Email Author Bob Norman

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ

  The Daily Pulp

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  The Daily Pulp

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published November 27, 2008

  "The Lost Season"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published July 31, 2008

  "Stop Charlie"

• 2008 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published June 21, 2007

  "Gang Tackled"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 8, 2007

  "Witness for the Defense"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 21, 2007

  "Gang Tackled"

• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 15, 2007

  "Dead End"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Mayor Al Has to Go, Bad"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 5, 2006

  "A Politician Weeps"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 17, 2006

  "Who Crowned Michael Brown?"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 1, 2005

  "Spreading the Plame"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 11, 2005

  "Knight Riddance"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 29, 2005

  "Westside's Stories"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 20, 2005

  "A Tragedy of Errors"

• 2006 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published March 24, 2005

  "Cash Cow"

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2003 Stories by Bob Norman

• A Christmas Confession

  published December 25, 2003

  I persecute Christians. David Limbaugh says so and he's famous radioman Rush's brother, so it must be true. The uncle of Dittoheads across the... More >>

• Don't Drink the Water, Seriously

  published December 18, 2003

  The Pompano Beach water scandal is starting to feel like a bad dream, or a Dolphins game at New England, or, worse, a Terry Gilliam movie,... More >>

• A Freestanding Fight

  published December 11, 2003

  The good doctor phoned me a couple of weeks ago after reading a column I wrote about the corrupt depths of a North Broward Hospital District... More >>

• MOB Rules

  published November 27, 2003

  The acronym used by North Broward Hospital District staff for the $32 million medical office building project -- "MOB" -- says it all. Meyer... More >>

• Loving the War

  published November 20, 2003

  After several meetings with two local congressmen about the Iraq War, it's time to unleash the transcript. Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler of Boca... More >>

• Deutsch Marks

  published November 13, 2003

  Peter Deutsch has been giving it to Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas good. For the past few months, the Pembroke Pines congressman has been playing... More >>

• Bad Operation

  published November 6, 2003

  We're being robbed blind -- $100 million blind. That's how much money a couple of politically connected developers stand to make on a medical... More >>

• Guerrilla Games

  published October 30, 2003

  Baseball is the most superstitious sport. It's got something to do with the cosmic rotation of the ball, the 60 feet of deception from mound to... More >>

• Scalpers Blues

  published October 23, 2003

  A lot of people are whining about World Series tickets. Saying Ticketmaster screwed them, that viperish brokers are charging too much money, that... More >>

• Georgia in the Pines

  published October 16, 2003

  As she strolled the hallways of Silver Palms Elementary on that Tuesday morning, Kristi Krueger wasn't the Channel 10 anchorwoman seen on... More >>

• Don't Drink the Water, Part IV

  published October 16, 2003

  I won't say they fear me, because they probably don't. But politicians do seem to avoid me. And when I speak with them, they sometimes seem... More >>

• Georgia Got a Gun

  published October 9, 2003

  When the 7-year-old girl climbed onto the witness stand, she didn't know her mother was in deep trouble. Dressed in pink, from the barrette in her... More >>

• The Strange Case of Dr. Dave and Mr. Hyde

  published October 2, 2003

  Forget politics, corruption, and crime. This week, it's about sports. You and I have the wild-card Marlins in the playoffs and the Dolphins coming... More >>

• Forgotten 9/11

  published September 11, 2003

  Two years after the attacks on America, the populace still doesn't know the truth about terror ringleader Mohamed Atta's entry into the country. ... More >>

• Don't Drink the Water III

  published August 21, 2003

  When Pompano Beach water plant operator George Mitchell walked into work at 7:30 a.m. recently, fellow employees were waiting for him with a fresh... More >>

• Peddling the Bush Agenda

  published August 14, 2003

  With his education system under attack, Jeb Bush has begun selling a revolutionary idea: Failure is good. The Florida governor is piping that... More >>

• Snake Bit

  published August 7, 2003

  You need some powerful fog lights to navigate the political landscape in Hollywood these days. Direction is fleeting, and suspicion reigns among... More >>

• Operation Baghdad

  published July 31, 2003

  Our man in Baghdad has made his mark on Iraq. And that is to be expected, since Andy Martin always makes his mark -- even if sometimes he's the... More >>

• Mayor Mintz

  published July 17, 2003

  Standing in a bleak parking lot behind a piece of downtown Hollywood's run-down history, Jerry Mintz -- with his Roman Polanski build, Ted Koppel... More >>

• Hangin' with the Church Lady

  published July 10, 2003

  Our eyes met across a crowded room. I was speaking. She was listening. Her yellow bouffant hair didn't move a wit as she nodded and smiled at... More >>

• Incentivize This

  published July 3, 2003

  The County Commission meets at 10 a.m. July 8 at the Broward County Governmental Center, Room 421, 115 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale. More >>

• Taking Stock of Bob Graham

  published June 26, 2003

  Doodle sings: "We have a friend in Bob Gra-ham, That's what everybody's say-in, All across the good ol' USA.... More >>

• Don't Drink the Water II

  published June 19, 2003

  The Broward County Health Department is on the case, but I wonder if officials will find the obvious: Pompano Beach city officials falsified... More >>

• Out with the Truth, the Epilogue

  published June 5, 2003

  It was like putting a perfectly decent child into the world only to see her pimped out on the street or, worse, soullessly shilling for the man in... More >>

• Out with the Truth, Part 2

  published May 22, 2003

  When I outed Congressman Mark Foley in my last column, I knew it would raise some... More >>