Author Archives: hro50ta1

Cider man

Posted on February 9, 2011 by hro50ta1

The bullies who run Michigan’s Oakland Township don’t want you to know that the man they’ve hectored and portrayed as a wily scofflaw is in fact an honest businessman filling several important roles in his community. Here, reprinted with permission … Continue reading →

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Hassling the cider man

Posted on February 9, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell It’s hard to imagine how a little cider mill operating in a rural setting in northern Oakland County, Michigan, could threaten the elected officials of Oakland Township. Yet the township board of Oakland Township has dragged Rochester … Continue reading →

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Bridge manual

Posted on February 2, 2011 by hro50ta1

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 … Continue reading →

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WOW!

Posted on January 19, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Pinch me. Is this real? My wife and I are on the road. We’re staying in Pennsylvania tonight. After dinner, we went to a hilarious movie. While watching “Little Fockers,” my cell phone began to buzz. I … Continue reading →

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Hijacking a sewer

Posted on January 19, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Nepotism, cronyism, self-dealing, insider-trading. The every-day workings of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department? Surprise. Those pejorative adjectives were applied to a sewerage operation that was uniquely a suburban creation. I’m thinking of the Western Townships Utilities … Continue reading →

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Guns in Canada

Posted on January 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

Seems timely, with all the carnage in Arizona, to re-run my October 2, 2010 column about Canada’s firearms law: By Joel Thurtell Watch out, NRA. My PAL’s gonna get you. Before I tell you about my PAL, though, I’d like … Continue reading →

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Private eye

Posted on January 13, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR columnist The art of detection, Sophie, is the knack for finding things before anyone else. Smelling, hearing. seeing — we dogs are the best detectives known to the two-legger class. Which is why they’re telling me … Continue reading →

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Satire

Posted on January 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell My apologies to Jeff T. Wattrick. Readers have commented that I mistook his spoof on Ambassador Bridge president Dan Stamper for a straight opinion piece. According to one commenter, I missed 30 jokes in the Wattrick piece. … Continue reading →

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Dan, Dan, the martyr man

Posted on January 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Does anybody know Jeff T. Wattrick? Somebody should tell him an idiot is blogging under his name. I can’t believe a person with intelligence would equate a flunky like Ambassador Bridge honcho Dan Stamper with luminaries like … Continue reading →

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Out of jail, Stamper defiant

Posted on January 11, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Maybe the judge realized, after reading my JOTR column yesterday, that he’d jailed the wrong jackass. That’s the only reason I can see why Wayne County Circuit Judge Prentis Edwards freed Stamper after the Ambassador Bridge president … Continue reading →

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