Bob Norman

Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Could Be Indicted Soon

Former Hialeah Mayor and Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina could soon be indicted on charges of tax evasion and loan sharking soon, at least according to Local 10. The former Hialeah kingpin has been under investigation by federal agencies for three years now, and a defense attorney for ano ... More >>

Kimbo Slice Won a Really Fixed-Looking Boxing Match This Weekend (Video)

​Ah, remember the days when Kimbo Slice was making people go bazonkers for his vicious beatdown videos on YouTube? Today, after washing out as a professional mixed martial artist, Slice's fighting career has reached a new low. Despite winning his fourth straight professional boxing match Saturday ... More >>

Bob Norman, Good-Bye!

​My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and heading for the TV news. Bob has been the franchise player at that paper for years -- ably assisted by the likes of a staff that has included stars like Sam Eifling, Ed Newton, Tony Ortega, Mike Mooney, Lisa Rab, Trevo ... More >>

South Florida politicans' most memorable racial slurs

A Short History Of Ignorant Bigotry In South Florida Politics

The Reid Report blogDavid Leven in his car before he hurls slurs.​After North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre's wife caught unhinged activist David Leven on camera calling her the politically incorrect words for -- excuse our French -- African-American, female dog, and the feminine sexual organ, Banana R ... More >>

Letters from the issue of April 7, 2011

57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana

​With 14 states and the District of Colombia allowing the legal medical use of marijuana, acceptance of the issue is steadily growing in America. A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot as s ... More >>

Top 5 Miami Sports Choking Acts of All Time

Mission FAIL.​Last Friday, FIU shortstop Garrett Wittels stepped up to bat with a near record 56-game hitting streak on the line against Southeastern Louisiana. He whiffed, ending the game 0-4.It was a painful choking act for the 6'2" junior, who waited an entire off-season only to blow it in his ... More >>

Sun-Sentinel Sells Political Ad to Bat-Sh*t Insane Michael The Black Man

Laura Massa​Good ol' Michael the Black Man -- he should fit right in with the apocalyptic feel of this morning's news. The former cult member, who once was charged with cutting somebody's head off and led a group interrupting an Obama speech with signs bearing such slogans as "Obama is endors ... More >>

WSFL Cancels Its Troubled Morning Show

Mourn the Morning Show​Once hailed by executives of the Tribune Co. as a television revolution and a way to turn around the fortunes of the troubled national media company, WSFL's South Florida Today morning show aired its last episode today. In under 16 months on air the show went through multipl ... More >>

Scott Rothstein Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Kim Rothstein and friend Stacie Weisman leaving the courthouse after the sentencing.​Unless you've been under a rock for the past few months, you should know that South Florida got stuck with its own mini-Madoff who goes by the name of Scott Rothstein. Yesterday, Rothstein was sentence by U.S. Dis ... More >>

Top Ten New Times Feature Stories of the Decade 2000-2009

Miami New Times has kicked some ass in the last decade. We have changed the course of the city and it has changed us. What follows is a list of some of our most significant stories -- of course, everyone has their own opinions. What are yours?Admitting TerrorBy Bob Norman​The immigration service's ... More >>

Casa Casuarina Closed. Thanks Scott Rothstein.

​Our sister paper, New Times Broward-Palm Beach has done some pretty amazing reporting on the Scott Rothstein mess. Among the fallout from the alleged $57 million the Broward lawyer allegedly stole in a Ponzi scheme: South Beach.Gianni Versace's former mansion on Ocean Drive, where a big buck rest ... More >>

News Roundup: Mayor Diaz's Last Day; Heat Off to Hot Start

As of noon today Manny Diaz will no longer be Mayor of Miami. The Herald paints him as a "a sober, patient reformist up to his elbows in the minutiae of turning around a troubled city" who enacted "an agenda of a scope unmatched by any other Miami mayor in decades." One likely, for better or wo ... More >>

Norman: Crist's Alleged Former Boy Toy Booked for Stealing Pastor's Daughter's Wedding Ring

​Remember Jason Wetherington? New Times Broward-Palm Beach columnist Bob Norman penned a story about the lad, who apparently went around blabbing he had a hotel-room tryst with Gov. Charlie Crist in 2006. Wetherington also worked for Katherine Harris's hilariously failed 2006 Senate campaign.  ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of August 6, 2009

“If everything from the lottery, Gulfstream, and even Indian reservations is really supposed to help out with education, why are so many teachers out of work?”

