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TexasTowelie

(111,969 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 07:07 PM Feb 2017

5 Times Arizona Public Officials Proved That They're, Well, Dumb

Politicians: They're just like us!

Actually, no, they're definitely worse.

You probably don't commit food-stamp fraud. Or illegally trespass on a military base to go hunting. And we're going to go out on a limb here and say you definitely aren't spending your spare time trying to have sex with farm animals.

But your local elected representatives do! Here are five memorable times they embarrassed themselves (and, by default, the entire state.)

1. Frank Antenori was charged with illegal hunting at Fort Huachuca.
The former Republican whip for the Arizona State Senate claimed that he was the victim of retaliation from the army base. "They literally closed it ... because of me, to stop me from hunting there in archery deer season," he told the Green Valley News.

Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/5-times-arizona-public-officials-proved-that-theyre-well-dumb-9072609

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