[Joeaksa]

While much that Joe does is good, he himself is a criminal and needs to be removed from office IMHO.

He has so much underhanded dealings going on that its crazy. Its been proven that he has accepted funds from friends/family of people who are going to jail. They are then put in an air conditioned facility instead of "tent city" where its up to 120 degrees in the summer.

Lately he was caught spending millions of bux on "facial recognition software" for frigging Honduras. What does Honduras have to do with Maricopa County Arizona (aka the Phoenix area) one might ask? Well, us tax payers in Phoenix are asking and Joe is not telling, saying that we need to "just trust me." Part of the funds used here are "RICO funds," monies that were siezed in police raids but part of it are paid for by us local citizens, aka taxpayers.

Its just come out that one of the deputy's based in Honduras (yes, he now has LE staff in Honduras, a very nice vacation spot) is a partner in the facial recognition company and stands to make millions on this program. Conflict of interest one might say... but again Joe is refusing to talk about it.

Oh yea, should I mention that Joe locked up several newspaper editors recently when they published something that he did not like? The Phoenix PD released them the next day and state atty admonished Joe for doing this but its too late. Lawsuits are filed and he will lose like he usually does. In other words another stupid blunder by Joe will cost us tax payers more in legal fees and settlements.

He has been shunned by his local political party as he is a loose cannon. He has wonderful operations like his prostitution sting a couple of years ago. His deputies went after the "working girls" in the area around Christmas time, but instead of following the rules (and law) the deputies actually had sex with the girls, THEN busted them. 60 of the 70 cases were thrown out of court.

On and on many of us will be very happy when Joe retires and we get a professional lawman as Sheriff of Maricopa county.