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Self-proclaimed ‘Toughest Sheriff’ stumps for Bill Hunt

Orange County Register
October 30th, 2009
By Tony Saavedra

He’s the kind of sheriff who hunts down illegal immigrants with such enthusiasm that federal government officials personally ordered him to stop.

He’s the kind of sheriff who drags his feet on requests for public records and is constantly at the center of national controversy when it comes to civil rights, be it for making inmates sleep in tents, work on chain gangs or wear pink underwear.

And he is the kind of sheriff that candidate Bill Hunt is modeling himself after.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona is coming to Orange County on Nov. 5 to stump for Hunt, a former lieutenant who is making his second run at the office. Hunt is known for aggressively taking on former sheriff Michael Carona, now facing prison in a witness tampering case. And he has stepped up his campaign to unseat current Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, who was appointed to clean up the department.

Hunt makes no apologies for aligning himself with Arpaio, the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning expose by the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona (owned by Freedom Communications, owner of The Register). Reporters there showed how Arpaio’s aggressive anti-illegal immigration patrols came with a cost: slower response times in other areas. Overtime for the “human smugglingâ€

In any case, Hunt says he’s not considering making Orange County inmates wear pink underwear — they’d clash with the orange jumpsuits.

So are we fashion savvy now?
Seriously,this is great news.......

Sheriff Joe Arpaio. American Patriot!

Moving from Other Topics to News since the article includes illegal immigration.