Email Author Gus Garcia-Roberts

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published April 28, 2011

  "Hard Hit"

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 18, 2011

  "Knocked Out"

• 2012 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 23, 2010

  "Marked for Death"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2010 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 13, 2009

  "In the Name of the King"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 10, 2009

  "Crime 101"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published November 5, 2009

  "Park or Die Tryin'"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 4, 2008

  "Budget Ballin'"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 12, 2007

  "The Wild, Wild West Bank"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 24, 2007

  "Hunting the White Buffalo"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 26, 2007

  "Banking on D's"

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2008 Stories by Gus Garcia-Roberts

• There's a metaphor for the state of the economy somewhere in here

  published Oct 23, 2008

  Earlier this week, we snapped some photos of a yacht sinking into Biscayne Bay off of preppy haven Bay Harbor Islands, and it didn't fill us with a warm feeling of smug satisfaction at all. After th... More >>

• Aventura Lawyer Goes After Pedophile Priests

  published October 23, 2008

  The pope probably doesn't much like Jeffrey Herman. The 48-year-old Aventura attorney has won settlements from the Catholic Church totaling... More >>

• Michael the Black Man: Shot by Obama Henchmen?

  published October 16, 2008

  Michael Symonette is the cultish, Old Testament-spewing, mysteriously wealthy, and not-at-all-batshit visionary behind Blacks Against Obama. He... More >>

• City of Miami Bullies Martin Margulies

  published October 9, 2008

  Who's a better judge of art: a prolific collector or a city code enforcer? The City of Miami hopes the Wynwood Art District might... More >>

• Photos that won't help the "MMA is not gay!" cause

  published Oct 06, 2008

  In July, New Times columnist Elyse Wanshel opined that perhaps Mixed Martial Arts -- that sport of sweat-drenched extreme dry-humping -- is a tad bit homosexual. Diehard MMA fans, it turns out, were... More >>

• Text-Messaged Proof that Miami is Alive and Bleeding

  published Oct 03, 2008

  On Wednesday, we received the following text message from Disco Rick, multi-platinum producer of the above classic, "Your Momma's on Crack Rock": From:Disco Rick DIAMONDS CABARET ROBBERY @CLUB 2... More >>

• "You turned down Creed for this shitr": Debate Watch from a dive bar.

  published Oct 03, 2008

  As this election reaches an oversaturated frenzy, it sometimes seems like everybody in the country reads Wonkette or the Drudge Report and listens to NPR. But step out of the cubicle, and away fro... More >>

• KAWS Paintings Stolenr

  published Oct 02, 2008

  Over the weekend, local art blog Swampstyle -- an always-interesting read, by the way -- posted a somewhat shocking rumor: two paintings by graffiti bomber turned art world hotshot KAWS had been sto... More >>

• Unless (or even if) you're already in line for your free Jay-Z tickets, you're out of luck.

  published Oct 02, 2008

  This man broke our heart. Perhaps you heard: on Sunday, Jay-Z will perform a free show at the Bayfront Park Ampitheater in an effort to drum up voter registration. Tickets started getting handed out... More >>

• Michael the Black Man Trashes Obama

  published September 25, 2008

  Michael the Black Man, as he calls himself, steps from a brand-new pearl-white Mercedes, ponytail neatly crimped and big black pupils lazily... More >>

• WTFr Blacks Against Obamar

  published Sep 19, 2008

  As reported in our live blog of today's Obama rally in Coral Gables there was a bewildering invasion about five minutes into Barry's speech. About twenty black men suddenly stood up and started ch... More >>

• Cutler Bay's Monkey Mafia

  published September 18, 2008

  Two weeks ago, New Times brought you the tale of Steven Robbins versus the Maldonados, Cutler Bay neighbors locked in a bitter battle.... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Ex-North Miami Mayor Elton Gissendanner Is Back

  published September 18, 2008

  "He's a politician?" cracks the construction worker assigned to guarding the flooded road. "Throw him in the creek!" But then he allows... More >>

• Ambition and failure: Interama and Elton Gissendanner

  published Sep 15, 2008

  Interama's centerpiece was to be this ultra-fab thousand-foot tower, accessible only by a movable-walkway through an underwater tunnel. It was one of the most ambitious undertakings in the history o... More >>

• Oh, the familiar shame: Miami sports fans again dissed, this time for being too sober

  published Sep 09, 2008

  Unfortunately, this guy's drunkeness pre-dates Youtube. Westword, our sister paper in Denver, apparently has a lot of time on its hands as it recovers from that city's DNC hangover. Only that could ... More >>

• Time: When the big 'cane hits, we're f@#!ed

  published Sep 08, 2008

  Floridians should learn how to turn pee into drinking water NOW. Floridians that scare easily should be careful not to leaf through this week's Time Magazine while waiting at the Publix check-out co... More >>

• Miami PD Deputy Chief Frank Fernandez to Replace Timoney?

  published September 4, 2008

  It might be wishful thinking, but vociferous Miami Police union boss Armando Aguilar is still cheered by the rumors. "I've heard he's supposed... More >>

• Mining Industry Shuts Out Meddlesome Lawyer

  published August 28, 2008

  In a bleak meeting room inside a dull government building, the safety of your drinking water is being debated in a scientific language you... More >>

• Fidel being Fidel: ex-dictator defends judge-kicking Cuban Olympian

  published Aug 26, 2008

  Fidel Castro's 82-year old body may be failing him. But, dios mio, his famed obstinance has never been healthier. You'd think it might be hard to defend a taekwondo athlete who used his potentially... More >>

• Where in the world is Chief Timoneyr This week's answer: Denver!

  published Aug 26, 2008

  Travel buddies. Last September, we detailed the travels of Police Chief John Timoney, who seemed to spend more time on the road schmoozing than in Miami, you know, being chief. Alas, Timoney's ra... More >>

• Cruel Irony: South Florida's Only Fay-Related Death Result of Storm Preparation

  published Aug 20, 2008

  Apparently, this guy survived. The guy setting up his generator did not. Go figure. Before Fay hit South Florida, residents were bombarded with warnings from bordering-on-frantic reporters. Get read... More >>

• Seaquarium Activists Push to Free Lolita the Whale

  published August 21, 2008

  It's Miami's aquatic equivalent of "Free Mumia." Activists hold protests and send urgent e-manifestos. But they succeed in swaying all but the... More >>

• Any Excuse Will Do: Gamblers Pack Casinos During Pathetic TS Fay

  published Aug 19, 2008

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• NY Times: South Floridians dangerously apathetic about coming hurricane

  published Aug 17, 2008

  The New York Times says you're pretty much cool with this happening to you. 'Canes a-comin'. But you wouldn't know it from the unconcerned attitude of South Floridians. So sayeth the New York Times,... More >>

• Not at all melodramatic: transit union plans "funeral procession" for cut bus lines

  published Aug 15, 2008

  "I'm gonna need how many transfersr!" In May, the Miami-Dade Commission proposed a plan to cut 16 little-used bus lines. You know, a bus- those long, smoke-belching cars that you see in the slow lan... More >>