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As Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s attorney plans to appeal federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s ruling that found MCSO guilty of racial profiling, there are some questions you should be asking yourself as a Maricopa County taxpayer.
Our colleague Stephen Lemons reported that the county’s shelled out $1,025,241.46 for legal defense in Melendres v. Arpaio, and that number will only grow.
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Joe Arpaio’s Racial Profiling Case Costs County Over $1 Million So Far, with More to Come
Of course, the appeal will only make that cost higher (a lot higher).
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That said, while thinking of more judicious uses of taxpayer money, we stumbled across this submarine that costs just a little north of $1 million. It’ll end up being cheaper than Arpaio’s legal defense.
With this, four people can go underwater as far as 100 meters at speeds up to 4 knots, to explore the depths of Maricopa County’s great bodies of water, like, uh, uh… Saguaro Lake?
Now, what would you say is a better investment here, John Q. Taxpayer: to continue to pay for Arpaio’s defense, or this submarine?
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