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Maunderings of a media mogul

Posted on March 20, 2010 by hro50ta1

A play in one act By Joel Thurtell The hero of our new unillustrated, eponymous comic strip is the head of a once huge media company hard-hit by an economic recession. He is struggling with the same moral issues that … Continue reading →

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Questions for Mayor Bing

Posted on March 19, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell So hizzoner isn’t going to SELL Detroit’s Riverside Park to Matty. Maybe Matty doesn’t need to BUY the park to become its owner. If I recall correctly, Matty didn’t BUY the Michigan Central building. He acquired it … Continue reading →

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Riverside Park: No sale, after all?

Posted on March 19, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Mayor Bing is not — repeat NOT — working on a deal to sell Detroit’s Riverside Park to Matty. So I’m told after hearing the precise opposite from Mayor David Bing’s office earlier today. The mayoral spokeswoman … Continue reading →

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City may sell Riverside to Matty

Posted on March 19, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Riverside Park is in play. It could be sold to Matty. Mayor Bing is talking about selling the park to the owner of the Ambassador Bridge next door to the park. In my last post, I noted … Continue reading →

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Rumor mill again: Riverside Park for sale??

Posted on March 19, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Last year, I was hearing a rumor that the city was talking to Manuel “Matty” Moroun about selling the Grosse Pointe trucking tycoon part or all of Riverside Park so he could complete his cherished “twin,” a … Continue reading →

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Those Gannett sweeties

Posted on March 18, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell They’ve done it again. Honchos at America’s Number One Newspaper Chain surpassed themselves. I’m talking greed, of course. Who else does it as well as Gannett? Can you believe Gannett CEO Craig Dubow banked $4.7 million last … Continue reading →

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Offing and all that

Posted on March 17, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist Can’t live with em, can’t live without em. Right, Sophie? One way or another, we’re stuck with our two-leggers. For better or for worse. But dog, there are two-leggers and then there are two-leggers. Know … Continue reading →

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Leave the renmimbi alone!

Posted on March 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If you’d asked me a couple months ago to name the unit of Chinese currency, I’d have drawn a blank. It was all a big yuan. As near as I can tell, “renmimbi” and “yuan”can be used … Continue reading →

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At last, peace and quiet for JC

Posted on March 13, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell No question why Monica Conyers flunked the Michigan bar exam four times. The wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Democrat of Detroit, misbehaved so badly March 10, 2010 in U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn’s courtroom that you’d … Continue reading →

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Zenith’s one-of-a-kind ham receiver

Posted on March 12, 2010 by hro50ta1

Okay, folks, time to afflict you non-ham radio operators with some of my radio nostalgia. This story ran in November, 1998 QST: In the art world, when a “one of a kind” masterpiece surfaces, collectors battle for the right to … Continue reading →

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