Email Author Trevor Aaronson

Awards

• 2007 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published August 3, 2006

  "Buy My Rock!"

• 2007 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 3, 2006

  "Buy My Rock!"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published September 29, 2005

  "Vested Interests"

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2006 Stories by Trevor Aaronson

• Buy My Rock!

  published August 3, 2006

  It's the big day. On a recent June afternoon, Jon Jacobs is rushing around his office inside his Spanish-style house in Miami's Design... More >>

• Chump Tower

  published June 22, 2006

  Note: An earlier version of this story attributed some quotes to Melania Knauss-Trump, Donald Trump’s wife, at an April 14 marketing... More >>

• Redemption Plea

  published June 1, 2006

  On May 17, John P. Contini leaned across a table in Broward County Courtroom 343 and whispered in his client's ear. Martin Diez, a 34-year-old... More >>

• The $11 Billion Man

  published May 11, 2006

  In January, one piece of paper changed James McCalla's life. A muscular, six-foot Haitian-American, the 26-year-old McCalla went out... More >>

• Pimp My Arena

  published May 4, 2006

  Note: An earlier version of this story attributed some quotes to Melania Knauss-Trump, Donald Trump’s wife, at an April 14 marketing... More >>

• You Scratch My Back, I Write You a Bill

  published April 6, 2006

  The slots are coming. Once Florida lawmakers work out the finer details, gamblers will be able to pull the levers at Broward County's four... More >>

• The Terrorist Who Wasn't

  published March 30, 2006

  Mandoah "Manny" Ebaid walks Harrison Street in downtown Hollywood. It's 10:30 on a Wednesday night in February, and the restaurateur is checking... More >>

• Slush Money

  published February 23, 2006

  Hollywood is so eager to give developers unfettered access to public money that city officials recently helped to create what amounts to a slush... More >>

• Access Hollywood

  published February 16, 2006

  Maria Jackson and Helen Chervin happily give tours of their Hollywood neighborhood. It's not a tour you'll find in a promotional pamphlet.... More >>

• The Mayor's New Digs

  published January 19, 2006

  The Villas of Positano will offer the height of luxury living in Hollywood when the development project is completed in December. Located on... More >>

• Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah, Part 2

  published January 12, 2006

  This is the second in a two-part series. See the first installment at More >>

• Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah

  published January 5, 2006

  This is the first of two parts. It should have been his last job. Richard "Dickie" Robertson was getting out, going... More >>