The notorious redneck Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is in very hot water over alleged misuse of $99 million of public funds. Arpaio's office apparently looted this money from its legally designated purpose, running the jail system, and spent it instead on his passionate interest of chasing illegal immigrants!
"The money came from a sales tax dedicated solely to running county jails and from a restricted fund set up for inmates to buy household items and make phone calls while they are in jail. The $99 million consists of $84.7 million from the jail tax and $14.8 million from the inmates’ fund."
And look what kind of trouble that has made for the county:
"County officials say the county will have to pull $99 million out of its regular budget over several years to pay back the two jail funds. It’s not known whether that would lead to cuts in services provided by the county."
Arpaio is a "tough on crime" advocate who thinks it is cute and clever to keep inmates of his jail in tents without air conditioning in 115-degree Arizona summer weather. His antics have already cost the county millions in lawsuits brought against his department. This varmint needs to be shown the door!
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