On December 18, 2009, WGTE-TV in Toledo aired a program called “Deadline Now” hosted by journalist Jack Lessenberry.
The topic was the quest for a bridge, or rather, bridges, over the Detroit River.
Guests were Gregg Ward, vice president of the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry, and yours truly.
The Detroit International Bridge Company and its owner, billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun, declined to supply a commentator.
WGTE has posted the show on the Internet.
Hope all Joel’s blog readers watch the video of the program (it’s about 27 minutes, but worth every minute).
Sorry that an Ambasssador Bridge representative didn’t accept host Lessenberry’s invitation to appear, but both guests were excellent and host Lessenberry’s knowledge of the subject enabled him to ask pertinent questions. Thurtell, Ward and Lessenberry, plus Windsor Star’s Dave Battagello, and Metro Times’ Curt Guyette, keep on top of bridge events and keep the public informed of what’s going on — which we need to know. As guest Gregg Ward said, a new government bridge would give this area 20,000 new jobs — and Heaven knows we need them!
Check out http://windsorcityon.blogspot.com/ for a different perspective.
All the people mentioned by Fiona are anti-Ambassador Bridge Company.
Lessenberry’s comment at the end re “competition” was fascinating. Doesn’t he know that “private” P3 operators are monopolists who want to protect their rate of return from competition! That’s who the 4 Governments want to run the border for up to 99 years! Ridiculous.