Category Archives: Me & Matty

The billionaire and the bait shop

Posted on June 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Don’t mess with a bait shop. That’s the lesson Matty Moroun, the billionaire trucking magnate and Ambassador Bridge owner, might take from the ruling Thursday, June 29, 2010, by U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland if he shuts … Continue reading →

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Matty & the judge

Posted on June 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

Here is the ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland putting Matty Moroun’s claim of federal powers right where it belongs: In the garbage. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION COMMODITIES EXPORT COMPANY, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, … Continue reading →

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Protecting Public Parks

Posted on June 23, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Today, which is to say June 23, 2010, there will be a session of the U.S. Social Forum aimed at discussing a hot issue around the country — protecting public paraks from greedy private developerse. The session … Continue reading →

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I’m ‘yellow’! No, I’m ‘red’!

Posted on June 13, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell It’s an idictment meant to unsettle the nerves of any correct-thinking Journalist: I’ve been charged with Yellow Journalism. My accuser — whom I don’t know — sent me an e-mail under the subject heading “Manny Maroun”: Joel, … Continue reading →

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Matty and the squeaky-greens

Posted on May 21, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The Sierra Club is crying foul. The Canada-based branch of the environmental group says the government-sponsored bridge, known as the Detroit River International Crossing, is ill-planned and unneeded. Ordinarily, a squeaky-green organization like Sierra would deserve great … Continue reading →

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Swell time

Posted on May 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Thank you, Curt Guyette, for your swell story about our little May 1, 2010 venture into the Detroit River by canoe from the Riverside Park boat launch.

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Matty Moroun, American

Posted on May 3, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Recently, I wrote that Manuel “Matty” Moroun came from the Middle East. A reader pointed out that Matty himself told an interviewer he was born right in Detroit on June 5, 1927. Here is how he described … Continue reading →

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Eat your heart out, Matty!

Posted on May 2, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell We put a boat into the Detroit River at Riverside Park on Saturday afternoon, May 1, 2010. It felt great! Thanks to Matty Moroun, the billionaire owner of the nearby Ambassador Bridge, no boat had set forth … Continue reading →

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Patriotism and Matty

Posted on May 1, 2010 by hro50ta1

Michigan Gov. Granholm, who is both a Canadian and an American citizen, has offered to sell the Michigan border to Canada. Meanwhile, the governor has consistently caused red tape from the state of Michigan to prohibit an American company – … Continue reading →

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Volunteers for Riverside

Posted on April 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Volunteer workers are needed to make improvements on Detroit’s Riverside Park. Matty Moroun’s fence — declared illegal by a Detroit judge — still surrounds part of the city’s Riverside Park, but the billionaire’s squatting won’t stop people … Continue reading →

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