A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
Distributed by C O M M O N S E N S E , in Arizona
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Regarding that “scathing” Dept of Justice report being used as a club against Sheriff Arpaio, isn’t this the Dept of Justice, under Eric Holder, who attacked SB1070 before he had even read the bill?
Isn’t Eric Holder under investigation for Fast and Furious for deliberately allowing guns to flow to Mexican drug cartels, and that resulted in the death of Arizona Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry?
Isn’t the Civil Rights Division, under Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, the same one that has been sanctioned for more than $4 million for frivolous lawsuits and misconduct?
Thomas Perez once served as president of Casa de Maryland, a radical open borders group that encourages ILLEGAL aliens not to speak with the police and urges local governments not to enforce federal fugitive warrants against them.
Randy “Open Borders” Parraz at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting 1/31/12.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office provided members of the Board of Supervisors with a public update on a handful of the controversial topics afflicting the agency right now, but the airing of the sheriff’s laundry did little to change the minds of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ardent supporters and critics who packed a county auditorium Tuesday morning.
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan told board members Arpaio’s agency has made mistakes but has worked with county officials in the last 18 months to address many of the office’s shortcomings, including misappropriated funds and inadequately investigated sex crimes.
But those explanations did little to placate dozens of Arpaio critics who had come to ask questions of Sheridan and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and share their concerns with members of the Board.
When it became apparent that a question-and-answer session would have to wait until the end of the sheriff’s presentation, dozens of Arpaio critics left the hearing in protest.
Later, Chad Snow, a vocal critic of the Sheriff’s Office, told board members the group refused to listen to Arpaio apologists make excuses for the behavior that has led to accusations of mismanagement and discrimination within the Sheriff’s Office.
Group urging supervisors to remove him
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s political foes vowed to disrupt Wednesday’s Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting to demand Arpaio’s resignation or removal, but the board is suggesting an alternative venue for the activists to air their concerns.
Local activists for the past two months have demanded supervisors schedule a forum on Wednesday’s board agenda to discuss recent events involving the Sheriff’s Office. The forum will not be held Wednesday, however.
Supervisors instead plan to accommodate protesters at an update meeting on the sheriff’s budget, where controls placed in that budget and audits of his operations will be discussed. Sheriff’s staff and the county attorney are expected to attend. Supervisors consider it a more appropriate venue to address public concerns.
Board Chairman Max Wilson also is planning a private meeting with Randy “Open Borders” Parraz, president of Citizens for a Better Arizona, in an attempt to quell that group’s public protests.
Parraz has agreed to meet, but protesters are unlikely to back down, vowing to pressure supervisors until November, when the sheriff, the supervisors and the county attorney are up for re-election. Parraz led a similar effort in 2008.
Agency offers to talk before going to court
In its developing battle with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over alleged violations of the civil rights of Hispanics, the Justice Department appears to have blinked, backing away from an earlier threat to take the Arizona lawman to federal court immediately.
Still, the Civil Rights Division under the direction of Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez has made it clear that the DOJ has no intent of proving its charges, as Arpaio has demanded.
In an email sent to WND on Jan. 5, the DOJ stated, “If MCSO wants to debate the facts instead of fixing the problems stated in our findings, we will do so by way of litigation.”
Yet, in a six-page letter delivered to Arpaio’s office Wednesday, Perez appeared to have softened his position by offering to talk, rather than going to court immediately.
“We stand ready to meet, answer questions and discuss a resolution with you and your client immediately.” Perez wrote to the sheriff’s office’s outside counsel, Joseph J. Popolizio.
In the proposed meetings, nevertheless, Perez made it clear the DOJ has no intent of showing or debating any of its alleged evidence.
Maricopa County, Arizona contains Phoenix and eight other cities with populations over 100,000. The most populace county in the state with nearly four million people could have a significant impact on this year’s presidential election.
In Arizona, the county sheriff is responsible for verifying the eligibility of any candidate wanting to be placed on the ballot in their particular county. In Maricopa County, that responsibility falls to Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Last year, Arpaio announced that he had instructed his Cold Squad unit to investigate Barack Obama’s eligibility to run for President. In that announcement, he pretty much ordered the Obama administration to allow his officer’s access to the original birth documents in Hawaii that the President claims verify his US birth and right to run for the Oval Office.
Since that announcement, the President has launched one attack after another at Sheriff Joe.
Hat Tip: Godfather Politics
Students can sue their public school district for violating their First Amendment right by eliminating a radical La Raza studies program that ignites racial hostility, teaches disdain for American sovereignty and illegally segregates students by race.
Only in America would a federal judge rule that a U.S. taxpayer-funded institution can get sued for refusing to provide such a divisive program that one instructor denounced for igniting racial hostility. The case involves the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican Raza Studies program, nixed after state legislators banned funding for ethnic studies curriculums that advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government.
Tucson’s controversial La Raza curriculum was created in 1998 to promote the Chicano agenda. Years later it was renamed “Mexican-American Studies” to sound less extremist. In 2010 Arizona’s legislature passed a measure (HB 2281) banning taxpayer-funded schools from offering classes that are designed for students of a particular race and promote resentment toward a certain ethnic group (in this case whites).
U.S. Rep. Raul “Mr. Boycott Arizona” Grijalva says he may appeal directly to the White House for funds to expand and modernize the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, Ariz., since he can’t get Republican backing to fund the upgrades.
In a visit Friday to Somerton and San Luis, Ariz., Grijalva said he has gotten no support from Republican lawmakers for legislation he introduced in October, the Border Infrastructure and Jobs Act of 2011, which would earmark $80 million for upgrades and additional personnel at the San Luis port of entry.
”Unfortunately not one Republican congressman has responded, even though we have told them that if there’s some change to the proposal (that they want), we will be happy to do it,” said the Tucson Democrat, whose district includes Yuma County.
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Remember this headline? “Russell Pearce Supporters Accused Of Running Sham Candidate In AZ Recall Election” Who looks like they ran sham candidate now?
Once again, things got uneasy at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday morning.
After the leader of Citizens for a Better Arizona started addressing the five-member board, there was uproar when his supporters stood up.
The other side, Sheriff Joe Arpaio supporters, argued their view was being obstructed.
Randy “Open Borders” Parraz, who leads Citizens for a Better Arizona, said they stood to show solidarity.
When things got chaotic, Parraz and his people walked out of the chambers.