The Avenging Angel of North Bay Village is Back

Alex Izaguirre Early on in my ongoing tour of duty for New Times, I had the pleasure of telling the story of Fane Lozman, a Miami native who made a small fortune as a Chicago software engineer before coming home in 2003. That year Lozman settled into a nondescript houseboat off the waters of No ... More >>

Outrage Screening Twice in Miami This Month

Outrage -- the documentary by Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick that explores the world of closeted homosexual politicians and casts Florida governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist as its leading man -- is set to screen twice locally this month. The Miami Beach Cinematheque will p ... More >>

Cat Killer Suspect Gets Ordered to Undergo Evaluation, Might Like To Blow Up Own, um, "Stuff"

Tyler's MyspaceShould've stuck to chillin', not alleged cat killin'.Tyler Hayes Weinman, the suspect in the cat killing spree, will not get bail his bail set at a hefty $250,000. He's also being forced to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. ''I can say the investigation is being led by a lynch-mo ... More >>

NPR, WaPo Refuse to Report That Outrage Is About Crist

You've probably already heard about Outrage, the new documentary that aims to out closeted politicians who hypocritically vote for anti-gay legislation. Since you live in Florida, you've probably also heard that the film prominently features our own tanned gubernatorial whiz-kid and maybe gay guy Ch ... More >>

Herald Cuts Become Clear

It's a municipal pastime in almost any city to riff on the daily paper -- and we've done our fair share -- but there's no delight in seeing those papers fall apart. Especially when names of the laid off start replacing cold, hard numbers. New Times Broward-Palm Beach's Bob Norman has a growing list ... More >>

30-Year-Old Whiskey in Its Prime

Psssst....Drink Me!It isn't often that we New Timesers get a bottle of $200 whiskey in the mail. We did, not long ago, thanks to the folks at Canadian Club, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year with the release of a primo 30-year-old, 80-proof, white-oak-barrel-aged blended whiskey r ... More >>

Ridiculous Bush-Era 'Liberty City Six' Case Just Won't Die

Change may have come to Washington but the Bush era in all its absurd, truth-defying glory is alive and well in Miami's federal courthouse.Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsMiami's federal courthouse, where the Bush era lives onThis morning, the third case kicked off against six Miami men who are accused of ... More >>

More Staff Cuts at The Herald

Well, this is just not good news for anyone. Bob Norman at the Pulp got a hold of a Miami Herald memo announcing that there's more cuts coming to the paper, very soon. Publisher David Landsberg blames a decrease in ad revenue due to the hard luck of many local retailers and auto dealers. No word on ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of January 29, 2009

"He's nothing but a corrupt criminal. Hopefully, God will change him when he's sitting in prison and realizes what he's done."

Local Politician Has This One Really Good Joke She Needs To Tell You

I know this is a little bit out of our coverage range, especially now that we have The Juice, but please forgive me, because I can't pass this up. Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter is involved in a bit of a scandal. As a state representative, she voted for legislation that benefited a frau ... More >>

Fun with Analogies: Charlie Crist and Anderson Cooper

Charlie Crist and Anderson Cooper have so much in common. They both have signature white, neatly kept hair. They both seem to have experience with unnatural tanning. Crist, though a Repubican, says he tries to keep his governing balanced and beyond party politics. Cooper, as a journalist, keep his o ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of December 11, 2008

"Anyone who lays out $6 million for a South Beach condo must be smoking some good stuff."

Letters from the Issue of November 20, 2008

"I would never tell them to their face that I voted yes on Amendment 2 in Florida to avoid the inevitable fallout."

Kimbo Slice Wants To Slap Bob Norman's Mouth

Last week New Times ran a story on the 14-second fall of Kimbo Slice and the death of EliteXC, entitled "MMA's Post-Kimbo Limbo" written by Bob Norman. The same piece ran in Norman's home paper, The Broward Palm Beach New Times, with the title "Kimbo Slice's a sissy: The fight that wasn't threaten ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of November 13, 2008

"I see it as a return to what journalism once was: small papers covering local areas with strong ideological slants."

Our Favorite Palin Mom Blogger On Anderson Cooper 360

Friday Night Newsroom Dump

More Thoughts On The Sentinel's Palin Mom Blog Story

Sun-Sentinel Shocker: People On The Internet Have Blogs

Herald and Sun-Sentinel Brawl It Out Blog Style

Herald Layoffs Detailed

Letters from the Issue of January 3, 2008

"It's unacceptable that Commissioner Rebeca Sosa refuses to take responsibility for what she's done."

Christmas Present from a Hooker Expert

BREAKING NEWS: Liberty City Seven Verdict -- Give up, Mukasey!

Anonymous Bloggers Suck

Letters from the Issue of November 29, 2007

"We need 100 more Patrick Williamses. I would cheerfully sign a petition for a statue in his name."

DeFede Was Hours From Death

Letters from the Issue of April 5, 2007

"300 has earned a spot in my ever-expanding gay porn collection."

Letters from the Issue of November 24, 2005

Horse shmorse: That Savin fellow ain’t too sabio

Letters from the Issue of September 1 , 2005

Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

Letters from the Issue of August 18, 2005

Dolphins squeaking, nurses freaking, readers shrieking

Letters from the Issue of November 1, 2001

The INS Owes Us an Explanation: But don't expect anything other than self-serving spin

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of October 25, 2001

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of May 18, 2000