Email Author John Dougherty

Awards

• 2007 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published July 27, 2006

  “Scammer From the Slammer”

• 2007 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published July 20, 2006

  “No Power for the Powerless”

• 2007 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published April 27, 2006

  “Cash Cabal”

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Polygamy in Arizona"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Polygamy in Arizona"

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1993 Stories by John Dougherty

• CHARTER RUNS AGROUND

  published December 29, 1993

  Dean Brewer quickly crosses the Courtyard by Marriott parking lot, glancing repeatedly over his right shoulder toward the hotel... More >>

• CANAL KNOWLEDGE

  published December 1, 1993

  Imagine signing an agreement to buy a fancy car on layaway, then having to pay for an expensive valve job before your first installment is due.... More >>

• JAILHOUSE BLUES

  published November 24, 1993

  Kenneth Wayne Reed keeps meticulous records. He has to. His future absolutely depends on it. Locked in Maricopa County's Madison Street... More >>

• WATER'S UP, CACTUSES DROWN

  published November 10, 1993

  Despite years of notice and a $1 million private contract to remove native plants from the Lake Pleasant shoreline, thousands of saguaro cactuses... More >>

• GOV'S FOREST MANAGEMENT MANTRA: TIMBER!FIFE'S PRICEY SUMMIT IS A ONE-SIDED AFFAIR

  published November 3, 1993

  Governor Fife Symington's much-ballyhooed Forestry Summit, which begins today, has taken on the trappings of a true blue-blood affair. Billed... More >>

• RESIDENTS BE DAMMED THE FEDS WANT MORE LAND FOR LAKE PLEASANT, BUT TWO FAMILIES ARE PUTTING UP A FIGHT

  published October 27, 1993

  Zane Johnston gestures toward the .38-caliber pistol he carries in a worn leather holster on his hip and says, "The Bureau of Rec thinks I carry... More >>

• UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COURSE TITLE: DIRTY TRICKS 101

  published October 20, 1993

  Steve Emerine swears he's not a cop. A spokesman for the University of Arizona's controversial Mount Graham International Observatory project,... More >>

• THE MOBSTER JOE WOODS DIDN'T KNOW TAXPAYERS GET THE TAB FOR THE WOODS FAMILY'S ILL-FATED HOTEL PROJECT

  published October 13, 1993

  During the final days of a heated 1990 Republican primary campaign for Arizona attorney general, candidate David Eisenstein accused Grant Woods... More >>

• FEDS PROBE SYMINGTON FIRMA GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES THE GOVERNOR'S DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND ITS NUMEROUS FAILED REAL ESTATE DEALS

  published September 29, 1993

  A federal grand jury is conducting an investigation of Governor Fife Symington's development company that apparently extends beyond previously... More >>

• COSMIC EVENTS

  published September 22, 1993

  Atop Mount Graham inside the Columbine Visitor Center on a brisk Saturday morning, a half-dozen Department of Public Safety officers stood in a... More >>

• DYING TO BE FREE

  published September 15, 1993

  When Deborah Stuart left the home of her elderly aunt last July--skipping out on her probation officer, stealing $300 and leaving behind an $875... More >>

• MAYBERRY, R.I.P.EX-LOTTERY DIRECTOR MADE THE MISTAKE OF CROSSING GTECH, A POWERFUL CONTRACTOR THAT IS USED TO GETTING WHAT IT WANTS

  published September 8, 1993

  It's tough to fight people with friends in high places. Just ask former Arizona State Lottery director J. Bruce Mayberry, who played hardball with... More >>

• DeConcini & Keating

  published July 14, 1993

  Senator Dennis DeConcini has contradicted his own sworn testimony in the Keating Five scandal. On Monday, DeConcini admitted he was aware as... More >>

• GOVERNOR'S FINGERPRINTS LEAVE GREASY TRAILSCREWED PENSION FUND IN '91

  published July 7, 1993

  No one knows better how handy the Arizona State Retirement System fund can be for speculative forays into Arizona real estate developments than... More >>

• SUNDOWN FOR SOLARARIZONA'S ONCE-PROMISING INDUSTRY HAS WITHERED FROM NEGLECT

  published June 30, 1993

  In an old school a block from the State Capitol sit 62 electric solar panels, donated to the state Department of Commerce's Energy Office six... More >>

• STAR GATE

  published June 16, 1993

  It was time for Michael Schwartz to get even. The day before he had been arrested in downtown Tucson at a Catholic church. Tucson plainclothes... More >>

• THE BIG GAMING HUNT ARIZONA TRIBES' CASINO REFERENDUM SHOULD EASILY MAKE THE BALLOT

  published April 21, 1993

  Six weeks ago, Governor Fife Symington said he would "embrace whatever the result is" of a referendum drive by Arizona Indian tribes to overturn a... More >>

• TEMPE'S SHORE THINGTHE CITY IS DAMMED DETERMINED TO HAVE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

  published April 14, 1993

  By Arizona's geologic standards, the Salt River gorge in Tempe isn't much. In fact, few people even notice it is there. Flanked by the... More >>

• FIFE'S BENEVOLENT CREDITORS

  published March 31, 1993

  Has Governor Fife Symington, who campaigned for governor on his business prowess but has since watched his financial empire crumble, now stiffed... More >>

• FIFE'S NEW TUNEGOVERNOR'S JIHAD AGAINST THE RTC HAS BECOME A TECHNICAL DEFENSE

  published March 24, 1993

  Fifteen months ago, after the federal government accused Governor Fife Symington of "gross negligence" in his role as a director of the failed... More >>

• PACT NEAR ON THIRD RUNWAY

  published March 17, 1993

  After years of contentious negotiations, Tempe and Phoenix officials are closing the gap on an agreement that would allow construction of a third... More >>

• HAVE CREDIT, WILL TRAVELMORORISTS ENTERING MEXICO NOW NEED A MAJOR CARD

  published March 10, 1993

  :Your credit card: Don't leave home without it. Especially if you're driving to Mexico for a little spring-break partying. The Mexican... More >>