Janet Napolitano Cuts Off Money for Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Janet Napolitano must be feeling desperate. In a foolish attempt to halt the enforcement of illegal immigration laws by Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio, she issued Executive Order 2008-22. Her order takes money from a grant dedicated to the Maricopa County Sheriff's office to fund a task force under her direct control through the Department of Public Safety. The new task force would seek out felony warrants and give priority to gang-related criminals and "undocumented" aliens.

Arizona Speaker of the House, James P. Weiers, says DPS has been allocated plenty of money for that purpose plus $1 million devoted to a Lexis-Nexis system which can find anyone. He said the agency should not have needed the sheriff's $1.2 million grant. The Speaker informed the press, that DPS has not used any of its own money yet which makes the governor's move very suspicious. In addition, none of the budgets of the other counties were touched.

The sheriff told the press today that the governor's Chief of Staff lied in saying that the sheriff was not sharing intelligence. The sheriff stated that his office sends intelligence constantly to her office.

It defies human logic that you can get more done with a task force than you can with a Sheriff with 160 federally trained officers, 4,000 employees and crime/immigration enforcement programs already in action. Napolitano has been governor for six years and attorney general prior to that says Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. He finds it strange that only now she addresses the matter of felony warrants and at the last minute denies the grant her office promised to the sheriff.

What incredible gall! Everything about this move spells dirty politics. The governor's judgment is clouded by her ambitious desire to please special interests groups. The residents of Arizona mean squat—her agenda reigns supreme. Every conceivable poll taken in the state shows overwhelming support for the crime suppression and immigration enforcement being performed by the sheriff. Frankly, I'm kinda of glad this happened because it shines bright light on the real priorities of the Governor of Arizona.

Never mind a recall, impeach her now.

Recall Phil Gordon Petitions - Ready to Sign

Many have inquired how to sign the petitions to recall Phil Gordon. Here is an update on how to sign and/or volunteer to circulate petitions. Also, you must be a Phoenix resident to sign the petition, but you do not have to be a Phoenix resident to volunteer to circulate. ACU website: www.recallmayorgordon.com

News from ACU

We've obtained the recall petitions from our printer earlier this evening and they are now ready to be circulated and signed. We've posted on our website up coming locations for May 4th, May 6th and May 8th. More locations and times will be added as we get more volunteers to circulate the petitions. In addition to dedicated locations, petition circulators will also be canvassing different parts of the city and special events.


Sunday, May 4th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Mesquite Library Branch located 4525 Paradise Village Pkwy N (at Paradise Valley Mall). Please immediately go to the meeting room located on the left as you walk in. You may either sign the petition there or volunteer to become a petition circulator.

Tuesday, May 6th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Juniper Library Branch located at 1825 W Union Hills Dr. Please go to the meeting room. It’s located immediately past the information desk and across from the restrooms. You may either sign the petition there or volunteer to become a petition circulator.

Thursday, May 8th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Juniper Library Branch located at 1825 W Union Hills Dr. Please go to the meeting room. It’s located immediately past the information desk and across from the restrooms. You may either sign the petition there or volunteer to become a petition circulator.

Recall Phil Gordon-Redux

Like Troy Hayden of Fox 10, media types may be tempted to reflect on the recall of Phil Gordon in a sympathetic tone. It's not his fault that Phoenix has an illegal immigration problem. He doesn't have authority to deal with immigration issues, they could say.

Well not exactly.

Mayor Gordon didn't have authority to change Op Order 1.4 which he admitted, but he put on a charade and hired a panel to affect changes anyway. Mayor Gordon doesn't have authority over the county sheriff, but nothing stopped him from publicly excoriating the sheriff and calling him and the rest of Phoenix racists.

Mayor Gordon may not have authority to arrest illegal immigrants personally, but no one made him send a letter to the U.S. Attorney General complaining that the only elected official who had such authority was in fact arresting illegals.

Actually, he did have authority to mediate complaints by local business owners about loitering, littering, and the public nuisance in front of their stores caused by illegal immigrant day workers. No one made him renege his agreement with Pruitts Furniture to help resolve that problem.

He's had mucho opportunity to advance the best interests of legal residents in Phoenix regarding illegal immigration, and he refused them all. The city is in shambles with trash, gangs, violence and dangerous roads, but anytime anyone does anything about it, he leads with the racist, white supremacy rhetoric.

It's too late for sympathy, someone should have pulled him aside a long time ago and explained to him the ABC's of being a mayor.

Recall Phil Gordon

The recall effort was announced in a press conference today on the steps of the Arizona State capital building. What a beautiful day! It's ironic that voter turn-out has been so low. Twenty-five percent of the total vote of the last election is needed, so only 23,751 valid signatures are needed. In response, Phil Gordon is turning up the bravado and states he will triumph. Well, what about us? We haven't triumphed...over gangs, ID theft, auto thefts, DUIs and hit and runs. Mayor Phil Gordon has shown so little interest in the welfare of the residents of Phoenix it's criminal. He has promoted the good of special interests exclusively. He'll never understand his commitment to the legal residents of Phoenix. Finally, the colors of his true stripes. I think there will be more signatures for his recall than for his election.