Can you cite where Matty proclaimed himself to be a Caesar? I have never read such a quote or heard of him making a grandiose (or delusional) statement.

As a former employee of Matty’s at the bridge, I’m with you on this one. I also wanted to mention that I was out in my 16 foot boat about 3 weeks ago (actually on 9/11 now that I think about it) and I went up into the slip where the boat launch used to be. DIB (Detroit Intl. Bridge Co.) security flipped out and they were calling the mailboat on the vhf radio, etc. etc. about me going into the slip, turning around, and leaving…Westcott didn’t answer right away, so apparently they sent the border patrol out and they showed up at the mailboat with 2 cars full of agents. Now, what is in that boat launch that is so harmful to the bridge. I understand wanted to protect the anchorages where the cable anchor into and even possibly the pier structures, but this is out of hand.

As for Severstal, I have mixed feelings about that. The federally navigable waterway is only up into the turning basin. The slip where the ships unload was built by Ford and is not part of the channel, so I do believe, contrary to what the Coast Guard said, that they do have rights inside the slip, but NOT in the turning basin…

For the record, I have been a professional mariner for the last 23 years.

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I don’t think you, Dan, want to go there, attempting to defend how the Ambassador Bridge Co. has behaved over the last 25+ yrs. I know what the company (that writes your paycheck) has done to our SWD Community and not done for our SWD Community and City. If I took the time to compile all of the unjust, deceitful, and destructive activities of the company you work for and defend, it would be shamefully revealing and you would find yourself spending more time than I trying to defend a company that you could not possibly begin to repair the damage of it’s reputation or it’s owner’s reputation, Manual Maroun.

You may not have been around in the company you for example when Eddie Robinson worked for Maroun back 25+ yrs. ago. He was in prison prior to working for Maroun for land fraud. Mayor Coleman Young who was college buddies with Maroun sent out notices on City of Detroit Letterhead that were scare tactic letters of impending City Condemnation to our community homeowners on WGB, 25th St., 24th St., 23rd St. and beyond. Then a real estate company in the Ambassador Bridge’s disguise named Mexicantown Real Estate went door to door making offers and purchased those homes.

After some of those owners moved out of their homes they left their neighbors and years of memories behind. The Bridge Co. did not take responsibility for the dwellings they purchased. Each and every one of those empty homes were stripped and then conveniently, set on fire. Each and every one of them thus, became burnt out hulks and less costly for the Bridge Co. to demo. This scare tactic was used over and over again, causing the next-door, occupied homeowners to become absolutely terrified, and caused their property values to plummet.

Mr. Maroun’s greed and hunger to monopolize our community’s land and destroy the fabric of our community continues today in many, many ways. The Ambassador Bridge Co. is in the top 10 list for the Hall of Shame when it comes to Companies in the City of Detroit and SWD! The litany of your company’s wicked deeds and lies are boundless and I could go on but I don’t want to waste my time.

Maroun should seriously reconsider the Legacy he was contemplating accomplishing a few years back when Doug McIntosh, Detroit Architect who once was working on interior design on Manny’s home in Grosse Pointe Shores. It was Doug who sparked a glimpse of light onto the subject of the old Michigan Central Train Station and kept asking Manny, “What will be your legacy”? Ask Mr. Maroun if he wants to be remembered as the callous, deceitful, troll under the bridge or the billionaire that finally did something extremely positive and unforgettable by transforming and renovating the most historic, visible structure in our City, where many of our forefathers came to America. They came to find a better way for their families, to build our great City, to prosper, to lead with integrity, to work and achieve their American Dream.
Sincerely, Deb Sumner

SOME bridges do prohibit or put restrictions on hazmat loads (such as requiring an escort). http://www.michigan.gov/documents/V04N02_108264_7.pdf Shows the regulations for Michigan. So, saying hazmat loads aren’t allowed on any bridge (and I’m ASSuming you meant border crossing bridges) is as wrong as the scumbag allowing prohibited hazmat categories to cross.