There are many Sheriff Arpaios. People who have taken to local city, county, and state governments across the county the idea that immigrants are the problem. That immigrants are to blame.

The state was made for man, not man for state.

One of the most shocking disclosures after Katrina and Rita was how little prepared the local and state governments were, not only in handling the hurricanes but also their aftermath. You got the feeling that states like Louisiana had the same level of hurricane protection as Iowa,

Plans were offered to them (state and local governments), and they did not implement them,

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.