Arizona: Maricopa County Sheriff

Maricopa County Sheriff's Capt. Joel Fox today submitted to the county Elections Department copies of contribution checks made out to political-action committee SCA.
Copies of the checks should be posted online later this afternoon, said Yvonne Reed, an elections spokeswoman. 
You might remember that last month, Fox revealed the names of SCA contributors. Until then, he was the only person publicly linked to the group, widely reported to stand for Sheriff's Command Association. 
The group collected more than $100,000 and donated the cash to the Arizona Republican Party before the November election. The party transferred money to a second group, which paid for ads against Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Democratic ...

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The Phoenix New Times reports that Captain Joel Fox lost his appeal today in Superior Court and it appears he will have to divulge the name of contributors to the SCA, the organization that financed a vicious smear campaign again Dan Saban when he opposed Joe Arpaio in the previous election for Maricopa County Sheriff.  Judge Houser implied that further appeals to delay the conclusion of this case will not be looked upon favorably.

"If any further proceedings are filed," Houser said, "they should be immediately consolidated into this case so there is no interim delay."

After Messing's response, Houser took a 15-minute recess before coming back to issue his bench order.

Joe Arpaio doesn't use a computer, but the Maricopa County Sheriff is apparently no stranger to Twitter.
Arpaio — or, more likely, someone using his name — started an account on Twitter, a social-networking service, and began providing updates that are so outrageous they actually resemble some of the comments that have slipped out of the controversial sheriff's mouth.
The sheriff's media-relations office denied Arpaio was twittering, adding: “we're busy enough with real stuff!!!”
Perhaps, but that “real stuff!!!” isn't as entertaining as “Arpaio's” tweets.
To wit:

“For Lent I'm giving up the inhumane treatment of prisoners that the media says ...

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