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But the perks aren’t nearly as good
It’s been a busy week for Representative Mr. Ralph Arza. Until this Wednesday, Arza was a state legislator busy running a reelection campaign. Now he’s a disgraced former-politician with two criminal felony charges pending.
You see, it turns out that Arza is a racist little son of a bitch. So when he was unhappy about a black school superintendent, he referred to him with a rather charged racial epithet. Another state legislator, Rep. Gus Barreiro, wasn’t so keen on this, so he filed a complaint against Arza. Well Arza wasn’t so keen on this. So over the course of a day, he and his cousin made 10 threatening phone calls to Barreiro, spitting out all sorts of obscenities and even referring to Barreiro by the same slur, even though Barreiro is Hispanic, not black. So our little racist is also ignorant!
And busted, because five of these calls were recorded.
That smell in the air? Why, that’s the smell of scandal.
On Wednesday, after being urged by fellow Republicans (including Governor Jeb), Arza resigned. He said it was because he didn’t want to distract from the Legislature’s work, and because he didn’t “want to be the story.” Of course, it had nothing to do with the fact that he resigned only an hour before a special panel was going to start hearings which would certainly result in his getting tossed out anyway, did it? …naaaaaah.
So now Arza and his cousin are facing felony charges of trying to retaliate against a witness and tamper with a witness, and they could get up to 10 years in the clink. Which is a way better term than he would’ve gotten if reelected to the Legislature, so this is kind of a win for him, right! “Ten more years! Ten more years!”
