I am The Prince created by my friend Niccolo Machiavelli. I arrived in Phoenix from Italy to knock some sense into people. All of your complaints about Sheriff Joe, sadly a fellow Italian, are wasted. You are preaching to the choir when you post messages on this board. You might feel better by venting your spleen, but nothing gets done. None of your suggestions for solving the problem are politically smart. It saddens me that Americans are so naive and politically ignorant, and then when a problem occurs that affcts their lives, they scream foul. How insular can they be?
    I will tell you in a later posting the smart possible solutions, and then I will pick the best. Get wise, people from Phoenix. Don't be so "stupido."

Nicoló Machiavelli, my friend as well, wrote his historical essay to his Prince - Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici; in whose guise you now approach us. The de' Medici clan, much like the Borgia family, were consummate politicians whose approach in modern political climes might be termed somewhat "heavy-handed".

It would seem that Arpaio has opted for what is taught in Chapter 17 - "concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared" while you haven't learned the lessons of Chapter 24 - "Why the Princes of Italy have lost their States" (and have come to TER preaching dissent).

Be that as it may. Unlike many areas where the populace cannot cry "foul" or voice their opinions, the Phoenicians here are voicing their displeasure - whether the ideas are viable or not.

As Arthur C. Clarke said: "Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: (1) It's completely impossible. (2) It's possible, but it's not worth doing. (3) I said it was a good idea all along."

I look forward to your enlightening us in the near future.
-Shiro.

-- Modified on 11/19/2003 2:20:01 PM

I, Niccolo, have sent the Prince back to Italy on the first flight. Even though English is not his first language, he had a typo on his first message. He said affcts when he meant affects. What an ignoramus!
    Now to the matter at hand. Several people have offered strategies to deal with Sheriff Joe. Let me list and comment on a few of them:
1. Let's call Sheriff Joe's office and protest the arrests. How naive. I am sure he will be worried.
2. Let's sue him. Excuse me, he is enforcing the law.
3. Let's have a few hotties from Arizona leave donuts and coffee in the anteroom of their incall location; we can enjoy the satire. How pathetic. Have you heard of semiotics? This is the wrong symbol to send. This would be inviting him.

More strategies later. I am leaving for dinner at Leccabeffi tonight. I must go. Ciao.

you just made me really hot.. can I lick your tonsils...
lol-
Medici
the word itself brings visions of hand blown glass from the Medici Family store in the Tuscan region ..
*le sigh*
licks and tickles
Fetish Kitten

you know the last cop that saw me Prince .. was on all fours and I made him eat Krispy Kreme donuts off of another mans penis while I stuck weird things up his butt..
Being raised in Arizona..
I remember the kinky freaks in the valley perhaps your sheriff Joe would like my kind of donuts..

I, Niccolo, have just returned from dinner at Leccabeffi. It was wonderful. Now to other possibilities in tangling with Sheriff Giuseppe, I mean Joe:

4.Engage in a letter writing campaign to newspapers. This is like a gnat on an elephant. Sorry.
5.Have protest marches in front of Joe's headquarters. No. Pardon the stereotype, but Italian men have made famous a word in English that comes directly from the Italian: vendetta.
6.Talk to our representatives about a misallocation of resources in assigning 300 officers for this project. This suggestion has possibilities.

I am aghast that there has been no serious reaction to my earlier missives. You can't be apolitical in a war.

and it won't have anything to do with donuts or letter writting. What he did (and is still attempting) is beyond intelligent and realistic law enforcement. It is a VENDETTA.

The good part about this whole ugly mess that he has created is that we can use it to our advantage in the long run. It has created the attention we need and in the right direction. People have voiced their disapproval of his actions. Not just people in the business but everyday people. This is a good sign and gives us a good begining for some moves towards improving our image and working towards legislation for change.

It won't be easy and it won't come overnight but if it isn't started now it will be that much farther off.

Perhaps a large box of donuts with a C-4 charge in one of the crullers. The thought of Sheriff Joes body shredded into a thousand bloody bits by the pure violence of a properly executed bomb gives me a case of the "warmies". ( I usually don't condone violence towards LE but when they target peacefull people such as found in the hobby I make an exception)

I personally say that we get the "boys" to talk some sense into him. Take him out for a nice long drive, like they do in Jersey. Make him an offer he can't refuse. If he still can't manage to to see the right side of our argument, then I say let him sleep with the fishes at the bottom of lake powell. I am sure that my cousin anthony the brick layer can make a pair of size 10 cement shoes.
Or we can do things the buisness man way, get connected with enough of his opposers that are politial party members and help them out with a little grease for their double knit suit pockets. Then bada bing, bada boom, ole' joey boy is collecting early retirement and policing his neighborhood block watch with a whistle and a flashlight. F'ugetabout it, lets all just pelt him with calzones and canoli's and make him waste tax dollars on dry cleaning!
Bueno Serra,
The Mafia Princess !

Thanks Ikneadu, I will bring you some goombets (italian candy covered almonds)and we can sit and sip expresso and discuss ole' joey boy and his no good double dipping hooligan task force. I'm just a little jersey girl expressing her opinions!