By Joel Thurtell
Gotta hand it to Matty — he’s one sharp cookie.
The genius of the Ambassador Bridge — oops! — Sorry, I forgot — Matty doesn’t really own the bridge.
Well, anyway, it looks like he’s concocted a heads-he-wins-tails-he wins deal when it comes to a new international bridge in Detroit.
According to Gongwer News Service, Gov. Rick Snyder is looking into ways of building a new international bridge at Detroit without legislative approval, and one of those work-arounds could be having the New International Trade Crossing built by the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority.
Which is an obscure way of saying the new bridge would be controlled by the same person who owns the only international bridge now in operation between Detroit and Windsor.
Namely, Matty Moroun.
The port authority may use the names of Detroit and Wayne County, but it’s controlled by Matty.
Pretty neat, huh?
After all the hoopla about getting out from under Matty’s thumb, the big job goes to Matty.
Could be that Gongwer is all wet.
But if the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority is on the radar, then the new bridge could be Matty’s, after all.
According to Gongwer, Volume #51, Report #1, Article #3, Tuesday, January 3, 2012, “Exactly what option the (Snyder) administration might pursue is unclear at this point. The options said by one source to have been under closest review are, in no particular order, an intergovernmental agreement between Canada and public entities in Michigan, using the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority or turning the project over to the federal government.”
If that is the choice, then there is no choice:
Let the feds build the bridge!
The port authority is a hen house owned by Matty.
