Arizona showdown time: Governor v. Pink Panty Sheriff
Phoenix, Ca.,_ The Arizona Republic finally got the headline any news source would enjoy in these times. Governor Janet Napolitano, like most self respecting politicians in the state, has finally had it with sherifito Joe on immigration approaches. In a budgetary attack on the Maricopa County sheriff the governor pulled $1.6 million in state funds and redirected them from Arpaio’s budget to a state task force charged with hunting down 60,000 criminals. The sheriff with the pink pantys on men fetish reacted in his usual whining ways. The governor replied that her motives were all about public protection inferring that his penchant for arresting gardeners, dishwashers, cooks, nannies and other service workers was putting the state’s citizenry in danger from real criminals. Stay tuned for the next chapter of this looming pitch battle. Other key players in the equation remain Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon who has positioned himself as the “voice of reason” and State Rep Russell Pearce, author of the state’s employer-sanctions law that has already hurt the state’s economy and depleted the workforce leaving key industries, like agriculture and construction begging for out of state and out of country workers (as in immigrants” This could be the non violent version of the OK Corral.