Category Archives: People

What’s good for the goose,…

Posted on February 9, 2008 by admin

Ain’t so hot for the gander. Friday was Christine Beatty’s last day as Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s chief of staff. She resigned following the furor kicked up in the so-called text message scandal. Beatty had an affair with hizzoner and … Continue reading →

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Speaking of betrayal

Posted on February 8, 2008 by admin

Who’s signing Sharon McPhail’s pay check? City of Detroit? Who’s she working for? Kwame, right? She is Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s general counsel, according to the newspapers I read. Why should city taxpayers foot the bill to represent him? This whole … Continue reading →

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Just askin’

Posted on February 8, 2008 by admin

Wonder if Christine Beatty will flip. You know, the Detroit mayor’s recently resigned chief of staff who, according to published text messages, had an affair with hizzoner about which they both allegedly lied in court. AKA perjury. Now she’s charged … Continue reading →

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Sayings of Hank Fonde

Posted on February 7, 2008 by admin

Some people are just natural-born poets. One of those people was Hank Fonde, my father-in-law. Longtime University of Michigan football fans will remember Hank as a key player on the UM squad in the mid and late 1940s. He was … Continue reading →

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Schadengoogle and Kwame

Posted on January 31, 2008 by admin

Detroiters read some great journalism last week by Detroit Free Press reporters Jim Schaefer and Mike Elrick. The pair of journalistic sleuths pored over 14,000 text messages to produce their stories about how Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied under oath … Continue reading →

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Hoffa story re-runs

Posted on December 11, 2007 by admin

E Entertainment plans to run its piece with me pontificating on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa four more times. Dec. 12 at 8 p.m.Dec. 14 at 9 a.m.Dec. 15 at 1 p.m.  

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We are on E! Entertainment – Hoffa show

Posted on December 6, 2007 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Joelontheroad.com on E! Hoffa show What an odd coincidence that my blog should debut on Sunday, Dec. 9, the same day I’ll be appearing on E Entertainment’s show about the fate of Jimmy Hoffa, the late Detroit … Continue reading →

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