Email Author Stephen Lemons

Awards

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

  "Sourpuss"

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

  "White Lies"

• 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

• Russell Pearce/Olivia Cortes Probe Requested by Ex-LD 18 Candidate

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Below is a letter e-mailed today from Democratic precinct committeeman Robert McDonald to Arizona Elections Director Amy Bjelland requesting an investigation into the ongoing scandal surrounding appar... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Birther Posse Probes President Obama's Birth Certificate

  published Sep 19, 2011

  In a bizarre new stab at courting conspiracy nuts who believe President Barack Obama is a Kenyan, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has empowered a "birther posse" to look into claims by wackadoodles such as World N... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Scandal: Video

  published Sep 18, 2011

  This is part one of a video report on the shenanigans taking place at a recent Legislative District 19 GOP meeting in Mesa, which I blogged about yesterday. My colleague, videographer Dennis Gilman, w... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Supporters in LD 19 Outed as Olivia Cortes Petition Gatherers, while LD 18 Stays Neutral (w/Update)

  published Sep 17, 2011

  On Thursday, while state Senate President Russell Pearce was in one part of Mesa, denying that he knows or has ever met Olivia Cortes, the candidate meant to "dilute" the vote in the upcoming Legislat... More >>

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  Mark Spencer Coasting at PLEA Till He Retires in February

  published Sep 16, 2011

  If you're wondering why you haven't seen media hog Mark Spencer flapping his lips on TV in a while, it's because Spencer is no longer president of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, the uni... More >>

• Tom Horne's Redistricting Investigation Blasted by ex-AG Terry Goddard

  published Sep 16, 2011

  I missed ex-Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's recent appearance on Horizon, wherein he criticized current AG Tom Horne's investigation of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, parti... More >>

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  Andrew Thomas' Rachel Alexander: "Incompetent" Bankruptcy Lawyer with a $128K Price Tag, and Counting

  published Sep 14, 2011

  What I love about so-called "conservatives" who regularly rail about entitlement programs is that these same limited-government types are often the first ones to turn around and take a handout at taxp... More >>

• Carmen Chenal Overwhelmed as Tom Horne Pulls an Andy Thomas on Redistricting

  published September 15, 2011

  It's worse than I thought regarding Carmen Chenal, confidante of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, who followed Horne from the Arizona... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Challenge to Recall Shot Down by Arizona Supreme Court

  published Sep 13, 2011

  I'm on deadline for my column this week, but I wanted to share this news, fresh from the Arizona Supreme Court.The Supremes just issued the following order, affirming Superior Court Judge Hugh Hegyi's... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Pal Franklin Bruce Ross, Logan Pearce, and Others Sign for Wannabe Pearce Foe Olivia Cortes

  published Sep 12, 2011

  Franklin Bruce Ross, the man who is listed as the plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the recall petitions submitted by Citizens for a Better Arizona, a man his attorney Lisa Hauser has described as ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Fiasco: Video

  published Sep 12, 2011

  My compatriot Dennis Gilman put together the video above of our forays in search of the elusive Olivia Cortes, wannabe contender in the upcoming November 8 recall of state Senate President Russell Pea... More >>

• SB 1070 Boycott Overr NCLR Says, "Yes," Sal Reza Says, "Hell, No!"

  published Sep 10, 2011

  Friday evening, I received the letter below signed by Janet Murguria of the National Council of La Raza, essentially declaring that the boycott of Arizona over Senate Bill 1070 is finito.Granted, the ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Supporter and Tea Party Chairman Greg Western Submits Sigs for Olivia Cortes

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Like you needed more proof that Olivia Cortes' candidacy in the November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18 is all about "diluting" the vote and helping state Senate Russell Pearce beat chal... More >>

• Neo-Nazi-Hunting Cops Honored by ADL and 100 Club

  published Sep 09, 2011

  I've written extensively about the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad and the vital work they do targeting criminal street gangs, such as various neo-Nazi skinhead groups, as well... More >>

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  Russell Pearce "Opponent" Olivia Cortes' Purpose to "Dilute" the Vote, Say Signature Gatherers (w/Update)

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Stealth recall candidate Olivia Cortes may not want to answer her phone or come to her door, but on Thursday there were paid petition circulators soliciting signatures for her at the main branch of th... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Iowa Mirror: Postville Immigration Raid Documentary Screens Tonight at ASU

  published Sep 08, 2011

  A trailer for the Postville documentary which you can see free tonight at ASUThe infamous 2008 raid in a on a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs E... More >>

• Could Jameson Johnson Be a Real-Life Jason Bourne?

  published September 8, 2011

  It's a wacky world, to say the least, and occasionally I end up writing about people I know and even like, despite the fact that what I have to... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Birther "Probe" Scores Him Cover of Globe

  published Sep 05, 2011

  He's swiped $100 million from taxpayer-protected funds to use for his own pet programs, engaged in high-profile shenanigans with former fellow Sith Lord and ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas -- monkey... More >>

• Associated Press Stonewalls on Flubbed Senate Bill 1070 Item

  published Sep 03, 2011

  Following my column this week regarding the Associated Press' flubbed piece on the sentences received by 13 anti-SB 1070 protesters arrested outside the Fourth Avenue Jail on July 29, 2010, attorney ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Lame Attempts to Rehabilitate His Image, Part I

  published Sep 01, 2011

  With the November 8 recall election advancing on him like an out-of-control semi, state Senate President Russell Pearce is attempting to morph himself into an honorable man, a practical politician and... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Recall Challenge Moves to Arizona Supreme Court

  published Aug 31, 2011

  The Arizona Supreme Court has granted a review of the legal challenge filed by attorney Lisa Hauser to the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce, aka, Ross v. Bennett.Both sides in the case... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Fave "Reporter" Linda Bentley's Continued Smear of Benita Lantigua

  published Aug 31, 2011

  First off, I wish to commend Shane Wikfors of the Sonoran Alliance blog for removing an article by the Sonoran News' Linda Bentley claiming "massive voter registration fraud" in the petitions recallin... More >>

• The Associated Press Flubs SB1070 Protester Story

  published September 1, 2011

  I know, no one voted me the local press corps cop, but periodically, I feel the need to step into the breach and whack my fellow Fourth... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Supporters' Signs, Olivia Cortes Hides Out (w/Update)

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Though I try to avoid watching the PBS Horizon clown table for fear that I'll pull an Elvis on my TV set, folks tip me off whenever smarmy local hack Howie Fischer says something dumb, which is n... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Pal Shane Wikfors's Fake Outrage in Sonoran Alliance (w/Update)

  published Aug 26, 2011

  It's always amusing when wingnuts try to grow a conscience. Like a beard on an alligator, you know it's fake from jump.That's why I cracked a smile today while perusing far-right wing blog Sonoran All... More >>