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"

• 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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2011 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  Russell Pearce Recall: Judge to Allow New Evidence in Lawsuit Challenging Olivia Cortes

  published Oct 04, 2011

  It ain't over till it's over, and the lawsuit challenging the sham recall candidacy of Olivia Cortes ain't over, yet.Though Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Edward Burke yesterday refused to remov... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Recall: Judge Allows Olivia Cortes to Stay on Ballot

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Despite an 11th hour motion asking for a delay in a ruling in the lawsuit aimed at sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Edward Burke denied the plaintiff's applica... More >>

• Russell Pearce Recall: Lawyers File Emergency Motion to Delay Judge's Ruling (w/Update)

  published Oct 03, 2011

  UPDATE: Judge Burke has just ruled thrown out the complaint, despite this 11th hour effort by Wright and Ryan. Will post decision shortly.UPDATE 2, 1:30 PM: You can read Burke's ruling, here.CORR... More >>

• Russell Pearce Recall Tussle: KPHO Rips Off Dennis Gilman

  published Oct 02, 2011

  Channel 5 ganks footage from Gilman, presents it as its own...The Gilman video KPHO swiped from...My colleague, indie videographer Dennis Gilman, founder of the PearceWatch Facebook page, is passionat... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Pal Constantin Querard's New Signs and Web Site

  published Oct 01, 2011

  Butter wouldn't melt in Constantin Querard's mouth. Querard's one of the sleazy backers of state Senate President Russell Pearce, and as you all now know, he's suspected of being the "brains" behind ... More >>

• Border Patrol, YouTube Censored Video, ACLU Says

  published Sep 30, 2011

  video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerThe McLeod video censored by YouTube and CBPWhen you're member of the media and you want to hear about U.S. Customs and Border Protection's lat... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Tea Party on Trial: Olivia Cortes Plays "Useful Idiot"

  published Sep 30, 2011

  Election law attorney Tom Ryan may not get Legislative District 18 recall candidate Olivia Cortes booted from the November 8 ballot, but on Thursday, with the assistance of co-counsel H. Michael Wrigh... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Skewered by CBA in TV Ad

  published Sep 29, 2011

  Russell Pearce gets the stuck pig treatment in this CBA ad.State Senate President Russell Pearce, a wholly owned subsidiary of sleazy fatcat lobbyists, with his hand out, ready to take pricey trips an... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Breaks Silence in ABC 15 Interview

  published Sep 29, 2011

  Cortes talks to ABC 15Greg Western, Cortes' "adviser," chats with ABC 15Keep in mind as you watch these ABC 15 interviews, first with sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes, then with Cortes' "adviser" a... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Will Appear in Court Thursday

  published Sep 28, 2011

  Olivia Cortes, the so-called "sham" recall candidate supported by backers of state Senate President Russell Pearce, will appear in Maricopa County Superior Court tomorrow before Judge Edward Burke in ... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes and Ghostwriter "Paul Revere"

  published Sep 28, 2011

  Shananigans, shenanigans, and yet more shenanigans. Sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes and state Senate President's knuckle-draggin' supporters are the gifts that keeps on giving.Gone are the days, a... More >>

• Lawyer Tom Ryan Attempts a Hail Mary Legal Pass to Boot a Fraudulent Candidate Off the Recall Ballot

  published September 22, 2011

  Politics is an inherently dishonest profession. By contrast, most religions, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints specifically,... More >>

• Russell Pearce Foe Jerry Lewis' Latest Campaign Video

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Here's the latest video from the Jerry Lewis for state Senate campaign, with those that recruited Lewis to run, including Mesa lawyer and Republican Dea Montague, who is first on the left, no pun inte... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's "Sham" Candidate Cries "Racism" in Press Release on Sonoran Alliance

  published Sep 26, 2011

  Adding insult to injury, Olivia Cortes, the "sham" recall candidate whose paid petition gatherers admitted she was a pro-Russell Pearce plant meant to "dilute" the vote, is playing the race card in a... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's "Sham" Candidate Olivia Cortes' Date in Court This Thursday (w/Update)

  published Sep 26, 2011

  UPDATE 7:11PM IN A DISAPPOINTING DEVELOPMENT, TOM RYAN INFORMS ME THAT HE'S RETHINKING WHAT TO DO WITH THE LAWSUIT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND SOME HAVE ALREADY GONE OU... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Opponent Jerry Lewis a "No Vote" on SB 1070

  published Sep 26, 2011

  Check out these two segments of a recent interview done by Channel 12's Brahm Resnik of state Senate hopeful and conservative Republican Jerry Lewis, who is looking to topple state Senate President Ru... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Brother Judge Lester Pearce Campaigns for Russell Despite Ethics Rules

  published Sep 24, 2011

  The judge plays defense for Pearce loyalist Pat Oldroyd at a recent LD 19 meetingLester Pearce, brother to state Senate President Russell Pearce and longtime Justice of the Peace for the North Mesa Ju... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's "Sham" Candidate Olivia Cortes Sued by LD 18 Voter

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Hot off the presses: A lawsuit brought by elections law attorney Tom Ryan on behalf of Legislative District 18 voter Mary Lou Boettcher, challenging the legitimacy of Olivia Cortes, the so-called "sh... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Fiasco: Complaint Shot Down by SOS, Lawsuit Will Be Filed Soon

  published Sep 23, 2011

  The complaint filed by Democratic precinct committeeman and former candidate for state Senate in Legislative District 18 Robert McDonald in the ever-widening Russell Pearce/Olivia Cortes scandal has ... More >>

• Russell Pearce Challenger Jerry Lewis Takes on the Critics, Swears Off All Freebies

  published Sep 23, 2011

  As I discuss at length in my column this week, state Senate President Russell Pearce wrestles almost daily with the truth, and so, too, do many of his supporters. So, not surprisingly, Pearce's m... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Relatives and Olivia Cortes Get a Visit from Channel 12's Brahm Resnik

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Bravo to Channel 12's Brahm Resnik for tonight's news segment where he pays a visit to the modest residence of Legislative District 18 recall candidate Olivia Cortes, and stops by the homes of some o... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Problem: Video #2

  published Sep 21, 2011

  Here is the long awaited second video from my colleague, Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman, culled from the shenanigans that took place at a recent GOP Legislative District 19 meeting in Mesa. For an... More >>

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  Scott Bundgaard Files Ethics Complaint Against Ethics Committee Members (w/Update)

  published Sep 21, 2011

  State Senator Scott Bundgaard, facing an ethics complaint and possible expulsion from the Senate for his roadside fracas with his now former girlfriend and his invocation of legislative immunity, &nbs... More >>

• Jameson Johnson Flips Off Federal Court, Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Criminal Record

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Since my recent column about well-known Phoenix mitigation specialist "Jameson Johnson," aka, Jimmy Carroll Johnson, and his criminal record for armed robbery, a lot of folks have rushed to Johnson's ... More >>

• Does Russell Pearce Believe in the "Holy Lie"?

  published September 22, 2011

  The most polite way to say it is that state Senate President Russell Pearce, facing a November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18,... More >>