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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2004 Stories by Bob Norman

• Another Lobbyist Who Wasn't There

  published December 23, 2004

  Vinnie Grande's name doesn't circulate much, but he's still a player. In a few short years, Grande has become a power broker in Broward... More >>

• The Lobbyist

  published December 16, 2004

  Josephus Eggelletion's people wait. The Broward County commissioner has called a town hall meeting at Dillard High School, and about 40 residents... More >>

• Scripps Script

  published December 2, 2004

  "I'm Earl Maucker, Sun-Sentinel editor. How can I help you?" Well, for starters, Earl, you can start acting like a journalist rather... More >>

• Our Mayor, the Lobbyist, Part 4

  published November 11, 2004

  Broward County Mayor Ilene Lieberman has insisted that she can keep her two identities, politician and lobbyist, completely separate. But several... More >>

• Vote Interrupted

  published November 4, 2004

  By the time you read this, you might know the identity of the next president. Or perhaps lawyers reign and the world's fate is hanging, like so... More >>

• Be Very Afraid

  published October 28, 2004

  The touch-screen voting machines aren't accountable. The chief vote counter in Broward County was handpicked by Gov. Jeb Bush, who proved his... More >>

• Our Mayor, the Lobbyist, Part 3

  published October 21, 2004

  Pembroke Park is the little town that Broward County forgot. It's a decidedly working-class, if not poor, industrial burg on the Miami-Dade County... More >>

• Our Mayor, the Lobbyist, Part 2

  published October 14, 2004

  Like most bad government deals, it wasn't on the agenda. Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman brought it up without giving staff or her... More >>

• Bush's Crimes

  published September 30, 2004

  President Bush is coming to town Thursday night to debate John Kerry and try to earn your vote. But the question emerging now is not whether he... More >>

• Contra Campaign

  published September 23, 2004

  The life of Felix I. Rodriguez provides a tour through the dark heart of America. From the Bay of Pigs fiasco to Vietnam to the El Salvador death... More >>

• Our Mayor, the Lobbyist

  published September 16, 2004

  Broward County Mayor Ilene Lieberman should know ethics. As a lawyer, she specializes in defending politicians against ethics complaints. And her... More >>

• Michael Sitz

  published September 16, 2004

  So last week, I told Tim Donnelly, head of the Broward State Attorney's Office public corruption unit, that his office seemed pretty much useless.... More >>

• The Big Lie

  published August 26, 2004

  A man with a horribly painful case of shingles can't get medicine. A woman suffering from an agonizingly abscessed tooth is denied care. A... More >>

• Sold Out

  published August 12, 2004

  In a lawsuit filed against the South Florida Business Journal in May, a former reporter alleges the publication, part of a national... More >>

• River of Sludge

  published July 29, 2004

  Wearing all-black, flowing garments, red-haired Maureen Reilly looked like a would-be high priestess as she addressed the Hollywood City... More >>

• Message Control

  published July 22, 2004

  Corruption and conflicts of interest have already sullied the City of Hollywood's multimillion-dollar sewage deal. Now it appears the March vote... More >>

• Telltale Hearts

  published July 15, 2004

  Well-run cities are all alike; every corrupt city is corrupt in its own way. Hollywood is a good example of the latter. Dragged by its... More >>

• Minority Report II

  published July 8, 2004

  North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Dorsey Miller appears to have used his influence to help Enterprise Security, a minority-owned Fort... More >>

• Lobbyist- Lovin' Lori

  published July 1, 2004

  If Broward County had only listened to Miriam Oliphant, taxpayers could have saved millions of dollars and had a more efficient democracy. ... More >>

• GOPundit

  published June 17, 2004

  She's a first-rate sound-bite slinger, a newsroom Rolodex regular, and as accessible as 411. When reporters need a quick political quote, they... More >>

• Minority Report

  published June 10, 2004

  Dorsey Miller, one of the most powerful black Republicans in Florida, often plays the role of civil rights champion. And, as the former... More >>

• President Kohn

  published May 27, 2004

  January 26, 2004 (Sun-Sentinel): In an annual survey released this month, the influential American Jewish Committee found that the... More >>

• Justice Revised

  published May 20, 2004

  Florida's top court has taken away Michael Satz's favorite excuse, so the Broward State Attorney will have to find a new reason to let corrupt... More >>

• The Hypocritic Oath

  published April 29, 2004

  Imagine owning a business that is in cut-throat competition with a similar enterprise across the street. Your rival undercuts you at every turn... More >>

• The GOP's Brain

  published April 22, 2004

  Frank Luntz isn't a neutral pollster, but he does play one on TV. The cherubic Republican guru, who wears his orangish hair in a bowl haircut and... More >>