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HURRICANE LESSNER

FLORIDIANS ATTACK REPUBLIC WINDBAG FOR CALLING THEM "WHINERS"; NEWSPAPER SUPRESSES REACTION

By Ward Harkavy
Oct 14, 1992

On the heels of Hurricane Andrew, the battered people of south Florida were blasted by a rude mixture of hot air and coldness from Phoenix. Call it Hurricane Lessner--named after the deputy editor of the editorial pages of the Arizona Republic. A column by Richard Lessner that was reprinted in...
Mecham's Loyal Readers

They still haven't gotten Ev's newspaper, but they subscribe to him anyway

By Ward Harkavy
Sep 16, 1992

You subscribe to a newspaper, but it never arrives. You're upset and want your money back, right? Likely not, if you happen to be one of the "charter subscribers" to Evan Mecham's would-be newspaper, Arizona News Day. Originally slated to go to press in September 1991, the "newspaper" has taken...
The GOP's New Godfather

By Ward Harkavy
Sep 2, 1992

In Doug Wead's dining room, there's a photograph of George Bush cradling Wead's son Joshua. On August 24, there was a Bush son in Doug Wead's living room. Neil Bush, the son who has had to pay $50,000 for his part in the collapse of the Silverado S&L in Denver,...
THE DISTRICT SIXTHIS CONGRESSIONAL MATCH WAS MADE IN HEAVEN

By Ward Harkavy
Sep 2, 1992

"Hellooooo, Mesa!" That was geriatric superstar Pat Boone's greeting last month during a benefit fund raiser for his pal Doug Wead, who's running for Congress from Arizona's new District 6. Boone then conducted a search in the audience of 800 for "square" people who support right-wing Amway evangelist Wead. Boone's...
THE LOST SOLECREEPY FETISHIST SHAKES HIS BOOTY

By Ward Harkavy
Jul 29, 1992

In a series of incidents that strikes some of its victims as both funny and frightening, a man is stealing boots from Phoenix construction workers and then writing them detailed letters describing his sexual acts with their footwear. The one bright spot, according to a victimized worker, is that the...

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