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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is offering to change the budget proposed by his agency, he said in a release.

The original budget contained a wish list that exceeded the department's budget by $274 million.

One of the items that was to be funded was a new jail at a cost up to $180 million, but Arpaio has a different idea.

"I'll just put up more tents," he said in the release.

Arpaio also said he wants raises for his deputies before additional projects get underway.

KTAR Newsroom,

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    SurpriseMe wrote...
    tents makes sense
    February 21, 2013 5:52 pm
    I like the tents. After all if the tents are good enough for our military then good enough for a jail. And think what was life like in Arizona 150 years ago? no ac so tents is the logical way to go.
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    USCitizen wrote...
    The Deputies...
    February 22, 2013 5:04 am
    Like many in public safety have not received a wage increase in seven years. It is time for the county to increase the wage or they will continue to lose good Officers to other valley agencies who already pay much more than the lowest paid Law Enforcment in the county. The BOS likes to tie up the Sheriff for obvious reasons but the Deputies should not pay the price for the decisions made by administration. 4 years ago every Deputy took 56 hours off without pay to balance the MCSO budget, time to give them their money back.
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