Category Archives: Me & Matty

How ’bout Matty in cuffs?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The wrong jackass went to jail. Now, don’t misunderstand: I’m happy Wayne Circuit Judge Prentis Edwards sent Ambassador Bridge president Dan Stamper to jail for contempt of court. It’s about time the Detroit International Bridge Co. were … Continue reading →

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Passing gas with Matty

Posted on December 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell So this is how it ends. Matty Moroun — with help from his bought-and-paid-for politician friends — kills the Detroit River International Bridge project and any hope for a safe, efficient, well-cared-for and accountable international bridge at … Continue reading →

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Matty to the slammer!

Posted on December 12, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Channel 7 reports that a Wayne County circuit judge could fine and imprison Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge. Stamper is known to Detroiters mainly as the consummate bullshit artist who tries … Continue reading →

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Me & Matty & Fox 2

Posted on December 11, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Bill Gallagher of Fox 2 stopped by Plymouth a few days ago and we chatted about Matty Moroun alongside the city’s picturesque Kellogg Park. Later in the day, Fox 2 aired parts of our interview: I seemed … Continue reading →

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Seize the bridge!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The Windsor Star has called on Canadian governments to nationalize the privately-owned Ambassador Bridge linking the U.S. and Canada. About time somebody took this idea seriously. Besides me. Back on May 14, 2009, I argued that governments, … Continue reading →

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Floatin’ bull

Posted on September 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Walker Punt JOTR dramatist A play in three acts ACT ONE Scene: Impressario Bridge board room. Puppy Dog bounces in and spots The Old Man slumped in an overstuffed leather chair. A large scale model of a suspension bridge … Continue reading →

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Parsley, sage, rosemary and journalism

Posted on July 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell There’s a lot of yackity-yack from traditional journalists about how bloggers don’t adhere to the same high standards as our morally superior print cousins. In this exalted view, practitioners of the old format — for example, newspapers … Continue reading →

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Unconstitutional = whatever bugs Matty

Posted on July 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Spike Kopee JOTR Copy Editor Normally, we copy editors like to stay anonymous. We glower under our green eye shades, slash the copy of hireling writers and toss insults at those reporters brave enough to object to the lavish … Continue reading →

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Warm praise for prevaricator

Posted on July 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen Students! We are halfway through the coursework in this class, Deceptive Prevarication 101, and I would like to interrupt my lecture today so that we can reflect upon and admire one … Continue reading →

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Hey, Matty — your bridge is not a horn!

Posted on July 1, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I take back what I said about Matty’s lawyers. Please, Matty, do not — repeat DO NOT! — fire your team of excellent litigators. They are absolutely super jurists and deserve to be retained. Hope Matty believes … Continue reading →

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