JOE ARPAIO

Tis being the first blog, I will be very casual throughout this whole blog. Feel free to ignore the side stories.

Frank Smith, Joe Jaquez, and I (with the help of a former Cronkite Student, Desiree) walked over to the Wells Fargo Building a couple blocks away from the Cronkite Building.

(Side Story: Joe Jaquez was being a total pansy. So, we were required to bring 3 pieces of equipment ; camera bag, tripod, and lighting equipment which is the heaviest. I was holding the camera bag, Frank carrying the tripod and Joe carrying the lighting equip. Joe holds the lighting equipment from the 660 room to the elevator and already mentions how heavy it was. We’ve just travelled half a block and joe tells me to switch with him. So the rest of the way, people are looking and wondering why is this man just dragging this camera bag while this tiny little asian is carrying the cello.-___- but in the end Joe’s still cool.

We arrive at the 19th floor and it happens to have those fancy schmancy monitors outside the door to communicate with the people outside. He had a really nice waiting so I already had a feeling his office would be much more elegant. Frank and Joe practice their questions and I’m guessing it’s his assistant who guided us to his office.

Joe came in with a nice suit and tie with a little gun pin clipped to it. He seemed very confused because he was expecting channel 3 to interview him (guess who came in first?)

Before we interviewed him, he told the guys not to mention about the people he’s going against with. The interview went smoothly because he had a mix of short and long answers.

Getting B-Roll was fun because he had a bunch of stuff in his office. It was pretty much everywhere. Visualize that one episode of Spongebob Squarepants where Patrick and Spongebob had to paint Mr.Krabs house without getting paint on the stuff on his wall. Remember all that random stuff on his wall? We also got B-roll and interview from the guy in the street protesting. For a protester, he was a very peaceful man and avoided aggressive comments. He also had a lot of signs that say negative stuff about Arpaio. But hey! They were colorful and creative:)

On our way back?
Let’s just say I came back leaking.