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Lindsey was reading the Arizona Republic I looked at her over the first section of The New York Times

“I didn’t realize you were a ‘liberal elite acade to underh, you’ve done your part to lead me astray, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it”

“Give me that” I took the paper and read:

Maricopa County Supervisor To money on such ite to address what he called the greatest probleration

Speaking at Golden Sunrise Church in Chandler, Earley took special aim at Deputy David Mapstone, a former professor who has solved several notorious cases from Phoenix’s past

“Professors like Mapstone are liberal elite acade to undermine traditional A for it,” Earley said to sustained applause “Mapstone only has this job because he’s a friend of Sheriff Peralta So what you have here is cronyism on top of a terrible waste of taxpayers’ money and just plain ridiculousness What does so?”

I handed the paper back and sipped the Bloody Mary, wishing I had upped the vodka “Sustained applause?”

“It’s the East Valley,” she sighed “The reddest red state is too blue for them”

“I’m surprised Peralta hasn’t called”

“Dave,” Lindsey said, s, “this ridiculousness must stop”

I was about to take a deep gulp when aup our walk