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My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and
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, Trevor Aaronson, Ashley Harrell, Miche Ratto, and, of course,
the current editors Deirdra Funcheon and Eric Barton — among many
others.
I promoted Bob to columnist more years ago than I care
to remember. He kicked ass, winning a Livingston Award for Young
Journalists by writing about bad immigration practices and the 9/11
bombers. Better than any journalist in America, he chronicled the
decline of American newspapers in the last decade.
When it came to writing about Bernie Madoff and the gutter scum that was
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, no one did it better.
And hey,
Bob nailed more Broward politicians as a New Times columnist than I can
count. There were several mayors, a passel of commissioners, and a very
short sheriff, just to name a few. All of those miscreants who now sit
in jail… including members of a school board labeled as corrupt, can
thank the Norman-meister for their fate. Or maybe we regular citizens
should thank the guy.
In any case. I am gonna miss Bob. Actually,
I look forward to competing with him for stories. My buddy has now
become a worthy opponent.
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