Email Author Stephen Lemons

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2010 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Feathered Bastard

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published April 7, 2005

  "Behind the Green Door"

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2012 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  Russell Pearce Preaches Hate on Ban Amnesty Now Radio Show

  published Feb 10, 2012

  Xenophobia, self-adulation and delusion are just some of the repulsive dishes offered at ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's radio cafeteria of hate, which airs Tuesdays and Mondays at 7 p.m. More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Scores Measly $20K with Joe PAC

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Former Valley reporter turned Gotham journo Nick Martin reports today on the TPMMuckraker blog that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's political action committee Joe PAC has scored only a little over $20,000 since More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Admission of Guilt after Meeting with DOJ

  published Feb 07, 2012

  In spite of all of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bluster, the claims of he and his subordinates that the U.S. Department of Justice's report on his racial-profiling ways is hogwash, and the use of that report More >>

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  Joe Arpaio on Blast by Citizens for a Better Arizona in New Video

  published Feb 06, 2012

  CBA demands accountability of Arpaio in the latest video by Dennis Gilman A point some local journos missed concerning the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors' recent hearing on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's More >>

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  Russell Pearce Wants to Run Again, No Surprise There

  published Feb 03, 2012

  The news that former state Senate President Russell Pearce is positioning himself to run again for the state Senate should surprise no one.To be clear, Pearce hasn't yet announced his intention to se More >>

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  Andrei Cherny Commits to CD9 Race, Will Step Down as Party Chair (w/Update)

  published Jan 30, 2012

  It will be official shortly, but Andrei Cherny, Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party, is stepping down today, in anticipation of a formal announcement of his candidacy for the Ninth Congressional Dis More >>

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  Russell Pearce Nabs First Vice Chair, Ron Paul Dominates Straw Poll at State GOP Meeting

  published Jan 29, 2012

  Ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce began slithering back into relevancy this Saturday during the Arizona GOP's winter meeting, held at Phoenix's Church for the Nations, where he was elected to t More >>

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  Richard Carmona Interview at Dems State Meeting in Tucson

  published Jan 29, 2012

  Carmona talks immigration, foreign policy and women's issues with Gilman and IAbove is a video of an interview videographer Dennis Gilman and I did with former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, no More >>

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  Sylvia Allen's "Arizona Guard": Disaster in the Making

  published Jan 28, 2012

  If you need an example of wigged-out, dysfunctional democracy verging on outright insanity, look no further than state Senator Sylvia Allen's Border Security, Federalism and States' Sovereignty Commit More >>

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  Barack Obama T-Shirt (Apparently) Blasted by Arizona Kids, from Cop Facebook Page (w/Update)

  published Jan 26, 2012

  The photo above showing seven young men with guns holding what seems to be a bullet-riddled T-shirt depicting President Barack Obama was, until recently, up on the Facebook page for Sergeant Pat Shear More >>

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  Utah Compact's Sister Arizona Accord Argues for Humane Immigration Solutions

  published Jan 25, 2012

  As I anticipated in a blog item late last year, the Arizona version of the Utah Compact, called the "Arizona Accord," was introduced to the public at the state Capitol yesterday. It argues for a ratio More >>

• Richard Carmona Promises AZ Dems a U.S. Senate Seat

  published January 26, 2012

  The big-applause lines from former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona's address at Democrats' recent winter meeting in Tucson conveyed two... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Scores GOP Chairman Tom Morrissey's Endorsement for First Vice Chair

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Unless you frequent right wing blogs such as Sonoran Alliance or SeeingRedAZ, you may have missed the tidbit that disgraced ex-state Senator Russell Pearce has won the endorsement of Arizona GOP Chai More >>

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  Russell Pearce Scores Paying Gig as "President" of Ban Amnesty Now

  published Jan 24, 2012

  I've been staying up late nights worrying about disgraced former state Senate President Russell Pearce.I mean, what's a washed-up nativist hatemonger to do for cashr Sure, he's been busy running for More >>

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  SB 1070 Critic Daniel Patterson Discusses 1070 Repeal and Ethnic Studies Ban

  published Jan 23, 2012

  LD 29's Dan Patterson at the state Dems' winter meeting...Videographer Dennis Gilman and I drove down to Tucson on Saturday to check out the Arizona Democratic Party's winter meeting, held at a local More >>

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  Steve Gallardo Drops Repeal SB 1070 Bill, Nativists Counter-Rally

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Down at the state Capitol today, it was like a little bit of 2010, all over again.Grizzled nativists toting "I love SB 1070 signs," with pistols on their hips. Pro-immigration activists in droves deno More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Targeted by Republican Paula Pennypacker in Purple Letter Campaign

  published Jan 22, 2012

  The problem with the opposition to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as I see it, is that the loudest voices calling for Arpaio's resignation are perceived to be those of leftists.In reality, there More >>

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  Olivia Cortes' "Pro Bono" Attorney Anthony Tsontakis Scores Legislative Gig (w/Update)

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Tom Ryan, the crusading Chandler attorney who in 2011 exposed the shenanigans behind the diversionary candidacy of Russell Pearce's fave Latina Olivia Cortes, is calling foul on news that Cortes-attor More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Raises Millions Less Than Suggested

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his campaign guru Chad Willems have done their best to suggest Arpaio has $6 million in the bank, ready to go for the sheriff's 2012 re-election campaign.In September, Arizona More >>

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  Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Runs for Pinal County Sheriff as a Democrat (w/Update)

  published Jan 19, 2012

  He supports legalizing marijuana, considers himself a civil libertarian, has had nice things to say about the Occupy movement, and recently filed paperwork in Pinal County to run for Sheriff as a Demo More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Off The Hook in Petition Pros Scandal

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Olivia Cortes, the sham candidate the Tea Party fronted in order to dilute the vote in the 2011 recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, will face no fines or orders to comply in regards t More >>

• Cynical Politicians in Tucson's Ethnic Studies Case Will Be on History's Losing Side

  published January 19, 2012

  The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has come and gone. Just another day off for many. For others, a time a reflection. We all know that... More >>

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  Russell Pearce-Worship, and Corrupt Proxy Voting at the County GOP

  published Jan 16, 2012

  Why are non-loony Republicans always on the outs in the county and state GOP, with the insaniac Mexican-haters firmly in controlrIn her blog on Sunday, moderate Republican Paula Pennypacker described More >>

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  Steve Gallardo's SB 1070 Repeal: The Dems' New Litmus Test

  published Jan 13, 2012

  When I saw the headline in the Arizona Republic, "Democrats plan to introduce legislation to repeal SB 1070," let's just say I smelled a fish, and fresh it was not.The only Democrat I know of down at More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Whoppers In His Latest Money-Grubbing Fundraising Letter

  published Jan 12, 2012

  If you're dumb enough to fork over cash to a scalawag like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you're dumb enough to buy any line of bull the most-sued sheriff in the country wants to sell you.Like the malarkey that More >>