Email Author Stephen Lemons

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 12, 2011

  "White Lies"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 3, 2011

  "Sourpuss"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 3, 2011

  "Recalling Russell Pearce"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2011

  "His Own Worst Enemy"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 3, 2011

  "Kissing His Political Career Goodbye"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

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

  "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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2011 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  Russell Pearce's Pals Tom Tancredo and Bay Buchanan Pony Up a Measly $424 to Save Russ

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Did they leave out a zero somewhererI keep rubbing my eyes and scratching my noggin over this latest campaign finance report filed yesterday by the Committee to Oppose Recall of Russell Pearce, which ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Constantin Querard Makes Bank from IE Committee (w/Update)

  published Oct 24, 2011

  So what do you call an independent expenditure committee where the chairman scores around 72 percent of all the committee's expendituresrYou call that a nice payday for Constantin Querard. In Feb... More >>

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  Andy Biggs' Bull Outed by Arizona Eagletarian Blogger Steve Muratore

  published Oct 22, 2011

  Could the Arizona Republican Party be any more obvious in its desire to quash the efforts of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, mainly because of that one word, "Independent"rWhat the h... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Calls Jerry Lewis a "Judas Goat" by Proxy, Representative Steve Court Reacts

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Someone should really keep Grampa Russell away from "the Internets," e-mail, Facebook, and just about any technology that followed the invention of photography. State Senate President Pearce just doe... More >>

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  Steve Martin, the Occupy Phoenix Protest, and the Non-Conformist Oath

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Gilman's vid, from the ramparts... Here's activist videographer and all-around hell-raiser Dennis Gilman's latest video of vignettes from last weekend's Occupy Phoenix protest. Shannon Rivers, as alwa... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Recall: Yellow Sheet Admits Senate President Is On the Ropes

  published Oct 20, 2011

  The Arizona Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet costs $250 per monthr Crikey, that equals my liquor store tab for September. Well, almost.Which is why I won't be subscribing anytime soon to YS, the... More >>

• Anti-Russell Pearce Group Sends LD 18 Mailer, Fails to Register with Secretary of State (w/Updates)

  published Oct 18, 2011

  In what looks like a less-than-smooth move by Democrats someone apparently attempting to help Republican Jerry Lewis' challenge of state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Dissembles on the Stand in Andrew Thomas Disciplinary Hearing

  published Oct 18, 2011

  In a performance worthy of a Mafia don, Sheriff Joe Arpaio dissembled under oath today in a disciplinary hearing for disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and Thomas' ex-unde... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Right-Wing Echo Chamber, and Its Latest Smear of Jerry Lewis

  published Oct 17, 2011

  Gilman slams Patterson in his latest. Nice laugh track, Dennis.In the wake of the Olivia Cortes flap in the Legislative District 18 recall race, the right-wing echo chamber has been trying its da... More >>

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  Occupy Phoenix: Bonus Army, Redux

  published Oct 17, 2011

  Part one of Gilman's report from the front lines of Occupy PhoenixMy focus is, and must remain, through November 8, the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That... More >>

• Russell Pearce in Trouble with LDS Church, Brahm Resnik Scores

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Kudos to Channel 12's Brahm Resnik for this story about state Senate President Russell Pearce landing in scalding H2O with his own Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was at the same r... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Brother, Judge Lester Pearce, Stumped for Brother at LD 19 Meeting

  published Oct 14, 2011

  According to minutes from the infamous September 15 GOP Legislative District 19 meeting, where an effort by supporters of state Senate President Russell Pearce to place sham candidate Olivia Cortes on... More >>

• Russell Pearce's "Patriots" Prevaricate Their Carbuncles Off About Sequoia Schools Lawsuit

  published Oct 13, 2011

  Pearce's smear of Lewis is one big bag of bullDo self-described "patriots" have a problem with the truthr They do when they're working for state Senate President Russell Pearce.This attack ad from the... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Lobbyist Pal Greg Patterson and the Ties That Bind

  published Oct 13, 2011

  The first thing you need to know about Greg Patterson of the right-wing Espresso Pundit blog is that he is a lobbyist. According to the Arizona Secretary of State's website, he has been a registe... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Sham Candidate Olivia Cortes' Clean Elections Mailers

  published Oct 12, 2011

  Notwithstanding the delusional devotion of my lefty friends for Arizona's Clean Elections system, I will be happy when the final nail is driven into its coin-filled coffin.Whyr Constantin Querard, fo... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Fave Website Sonoran Alliance Steps in the Shinola

  published Oct 11, 2011

  God, I love Republicans. Especially the crazy ones. They're just way too easy. In fact, whether or nor state Senate President Russell Pearce survives the Legislative District 18 recall race, I'll be h... More >>

• Cortes-gate Unravels, and All Arizona Needs Is a Prosecutor Willing to Do His Job

  published October 13, 2011

  I had an interesting conversation following the recent debate between state Senate President Russell Pearce and his recall opponent, Republican... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Bane Tom Ryan on Horizon, and Ryan's Co-Counsel Mike Wright's Op-Ed

  published Oct 11, 2011

  State Senate President Russell Pearce and his political hatchet-bearer Constantin Querard must have Tom Ryan dolls they push pins into at night. Attorney Ryan, who brought the lawsuit that force... More >>

• Russell Pearce's "Friends" List Contains Jerry Lewis Supporters, and, Apparently, Dead People

  published Oct 11, 2011

  Remember that line from M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, "I see dead people"r Well, if you're familiar with the residents of Mesa, you'll see some deceased individuals on state Senate President ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce-Foe Jerry Lewis Swings and Connects During Thursday's Debate

  published Oct 10, 2011

  Eye of the tiger, indeed...State Senate hopeful Jerry Lewis, the man seeking to topple the most powerful politician in Arizona, landed several verbal blows both during and after his debate in Mesa Thu... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Cortes Scandal: Tom Ryan Challenges the Media, Lester Pearce Flips Out

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Dennis Gilman's video of Ryan's press conference yesterdayAttorney Tom Ryan was in rare form Thursday afternoon as he faced the media with his client, Mary Lou Boettcher, the plaintiff in the lawsuit ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Sham Candidate, Olivia Cortes, Withdraws from LD18 Recall Race

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Hours before she was to appear at a candidates' forum in Mesa and one day before a second, scheduled evidentiary hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court over her sham campaign, Olivia Corte... More >>

• Wes Gullett Supporter, Tea Party Wackjob Wes Harris Calls for President Obama's Hanging

  published Oct 05, 2011

  I am forever amazed that otherwise seemingly sane politicians seek and accept the endorsement of the grab bag of certifiable nuts, conspiracy theorists, and bigots that make up the Tea Party. Though I... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Sham Candidate's Lawyer Seeks to Stop Friday Hearing (w/Updates)

  published Oct 05, 2011

  Just when you thought you could go one day without more shenanigans from the pro-Pearce crowd, here comes Anthony Tsontakis, attorney for sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes, with a desperate... More >>

• A Court Hearing Reveals Olivia Cortes as a Bumbling Idiot

  published October 6, 2011

  Anthony Tsontakis, attorney for sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes, seems like a smart enough guy, but I'm guessing his eyesight's a little... More >>