Saluti Sheriff Paul Babeu
I didn't vote for the guy, but I sure wish I had--- Paul Babeu, the newly elected Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona.
To our north, in Arizona's most populous area, Maricopa County, Nicklebag Joe Arpaio
has morphed from being an Internationally Celebrated Blowhard into the most dangerous sheriff in America.
Along with his toady partner in demagoguery, County Attorney Andrew Thomas, they are now running the county like a Banana Republic---public officials who they disagree with are indicted, opposing newspaper editors arrested, and there is the ongoing investigation of the Arizona Attorney General (who it is speculated will be Thomas's chief rival in the upcoming gubernatorial race).
And oh the constitution—Thomas heard something about that in law school—and DEA Agent Joe Arpaio missed the departmental continuing education courses on that particular subject---he was out earning his Nicklebag moniker, shaking down two bit street dealers.
Neither one of these little tyrants cares what anyone says about them. They were both recently re-elected---a sad reality that reflects the high number of senior citizens living in the gated elephant graveyards of Sunny Arizona, who are scared to death of anyone who is different than them—and Mexicans in particular.
And then there is the burg of
Gilbert, a modern-day Republican family-friendly fantasyland where cheerleading teachers are fired, Victoria's Secret
posters banned along with yard signs opposing the mayor, and the civic leaders dole out millions of dollars of
taxpayer dollars to their cronies.Of course, the good lord only knows why, but Arizona is also blessed with more than its fair share of these characters:
Last week the
Goldwater Institute, a non-retarded conservative think tank, came out with a carefully researched scathing review of the dangerous man who is the top law enforcement officer in one of the nation's most populated counties. And there are other
conservatives, like Representative Jeff Flake, who have no use for Arpaio or Thomas and their skinhead supporters.But for now that is Maricopa County.
And then on the left we have Governor Janet Napoliano, recently appointed by
Barack Obama to head Homeland Security. And with it, those silly fears about the United States becoming a police state through video surveillance and photo enforcement will be the new reality.
The number of enforcement cameras being installed , on a daily basis, alongside the freeways in Arizona
is mind boggling. It is expected that by 2010 they will be raising $165 million annually in state revenue. Essentially Arizona has become one big speed trap.Never mind that it is well documented that these cameras not only do absolutely nothing to reduce accidents, they actually result in a 54 percent increase in rear-end collisions and a 9 percent increase in injuries from rear-end collisions. Everyone knows this has very little to do with public safety and everything to do with putting money into the public coffers and pockets of political cronies—and not just the DMV Saturday morning safety class instructors, but the operators of these surveillance cameras.
Janet Napolitano
contracted with Redflex, an Aussie company, to spy on Arizona motorists. In these times of economic woes, the fortunes of Redflex
are surging. In the 2008 financial year Redflex reported record revenues of $88.2 million.Napalitano and her lackeys admit this revenue is really important in trying to keep some type of grip on the deficit they created by spending $888 per second. But not lost on these folks is the value of keeping track of the movements of the citizenry.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety
plans to turn the statewide speed camera program into a vast spy camera network. The system has built in automated plate number recognition capability, which not only allows for cost-saving automated ticketing, but the ability to track the movement of motorists who have done nothing wrong.
But there is a new sheriff in Pinal County
and he is running Redflex and their cameras out on a rail:
A Sheriff who describes himself as a “strict constitutionalist”?Who will indict him first?
The Sheriff of Maricopa County or Napolitano's leftie authoritarians?
Saluti Sheriff Paul Babeu.
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