Subject: Steve Owens

• REINVENTING THE BIG WHEEL

  DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  March 31, 1993

• An Exercise in Utility

  Jim Irvin is poised to give the GOP a Corporation Commission majority for the first time in a decade. If that happens, Democratic activist Barbara Sherman and her mentor, Commission chairman Renz Jennings, will both wind up losers.

  October 17, 1996

• Tom and Janet's Excellent AG Venture

  Tom McGovern and Janet Napolitano are running close in a cordial race for attorney general. But somebody has to win.

  October 22, 1998

• Rematch Game '98

  A new and improved J.D. Hayworth squares off against the same old Steve Owens

  October 29, 1998

• Donkey Gong

  Some state Democrats will stop at nothing to dethrone their chairman

  January 21, 1999

• Big Red's Back

  While the governor finally asserts herself, the state Democratic party splinters further

  May 20, 1999

• Flashes 01-27-2000

  January 27, 2000

• Best Politician

  Grant Woods

  September 20, 2001

• So Long, Janet? Let the Speculation Begin

  Everywhere from Facebook to corporate boardrooms across town, speculation about what will happen with now-Governor Janet Napolitano — and when — is fast and furious. Here's some early-morning water cooler talk: The money is on Napolitano taking the dog of a job (who's going to succeed in that position?!) and getting the hell out of AZ. So what would happen to her political appointees? On the top of the pile on the chopping block is Steve Owens (pictured at right), head of the state Depa

  November 20, 2008

• Breathless

  Despite a lot of hoopla at the beginning of Napolitano's administration, environmental protections for kids have not improved much

  November 2, 2006

• The State of Her State

  Few argue that Janet Napolitano has been a good governor. The question is, why isn't she great?

  October 26, 2006

• S#&t Storm

  Phoenix's sewer crisis has gone unnoticed by most toilet users, but it's the talk of sewage experts nationwide

  June 30, 2005

• Garbage Time

  May 20, 2004

• Big Bad Developer

  George Johnson is quickly becoming the most notorious developer in Arizona

  January 22, 2004

• Letters

  Letters from the week of January 16, 2003

  January 16, 2003

• Shades of Green

  The new governor appears to have double-crossed environmental supporters in choosing some new agency heads.

  December 19, 2002

• Community Jest

  Fake 'Get Out of Jail Free' card figures into Mesa constable's campaign game plan

  September 7, 2000

• Flashes

  November 12, 1998

• Hee-Haw Politics

  Clinton won, Fife lost, and now state Dems have high hopes for '98. But they're in for a wild-ass ride

  December 4, 1997

• Halloween VI: Election Fright!

  In the sixth congressional district, J.D. Hayworth and Steve Owens have run campaigns so devoid of content it's almost scary

  October 31, 1996

• THE BEST OF FIFE

  HE BROUGHT US AN RTC LAWSUIT, A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION AND A "CAR OF THE PEOPLE." NOT TO MENTION GEORGE LECKIE AND ANNETTE ALVAREZ. OH, WHAT THE HECK, WE'LL MENTION THEM.

  November 3, 1994

• THE STEALTH CONGRESSMAN

  EIGHT-TERM REPRESENTATIVE BOB STUMP STANDS TO BECOME THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ARIZONA DELEGATION. SO HOW COME YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM?

  October 13, 1993