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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2005 Stories by John Dougherty

• Religious Wrong

  published March 17, 2005

  Mesa Republican Representative Russell Pearce, co-chairman of the powerful Arizona House Appropriations Committee, is launching a pitched assault... More >>

• Contaminated Splendor

  published March 10, 2005

  There's no fishing, swimming or boating on Arizona's second largest lake, which has suddenly appeared in the desert about 80 miles southwest of... More >>

• Turn Up the Heat

  published February 24, 2005

  Tents have gone up in flames before at Sheriff Joe Arpaio's infamous outdoor compound. And there's no reason to think it won't happen again... More >>

• Litmus Test

  published February 17, 2005

  Last fall, I uncovered serious problems with the Maricopa County Department of Elections' handling of a September primary recount that cast a... More >>

• Recall Joe!

  published February 10, 2005

  Yeah, he won still another term in the November general election, but there's reason for hope that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's days in... More >>

• Snake in the Grass

  published February 3, 2005

  It's not often that I come across a courageous state bureaucrat who's willing to risk everything to expose high-level corruption. That is, to... More >>

• Bulldozer Bound?

  published January 27, 2005

  I nearly fell off my bike on a recent cold night when I saw the agent listed on a for-sale sign in front of one of the most historic homes in... More >>

• Gutless Wonders

  published January 13, 2005

  The new year has done nothing to alter the idiotic behavior of too many of our local elected leaders. But before we descend into the abyss,... More >>