(Originally published 6/15/11)

I just found out that I made the “Best Of” list in the Miami New Times.  WOW!  How cool is that?  Your little ol’ worm digger won the “Best Gadfly – 2011″ Award.  The article is published here http://www.miaminewtimes.com/bestof/2011/award/best-gadfly-2827049/:

Best Gadfly – 2011

Stephanie Kienzle

How can you tell when your relentlessly pesky attacks on your small town’s leadership are hitting their mark? Here’s one surefire sign: When the mayor personally sends building inspectors to try to shut you up. That’s exactly what happened to Stephanie Kienzle, a furiously grouchy online critic of North Miami Beach Mayor Myron Rosner. From her feisty blog, votersopinion.com, Kienzle has waged an escalating war against Rosner — and gotten results with hundreds of posts blasting city hall. When she knocked Rosner for plastering his face on “Happy Holidays” signs around town months before campaign laws allowed electioneering, the Miami Herald picked up the case. When she trashed him for allegedly accepting free ad space from a city vendor, the Florida Election Commission opened an investigation. And when she whacked Rosner for spending hundreds of dollars on hotel stays in nearby Hollywood and downtown Miami, the mayor himself finally had enough. In February, Rosner retaliated, asking his building inspectors to check out “several violations” at Kienzle’s house. If his goal was to silence the legal secretary and 20-year North Miami Beach resident, Rosner struck out big time. The very next day, Miami’s best gadfly was back on her computer, blogging about Rosner’s crackdown and demanding his head. What a pain in the ass! (That’s a compliment, Stephanie.)

I had to look up “gadfly” in the dictionary.  According to the following definition that I found at freedictionary.com, aside from the actual insect, which bite or annoy livestock, a gadfly can also be: