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1990 Stories by Kathleen Stanton

• THE TRIALS OF AN AIDS BABY

  published November 28, 1990

  On June 1, Alex Edwards became the least popular victim in Arizona. That was the day Alex, a frail, five-year-old boy, won the nation's... More >>

• STATON V. WOODSTHE MUD MAY FLY, BUT IT SURE DON'T STICK

  published October 31, 1990

  No candidate this year--with the notable exception of Evan Mecham--has been the target of more questions about his integrity, honor and... More >>

• IN THE LONG TRADITION OF CORPORATE SPOKESMEN, SAY HELLO TO JOE

  published October 24, 1990

  It's easy to cuss the Arizona Corporation Commission. The name is so depressingly bureaucratic most people don't even know what it means. And... More >>

• THE PRICE OF THE JOBTHREE WOMEN CHARGE THEIR BOSS DEMANDED SEX

  published October 10, 1990

  A key architect of the Victims' Rights Initiative has been accused of sexually abusing at least three female employees. Allen... More >>

• THE BADDEST CAT IN TOWNTHE AG CANDIDATES ARE ENOUGH TO SCARE ANYONE

  published August 29, 1990

  "I'm always nice to Bob Corbin, because if there's one person in Arizona who can ruin your life, it's the attorney general." ... More >>

• CHECKMATE?PACIFICORP'S BOLD AD CAMPAIGN HAS LEFT PINWEST LOOKING LIKE A DORK

  published July 4, 1990

  Dennis Steinberg left the Pinnacle West Corporation annual meeting a happy man. He knew his campaign was working--the ads, the... More >>

• A FITTING TRIBUTE TO TURLEY

  published July 4, 1990

  Keith Turley, ex-magnate, is about to receive a tribute befitting his accomplishments, courtesy of Dennis Melgreen. Everybody knows... More >>

• HAUNTED BY A LANDFILL

  published June 27, 1990

  The City of Phoenix knew it was buying a lemon when it condemned the Estes Landfill to make room for flood-control improvements along the... More >>

• EVEN "GOOD"COWBOYS ARE A TARGET

  published June 13, 1990

  Rancher Troy Neal talks more like an ecologist than a land baron as he surveys the 76 Ranch, his 24,000-acre spread in the Zane Grey... More >>

• ARIZONA'S NEW RANGE WAREARTH FIRST! DECLARES OPENSEASON ON COWS

  published June 13, 1990

  The truth in their message stands out so starkly that, even though they sound like extremists, you know they're basically right: The... More >>

• MOBILE DUMP: A SECRET MEMOAG CHALLENGED BID LONG AGO, THEN DROPPED THE PROBE

  published June 6, 1990

  The state Attorney General's Office raised serious questions seven years ago about the legality of the Ensco bid to run Arizona's... More >>

• Record on Pollution Stinks

  published April 25, 1990

  Mo Udall may be the only Arizona politician, aside from the retrograde Bob Stump, who isn't scrambling to define himself as an environmentalist... More >>

• Everybody's a Critic

  published April 18, 1990

  Phoenix Councilmember Howard Adams has a thing about snakes, at least snakes in art. And when artist Luis Jimenez proposed to greet visitors... More >>

• Aural Fixation

  published April 4, 1990

  City Sights 'n' Sounds, Phoenix's noontime nod to the muses in Patriots Square, is under siege. By Oscar the Grouch. The daily... More >>

• Subsidized Bigotry

  published March 28, 1990

  At any time of day, the welcoming day rooms and lounges of Fellowship Towers are dotted with calm, cheerful people living out their retirements in... More >>

• Arizona's Own Little Big Top

  published March 14, 1990

  The little tent pitched on the lawn at Encanto Park is quickly filling up with noisy children who have dragged their parents to yet... More >>

• There Go The Neighborhoods?

  published February 28, 1990

  Did Neighborhood Power score big when Paul Johnson beat out developer crony Howard "High-Rise" Adams for the mayor's job? To hear... More >>

• Sell, APS, Sell!

  published February 21, 1990

  You'd have thought Keith Turley was defending the town's virgins from cowboys hungry after a long stint on the range. How dare these... More >>

• Beam Us Up, Scottie

  published February 21, 1990

  Feathering your nest: To most, it's just a cliche. To the board of directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, it was an economic... More >>

• Mayors-In-Waiting

  published January 24, 1990

  Governor Rose Mofford's decision not to seek re-election this year leaves only one important question for Phoenix residents, and it's... More >>

• The Local Ozone Patrol

  published January 17, 1990

  The destruction of earth's protective ozone cocoon is one of those global pollution problems that leaves the average couch potato... More >>

• Oops! There goes the neighborhood

  published January 10, 1990

  Phoenix's dead real estate market and slowed freeway-construction schedule are, taken separately, bad enough for anyone directly... More >>