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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Kiss my deadline goodbye
By Joel Thurtell It was worth a try. Float the idea. Deadline for new bridge. Bully the guv into breaking ground before Matty’s November ballot proposal can confuse things. July 7, 2012. Right around the bend. Fait accompli. Up yers, … Continue reading
Posted in Me & Matty
Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, DRIC, Gov. Snyder, Manuel Matty Moroun
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Shock and paw
By Peppermint Patti Neither thing is something to brag about, Sophie. You ask how I felt. You have also asked, Sophie, why I did it. Well, scaring a lumbering lard-brain* up a tree leaves a dog feeling about the same … Continue reading
‘What Matty wants’
By Joel Thurtell Confused by all the mumbo-jumbo we’re hearing from Matty Moroun’s public relations whores? Here’s a simple suggestion for cutting through the crap. Whenever you see a statement from one of the billionaire Ambassador Bridge owner’s PR goons … Continue reading
Matty’s lawbook-totin’ goon
By Joel Thurtell Is there any sense trying to parse logic from an op-ed by a Matty Moroun henchman? I’m referring to the piece by Bob Sedler, who used to be on reporters’ short list of law professors to call … Continue reading
Posted in Me & Matty
Tagged Manuel Matty Moroun, objectivity, Robert Sedler, Wayne State University
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Insurance against Matty
By Joel Thurtell My July 7 deadline for breaking ground on the bridge at Detroit may not be needed. I wanted to forestall Matty Moroun and his threatened anti-government bridge ballot proposal by having construction underway by election time. Fait … Continue reading
Posted in Me & Matty
Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Canada, Detroit, Gov. Snyder, Manuel Matty Moroun
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Bridge deadline looms
By Joel Thurtell The July 7 deadline for Gov. Snyder and Canada to break ground for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor is roughly three weeks away. Will the combined governments of Canada, the United States, Michigan and Ontario … Continue reading
Posted in Me & Matty
Tagged Ambasador Bridge, Canada, Detroit, Gov, Manuel Matty Moroun, Snyder
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Matty loses a henchman
By Joel Thurtell Who says billionaires don’t make bad bets? According to the Detroit Free Press, Matty Moroun invested $44,000 in bribes, er, I mean, political contributions, to U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, fourth in line behind U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg … Continue reading
Posted in Me & Matty
Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Manual Matty Moroun, Thaddeus McCotter
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‘Fixing’ Matty
By Joel Thurtell The deadline for breaking ground on a new, government-sponsored bridge between Detroit and Windsor is little more than a month away. Will Gov. Snyder, the US and Canadian governments make it? Looks like a slam dunk to … Continue reading
Posted in Me & Matty
Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Gov. Snyder, Manuel Matty Moroun, New International Trade Crossing
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UM evades Michigan’s anti-racism law
By Joel Thurtell What do the felon Kwame Kilpatrick and the University of Michigan Alumni Association have in common? Both the disgraced Detroit mayor and the UM alum group have behaved tried to act as if the 2006 Michigan constitutional … Continue reading
Posted in Bad government, Racism and UM
Tagged diversity, Kwame Kilpatrick, Racism, University of Michigan
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