Category Archives: Me & Matty

Handbook for Liars

Posted on October 1, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm, D.M. Professor of Mendacity, University of Munchausen This is the first lecture in my series on the integrity of dishonesty. As there is honor among thieves, so there should be upstandingness among liars. Gresham’s Law applies to liars: … Continue reading →

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Matty’s muzzle

Posted on September 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Finally, someone besides JOTR and National Public Radio is worried about billionaire Manuel “Maty” Moroun’s penchant for storing explosives under his Ambassador Bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada by way of Detroit and Windsor.   Last year, … Continue reading →

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Matty’s bomb

Posted on September 29, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The owner of the Ambassador Bridge has filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit against the Federal Highway Administration seeking to prevent public disclosure of a 2007 safety and condition inspection report of the span, saying the report’s … Continue reading →

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Advice for Dan

Posted on September 26, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I caught Ambassador bridge president Dan Stamper’s weird performance Friday, September 25, 2009 on WXYZ-TV-Channel 7. I have some advice for Dan: Prepare for these media interviews: Read joelontheroad.com. Channel 7 reporter Heather Catallo noted that bridge owner … Continue reading →

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Matty: Still squattin’ on Riverside Park

Posted on September 22, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell A year ago today, I went looking for the public boat launch at Detroit’s Riverside Park and was run out of the park by a shotgun-totin’ goon employed by Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun. It soon … Continue reading →

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Matty & the Reds (herring, that is)

Posted on June 24, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Matty’s bait has a rotten smell, and I don’t plan to chew on it. That’s why you won’t read joelontheroad fussing over Matty’s lawsuit claiming a proposed government-owned alternative to his private Ambassador bridge is racially discriminatory. … Continue reading →

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Playing Matty’s game

Posted on May 14, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell That fence that popped up last weekend at Detroit’s Riverside Park extension was not, as some thought, the doing of billionaire Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun. Apologies to Matty. The latest fence was the handiwork of … Continue reading →

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More of Matty’s hijinks?

Posted on May 9, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I couldn’t march with the anti-Matty brigade today in support of the 23rd Street Bait Shop and Riverside Park, but a JOTR correspondent sent me a report on what marchers saw at the park extension, part of … Continue reading →

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Marching for bait

Posted on May 8, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell At the same time Matty’s trying to shaft the people of Detroit out of their Riverside Park so he can build a second Ambassador Bridge, the Mogul of Grosse Pointe, aka Troll Under the Bridge, is hassling … Continue reading →

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Matty: Still squatting on Riverside Park

Posted on May 6, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Not much happened in Wednesday’s (May 6, 2009) Detroit 36th District Court hearing into the city’s attempt to evict billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun and his Detroit International Bridge Co., aka “Ambassador Bridge,” from publicly-owned Riverside Park. Oh … Continue reading →

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