Lawmaker on slain newsman: ‘The only thing this guy accomplished is that he was a reporter?’ – By Laurie Roberts (Arizona Republic) / Feb 16, 2023
Opinion: A long-overdue proposal to honor murdered reporter Don Bolles is facing some astonishing pushback at the Legislature. Do these people know nothing of Arizona history?
On the morning of June 2, 1976, reporter Don Bolles went to a midtown Phoenix hotel to meet with a low-life criminal about a shady land deal.
Bolles was an investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic, a first-rate journalist who for years exposed organized crime and took on crooked politicians and public figures in the state he loved.
He would never tell that final story.
The meeting had been a setup. When he returned his car, six sticks of dynamite had been placed beneath it. The remote-control bomb exploded as he backed out of a parking space.
