From: Billionaire
To: Jailbird
Subject: Handbook for stealing public land
1. Hire all the lawyers.
2. Sue all governments.
3. Decide what we want.
4. Take it.
5. If somebody objects, sue.
6. Sue first, figure things out later.
We take what we want.
Court says “no”?
Sue some more.
If we want a city park, take it.
Somebody says we should guard park?
Show them what “guard” means.
Hire shotgun totin’ goon to harass and intimidate people in park.
Threaten, detain, show shotgun on front seat of goon’s truck.
Scare people out of park.
If they don’t scare, kick them out.
Have lawyers tell judge: Nobody uses park.
Give park to us for free.
How I got to be billionaire.
Play 9/11 card.
We need park for security.
Somebody might bomb our bridge.
People are scared of terrorists.
Terror is us.
Tell judge we need park to safeguard bridge.
(Don’t tell ’em we really want park to site new bridge.)
Put up fence on park.
Make phony “Homeland Security” signs. Hang from fence.
Don’t say no fences on Canadian side of our bridge means our claim = bull.
Don’t mention there’s no fence even on opposite side our bridge in U.S. where we don’t need land for new bridge.
Security = smoke screen.
What we really want: City land for free for new bridge.
How I got to be billionaire.
Executive summary:
Harass, bully, intimidate, deceive, deny, never admit defeat.
Sue, sue, sue, no matter the cost.
Let them know:
I am Bridge Man.
Bridge Man not right, but Bridge Man always fight.
Hey, Joel, we’ve missed you, because we can’t tell the players (and lawyers) without a scorecard.
How about putting out a comic book about Bridge Man? Each issue could focus on one of Bridge Man’s properties.
The bridge.
The duty-free complex (with its fuel tanks).
The Michigan Central depot
Detroit Port Authority Docklands (operating rights for 90 years)
Derelict warehouses
Boarded up houses in Windsor neighborhoods Bridge Man has slummified
More than 600 properties and parcels of land in Detroit/Wayne County (MM is the third biggest property owner in Detroit, and the second biggest in Michigan (behind only the state).
The comic book series could go on indefinitely, since Moroun, on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest men, owns properties and businesses across the globe, including nursing homes, and insurance, trucking, and real estate companies.
This is off topic here but your like to the Shoestring Reporter has been hijacked it seems. The hijacker is very proud of his crime!
Back on topic, Moroun’s thumb is perpetually attached to his nose for the courts, making a mockery of the justice system in Detroit appears to be his most important legacy!!
sorry about the typo, should have been “link” not “like”