Tag Archives: Detroit

The Matty warranty

By Joel Thurtell Detroit’s City Council is getting lots of pressure to approve Mayor Duggan’s deal to dice up Riverside Park for the billionaire Matty Moroun. People with no stake in the outcome of this issue are urging council to … Continue reading

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Professor mayor

By Joel Thurtell Butch Hollowell, Mike Duggan’s mouthpiece, claims there was nothing to hide in his private emails to minions of Matty Moroun last spring as city officials cut the land swap deal involving Detroit’s Riverside Park. If there was … Continue reading

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Did beaver ever leave Detroit?

By Joel Thurtell If you believe the Detroit Free Press, beaver were trapped to extinction in the Detroit area, and “then industrial pollution in the mid-20th Century made the Detroit River too toxic for beaver and many other species to … Continue reading

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Thank you, Jack!

By Joel Thurtell I’ve been very slow to acknowledge these kind words from Metro Times columnist Jack Lessenberry on June 20, 2012: The bridge to somewhere: You just had to be happy last week when Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper … Continue reading

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Me & Jimmy

By Joel Thurtell Joelontheroad.com had its debut on Sunday, December 9, 2007, the same day I was featured on E! Entertainment as an “expert” on labor history and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa on E! Hoffa show. Two years later, … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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