Paul Penzone Releases First TV Ad Against Birther, Joe Arpaio

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Thursday July 19, 2012 · 6:39 AM PDT

2012/07/19 · 06:39

Today, Paul Penzone, the candidate running against Joe Arpaio released a TV ad slamming Arpaio on his birther announcement. As Arpaio continues to prioritize a political agenda, real criminals continue to go free and crimes are uninvestigated. And all of this is at taxpayer expense. That’s right, the press release contact uses a .gov email address and Arpaio sent a MCSO detective to Hawaii to investigate.
Press Release from MCSO: http://images.bimedia.net/...

Expenses for Detective:
http://images.bimedia.net/...

Watch Paul’s ad here:

Arpaio's actions are shameful. The good news is that Paul’s contributions are up, WAY UP! People in Arizona and across the country are saying ENOUGH! You can learn more about Paul Penzone at www.penzone2012.com.

Dream Act Students, “Team Awesome” supporting Penzone

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Friday July 13, 2012 · 10:58 AM PDT

2012/07/13 · 10:58

Hopefully you’ve heard of “Team Awesome.” If you haven’t, let me tell you about these young men and women. “Team Awesome” is a huge group of folks that will benefit from the Dream Act. These are young adults that were brought to the US when they were very young. They went to school here and studied hard. They would like to go to college or get jobs, but they do not have legal status.

These young people got organized in 2011 to help elect Danny Valenzuela to the Phoenix City Council. They knocked on doors and talked to voters and decided that they would work to make change happen. After the election, their story was told in Time Magazine and on NPR. They are widely credited with increasing Latino voter participation in Danny’s district by 500%!

We are honored to have their support and we are proud to work with Team Awesome to defeat Joe Arpaio.

Statement from Team Awesome:
“We have endorsed Paul Penzone because he is the RIGHT candidate but most importantly, the RIGHT person for Arizona. We chose sides because Paul is a man of values, character and with a heart/love for the work he does and all the people he represents. And simply because our commUNITY deserves better.”

Learn more about Team Awesome at their Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/...

Grassroots Support for Arpaio Challenger, Paul Penzone

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Thursday July 05, 2012 · 2:03 PM PDT

2012/07/05 · 14:03

I am the campaign manager for Paul Penzone, the challenger to Joe Arpaio. I am constantly amazed by how many folks are working on behalf of our campaign – giving selflessly of their time.
Volunteers collecting petition signatures for Paul told me that they would mention that there was a candidate running against Sheriff Joe and the voter at the door would call the rest of their family over to hear about Paul. I have knocked on thousands of doors on many campaigns and I can tell you that this is very rare.
We have a very motivated base of folks who are ready for change and it’s a good thing because Maricopa County is a very large area and has 3.8 million people living in it. That’s a bigger population than 23 States!
Two weeks ago, Paul spoke with over 100 volunteer organizers. It was a diverse group of men and women of all ages and all backgrounds. All have one goal in mind. Defeat Arpaio. Let me repeat that it was 100 volunteer ORGANIZERS that are heading back out to their respective corner of the county to recruit teams of volunteers to knock on doors, phone bank and register voters.
I’ve worked quite a few campaigns in Arizona since moving here in 2005 and I have never seen this level of mobilization ever.
This campaign has a professional staff including myself, our finance team and our Communications Director. The rest of the team is staffed with volunteers including our scheduler, Carol, a retired finance consultant whose son grew up with Paul and our volunteer coordinator, Michael, a real estate broker. Our house parties and coffee stops are organized by Kathryn, an attorney here in town. Bob and Judy, a retired couple from Sun City come into the office everyday to help with data entry and whatever else needs done! These are just a few examples of folks that are working side by side to defeat Arpaio.
My point here is to let you know that there are hundreds (and growing to thousands) of people that are working on behalf of Paul’s campaign. Paul has on many occasions told me after meeting with these dedicated volunteers that he is blown away and humbled by their commitment. This is Paul’s first campaign ever and I tell him “I’ve never seen anything like this!”
While Arpaio continues to reach out to the Birthers across America, we’re going to voters homes to talk with them about how they can change the direction of this County. Thanks for checking back to see what the campaign is up to.

People Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio Facebook Town Hall with Arpaio Opponent, Paul Penzone

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Tuesday July 03, 2012 · 2:57 PM PDT

2012/07/03 · 14:57

Tonight at 7pm Arizona time (we don't change our clocks with daylight savings, so that's the same as Pacific Time right now) the founder of the Facebook page People Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Devin Fleenor, is going to host a video townhall with Maricopa County Sheriff Candidate Paul Penzone. People Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio has 107,000 fans and counting.

I hope you'll go to Paul's facebook page http://www.facebook.com/... and see what Paul has to say. Here is the direct link to the upstream connection: http://www.ustream.tv/...

Jake Adams
Campaign Manager, Penzone for Sheriff
email: jake@penzone2012.com
ph: 602.910.0922

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Monday July 02, 2012 · 5:20 PM PDT

2012/07/02 · 17:20

I am Paul Penzone’s campaign manager and I want to introduce you to the man that can defeat Joe Arpaio in November, Paul Penzone. Let me start by explaining why Joe’s approval is at 46% and his disapproval is at 45% according to a Public Policy Polling Poll that was conducted just one month ago. There are plenty of reasons why Arpaio has is losing his edge in Arizona and here are a few:
1.    Over $50 million paid out in lawsuits in his jails.
2.    Accusations of civil rights abuses specifically against Latinos in our community (the fastest growing voting bloc, by the way.)
3.    Over 400 sex crimes many against children that he did not investigate because he shifted the investigators to look into his political enemies.
4.    Arpaio sent a Sheriff’s deputy to Hawaii to investigate the President’s birth certificate on tax payer’s dime.
5.    Arpaio arrested the publishers of The New Times, a local newspaper that has been critical of him.
It is hard to imagine that he’s even running for office again.
Now for the great part! We have a candidate in Arizona that can win and is highly qualified to be Sheriff of Maricopa County. Paul Penzone was a 20 year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department. Paul worked as a patrol officer early in his career and later did undercover work, bringing down one of the largest meth distributors at that time. He later worked on Federal wire tap cases with DEA before he became the head of Silent Witness. Silent Witness is an organization that is part of the Phoenix PD that works with law enforcement throughout Maricopa County to solve cold cases and other high profile cases including two serial killer cases during Paul’s tenure.
Paul worked with law enforcement from cities across the valley to solve crimes. Whether they were in Goodyear, Scottsdale or Chandler, Paul’s efforts brought many criminals to justice. This ties well with the job of Sheriff because there must be cooperation between the overlapping jurisdictions in order to keep people safe.
I hope you will take the time to learn more about Paul at his website: www.penzone2012.com and on like him on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/...
You may also contact me at jake@penzone2012.com or by phone at 602-910-0922.
Sincerely,
Jake Adams

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