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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2009 Stories by Bob Norman

• Scott Rothstein's Emails Reveal His Mindset and Dependence on Debra Villegas

  published November 19, 2009

  The main offices of the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm, on the 16th floor of the Bank of America building on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort... More >>

• School Board Member Stephanie Kraft Has a History of Shady Deals

  published October 22, 2009

  The Broward County School Board is slowly coming unraveled at the seams of its own long-standing corruption. First the FBI brought down School... More >>

• Inside the Arrest of Broward School Board's Beverly Gallagher

  published October 1, 2009

  Picture this scenario: officials lawyering up, high-ranking personnel angry about possible news leaks, people dodging the FBI, and the top man... More >>

• Candidate: Broward Democrats Offered Her Big-Money Donors if She'd Back Off From Evan Jenne

  published September 24, 2009

  State House candidate Freda Stevens first met shadowy Democratic operative Barry Harris in June at the monthly meeting of the Broward... More >>

• Lawyer Scott Rothstein Goes on the Attack Over Media Coverage of His Friends

  published September 10, 2009

  Mega-wealthy lawyer, businessman, and political backer Scott Rothstein called me recently and told me he was the "Jewish Avenger" and... More >>

• A Monument to Waste

  published August 27, 2009

  The Broward County School Board has driven the school district into near-bankruptcy by overbuilding by tens of thousands of seats that now sit... More >>

• Broward School Board Members Who Oversaw Rampant Overspending Just Make Things Worse

  published August 20, 2009

  If you're really paying attention to the Broward County School Board, you're mad as hell. This is a board of nine elected politicians... More >>

• Crooked Courthouse

  published August 13, 2009

  What do you do when the public overwhelmingly votes down an idea to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new courthouse? If... More >>

• The Cop Who Pulled a "Walt Disney" With the Facts Has Been Called a Liar Before

  published August 6, 2009

  You've probably heard about the Hollywood cops who framed a woman in a car crash involving a fellow officer. And you've likely seen the... More >>

• Employees at Gulfstream Park Traded Gambling Money for Cocaine, Investigators Say

  published July 30, 2009

  For some employees, Gulfstream Park was a hell of a place to work, full of cocaine and free gambling. When the scheme was finally... More >>

• Broward School Officials Conspired to Build $395 Million in Unnecessary Classrooms

  published July 23, 2009

  When the new capital budget for the Broward County School Board was released last week, there was something missing: the money. The... More >>

• Broward Sheriff's Office Brass Triple Dips, Makes Obscene Pay

  published July 16, 2009

  With talk of 177... More >>

• Members of the "Mitch Ceasar Mob" earn a steady paycheck for their political influence

  published July 9, 2009

  In Democratic Party circles in Broward County, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Ask Norma Goldstein, a local Democratic... More >>

• Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter and Sheriff Al Lamberti Face Campaign Finance Investigations

  published June 25, 2009

  Broward County's Sheriff Al Lamberti and Mayor Stacy Ritter have been waging a high-profile public fight over who wastes the most taxpayer... More >>

• The State Investigates Broward Commissioner Joe Eggelletion's Country Club Membership

  published June 18, 2009

  Veteran Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion is well-known for his love of golf, but did he sell out his public office for the... More >>

• Joel Steinger and Mutual Benefits Corp. Stole a Billion Dollars by Peddling Bogus Life Insurance Policies

  published June 4, 2009

  With less than a month to go before Election Day in 2002, Buddy Dyer was trailing Charlie Crist in the race for Florida attorney general. Dyer,... More >>

• Mutual Benefits Con Man Joel Steinger Spent a Lifetime Getting Mobbed Up

  published May 28, 2009

  Michael Rosen remembers standing in the elevator when he was just 3 or 4 years old. He was with his mother in their condo building, and several... More >>

• Why She Did It

  published May 28, 2009

  Sheila Alu sometimes feels like a marked woman. The Sunrise commissioner has been called a "rat" on blogs and newspaper websites, has been... More >>

• A Secretive Slush Fund Has Big Plans in Sunrise

  published May 7, 2009

  I have seen the future of the swampy western edge of Broward County. And if my vision is correct, the future holds a new "city" called... More >>

• The Broward School Board awards a million dollars in work to an unlicensed company

  published April 16, 2009

  Last week, newspaper headlines abounded about a lawsuit alleging that the Broward County Courthouse is so full of dangerous mold that it needs... More >>

• Underground steroids-to-cops pipeline comes into focus

  published April 2, 2009

  Former Plantation police officer Martin Hommel says there are cops who abuse steroids, but he insists he wasn't one of them. The... More >>

• Plantation's Police Chief Breaks Records Laws to Cover for Cops on Steroids

  published March 26, 2009

  The cover-up was the crime in Plantation last week. More >>

• Embattled Plastic Surgeon Richard B. Edison Faces Molestation Charge in Lawsuit

  published March 19, 2009

  Plastic surgeon Richard B. Edison is a dubious doctor who has been hit with a lot of... More >>

• Liberty City Six Judge Refuses to Pay Private Investigator After He Speaks Out

  published March 12, 2009

  How much does freedom of speech cost when applied to the now-infamous Liberty City terror trial? For one private investigator who... More >>

• Broward County’s first man admits deep ties to Mutual Benefits

  published March 5, 2009

  As he was picking up bagels before a deposition in a divorce case, Russ Klenet got a strange tap on his shoulder. Klenet is the husband... More >>