Oh, come on. If he’s serving vegetarian food, it’s because it’s cheaper and the more profit there is for Joe’s pals! The bigoted blowhard sure does know how to distract people from his legal problems:
Only a marketing magician like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio could transform an all-vegetarian meal into a bunch of baloney.
But that’s what he did last week, staging one last publicity stunt before he is scheduled to appear Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow in a contempt hearing.
Arpaio tried to divert attention from his troubles with a made-for-the-media event featuring former “Bay Watch” actress Pamela Anderson, who serves as a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The idea was to provide a photo opportunity for Arpaio as well as a chance for him to speak about the cheap, meatless meals he’s serving to those detained in the county’s jail system.
Media outlets in town could not resist covering the event – although we should have.It was harmless enough, I suppose, except perhaps to the sensibilities of those who believe they’d been targeted and discriminated against by Arpaio’s department and wonder why the media still falls for his self-serving antics.
Even so, Arpaio went ducking for cover when reporters started asking questions aboutthe contempt hearing and the multimillion-dollar cost of implementing a court order Arpaio’s department has been under.
