Comments on: Gay Ariz. sheriff drops congressional bid

By: Babeu wins sheriff primary race | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:25:19 +0000

[...] made headlines when a former boyfriend outed the then-Romney campaign Arizona co-chair, alleging Babeu threatened to have the Mexican national deported if their relationship were to be [...]

By: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HORTON

CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HORTON — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:39:42 +0000

LET’S HOPE PAUL BABEU STAYS ALIVE. TO “COME OUT,” THEN, RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS SHERIFF SOUNDS “TRICKY.” LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEMS TO NOT HAVE A GOOD “TRACK” RECORD WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIZATIONAL MORALE IN REFERENCE TO OPENLY-HOMOSEXUAL OFFICERS. OBVIOUSLY, MR. BABEU HAS A PROBLEM WITH HIS SISTER. HOWEVER, I WOULD NOT HAVE SAID SHE IS MENTALLY ILL IF THE “REAL” ISSUE IS HER NON-ACCEPTANCE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. IT IS GREAT TO KNOW MR. BABEU DATED A SEVENTEEN-YEAR OLD WITHOUT BEING IN LEGAL TROUBLE – KUDOS TO MASSACHUSETTS.
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HORTON

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:25:02 +0000

I’m not sure the reason for Babeu’s dropping out makes much sense. Wouldn’t the actual sheriff face the same difficulty as a chief deputy sheriff, if oversight of federal funds is that actual reason? The elected sheriff has utltimate authority over those funds whereas the chief deputy sheriff’s authority is derivative. And why would it be such a burden to reassign the chief deputy in order to maintain his electoral eligibility under some strange federal ruling? The whole thing sounds made up. I’d love to hear the U.S. Office of Special Counsel’s explanation on this and wonder why the reporter didn’t seek it out.