Posted by AzblueMeanie:
Ending months of speculation, crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio announced on Monday that he will not run for governor (just as I predicted). It's good to be the tyrant of the State of Maricopa. Then there's that federal grand jury and U.S. Department of Justice investigation thing. Joe Arpaio won't run for Arizona governor:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio will not run for governor, announcing Monday that he will remain Maricopa County's top cop for at least two more years.
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Arpaio's decision to remain sheriff was heavily influenced by the role the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors would play in naming his successor, potentially reshaping the Sheriff's Office.
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"I feel that I owe it to the people of Maricopa County, my hard-working employees and others who believe in my office's policies to continue as their Sheriff," Arpaio said in a statement.
"To leave this office open to appointment by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors of an interim Sheriff may very well put us on a path that would be extremely displeasing to the voters of this county."
Had Arpaio resigned, county supervisors would have had to appoint a successor.
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Instead of running for governor, Arpaio will finish out his fifth term in office and begin preparing for a sixth sheriff's campaign in 2012.
Arpaio already has more than $2 million in campaign contributions, according to his political consultant.
Just take your cool $2 mil and retire already.
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When he runs for re-election in two years, he’ll be 79 years old.
Damn! I was looking forward to his resignation from MCSO.