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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2012 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  Joe Arpaio Pimps Stooge Mike Stauffer and Lies About Paul Penzone

  published Oct 31, 2012

  How often do you see a politician pimping the website of his or her opponentr Well, if all candidates had a diversionary third-party in their race, intended to drain votes from their main competit... More >>

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  Tom Horne's Fender-Bender: Photos for the Curious

  published Oct 31, 2012

  As I mentioned in a blog item Monday, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's initial court date for the March fender-bender that took place at his presumed mistress Camen Chenal's abode is this Friday... More >>

• Liberal Democrats Tar Republican Jerry Lewis, Borrowing a Page From Extremists They Claim to Loathe

  published November 1, 2012

  I have a little exercise for those familiar with the Teabagger tribe. Imagine that you have before you a Republican who supports the... More >>

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  Tom Horne's Court Date Set for Friday on Hit-and-Run Charge

  published Oct 29, 2012

  I'll say one thing for living in Sand Land, it's never boring. This Friday at 9:30 a.m., in Phoenix Municipal Court, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne could be arraigned on the charge of hit-and-ru... More >>

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  Top Ten Arizona Political Ads of 2012 (So Far)

  published Oct 29, 2012

  I don't think anyone will bemoan the end of the 2012 election cycle, except perhaps the TV execs and political consultants who're making a killing off the political ads bombarding us through the boo... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Doc Two Americans Rocks Harkins for One Week Only

  published Oct 26, 2012

  Word is, Sheriff Joe is freaking out. Republicans who have supported him for years are jumping ship to back his Democratic rival Paul Penzone. As a result, his poll numbers are consistently in the d... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Vanquisher Jerry Lewis Slimed by Democrats

  published Oct 26, 2012

  Here's proof positive that Democrats can be just as scummy as Republicans. I mean this hit piece mailed out to folks in Legislative District 26, declaring that state Senator Jerry Lewis, the man w... More >>

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  Helen Purcell Corrects KPHO's Error, while Joe Arpaio-Pimp Chad Willems Issues Voter-Suppression Robocall

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell issued a clarifying statement Tuesday regarding an erroneous report on early ballots by CBS 5/KPHO's Donna Rossi last week. That report misquoted Purcell as say... More >>

• Sheriff Joe Sure Ain't a Conservative, and Here's Why

  published October 25, 2012

  What is it about Sheriff Joe Arpaio that makes the Tea Party animals go wild? Is it his corpse-like demeanor, his way with words (think... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's U.S. Veteran Victim Marty Atencio: Family Files Suit in Superior Court

  published Oct 23, 2012

  The family of U.S. Army veteran Marty Atencio is filing suit today in Maricopa County Superior Court over his brutal death late last year in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail. Atencio, who su... More >>

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  Helen Purcell Urged to End Confusion Over CBS 5 Early Ballot Report

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Sadly, confusion still reigns after CBS 5's recent report on early ballots and the volunteers from different groups picking them up, in which this legal, and very common activity was labeled, wrongl... More >>

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  Jeff Flake Smiled at Rich Carmona's "Prettier" Joke, Now Lamely Makes Hay Over It

  published Oct 20, 2012

  So why can't a man be prettier than a womanr Look at Brad Pitt. Leonardo DiCaprio. Johnny Depp. David Beckham. And, um, Congressman Jeff Flake. Not that Channel 12's Brahm Resnik is in their leag... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Paid, Campaign Computer Guy Also a Maricopa County Employee

  published Oct 20, 2012

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio's financial disclosure forms for his re-election campaign show an ocean of greenbacks flowing into the coffers of Summit Consulting, the firm owned by local Republican consultant ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Obliterated in New TV Ads by Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement

  published Oct 18, 2012

  Elected on pink boxersr This ain't 2008, Joe. The independent expenditure committee Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement has a couple of killer new anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio ads running on local c... More >>

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  CBS 5 Report Regarding Early Ballots Incorrect, Sets Off Firestorm (w/Update)

  published Oct 18, 2012

  CBS 5 - KPHO ***Please see update below*** In an odd segment that aired last night on CBS 5/KPHO, reporter Donna Rossi told viewers that Maricopa County's elections department had received complain... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Victim Deborah Braillard: Family Agrees to $3.2 Million Settlement, ABC15 Reports

  published Oct 17, 2012

  ABC 15 and star reporter Dave Biscobing have the scoop again on the civil trial in Pinal County regarding the 2005 wrongful death of diabetic mom Deborah Braillard, who was denied medical treatment wh... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Up in Two GOP Polls, and Why His Actions Belie Both

  published Oct 16, 2012

  Paul Penzone's secret weapon, one not captured by Republican pollsters: Adios Arpaio Before you review the results of two new GOP polls that have Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the lead against his Democratic... More >>

• Penzone Benefits from Arpaio's Latest Attack Ad

  published October 18, 2012

  You know it's bad when high-priced political pimp Chad Willems is taking a page from unhinged guttersnipe DeeDee Blase. A gadfly who... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio "Helps" Childhelp: Nonprofit Takes Blood Money Despite 501c3 Status (w/Update)

  published Oct 16, 2012

  What do you do when you're Sheriff Joe Arpaio and your name is practically a byword for the neglect of sex crime cases involving women and childrenr You use your political fundraising machine to sh... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio, Don't Cry: Feathered Bastard's Back Monday

  published Oct 11, 2012

  Sadly, I am away till Monday on a trip planned long ago, and will not be able to blog regularly till I'm back in town. For continuing coverage of Paul Penzone's bid to replace our octogenarian autocr... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Lead Drops to 4.7 Points Over Paul Penzone, as Arpaio Channels a Corpse

  published Oct 10, 2012

  Earth to Joe: You look like you should be in a morgue in this, your worst ad yet Sheriff Joe's Democratic challenger Paul Penzone is gaining on the aged autocrat, with a new poll by Switchboard Commun... More >>

• "Tough" Sheriff Joe Arpaio Let a Murderer Go to Kill Again

  published October 11, 2012

  Not too long ago, I ran across a line in a letter signed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one recently obtained through a standard public-records... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Stooge Mike Stauffer May Be Getting IE Help from an Odd Source (w/Update)

  published Oct 08, 2012

  Republican-turned-Independent candidate for sheriff Mike Stauffer may have almost no money, little support and may be regarded as a massive joke by nearly everyone with a lick of sense in Maricopa C... More >>

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  Bill Clinton To Rally for Rich Carmona in Tempe

  published Oct 06, 2012

  A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU's Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That's when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fello... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Teen Foes in Adios Arpaio Rally at State Capitol

  published Oct 05, 2012

  More than 100 members of Adios Arpaio, the union-funded movement of Latino high-school students looking to drive Sheriff Joe Arpaio from power, rallied on the lawn of the state House in Phoenix on T... More >>