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 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 Damned
> 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 .

[mglindo]

My kinda guy. Wouldn't work on the Left Coast of California though! Sigh!