By Joel Thurtell
Is there any sense trying to parse logic from an op-ed by a Matty Moroun henchman?
I’m referring to the piece by Bob Sedler, who used to be on reporters’ short list of law professors to call about constitutional questions.
Sedler wasted his credibility with journalists when he started endorsing Matty’s checks.
He’s a Wayne State University law prof.
Normally, you’d expect independence from a prof.
Wouldn’t you?
Am I being naive to think that a teacher on the public payroll ought to assume some degree of objectivity?
Hard to do when you bank Matty’s money.
So it’s no surprise that Sedler attacks the agreement between Gov. Snyder and Canada as being contrary to the Michigan Constitution.
That’s what he’s paid to write.
Too bad for Wayne State — Sedler trashes the university’s credibility when he hires out to Matty.
I’d just laugh it off, except for one statement in Sedler’s Detroit Free Press opinion column:
According to Sedler, “The Legislature must adopt laws concerning the maintenance and replacement of Michigan’s portion of the bridge, as well as laws concerning Michigan’s liability for injuries on the bridge, for the transport of hazardous materials and a myriad of other issues that only the Legislature can resolve.”
That is an amazing remark coming from a Moroun hireling.
“Hazardous materials”?
Sedler must not have shown his article to Matty.
He may be a billionaire, but he’s not dumb.
He knows a faux pas when he sees it.
Once again, Free Press editors must have been snoozing, too.
Hazardous materials are not permitted on Matty’s rival Ambassador Bridge.
That’s why there’s a Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry owned and operated independently of Matty Moroun.
To carry hazardous materials by barge across the Detroit River because they are not allowed on Matty’s bridge that was built for Model T cars.
Not a subject Matty would want aired.
And “laws concerning the maintenance and replacement of” the bridge?
Matty doesn’t allow state inspectors on his bridge.
Where has the Legislature been on regulating this ancient bridge?
In Matty’s pocket, taking his money the same as Professor Sedler.
Without thinking, Sedler makes a case for a new bridge that is not only maintained but regulated by government, unlike Matty’s outlaw span.
A bridge that can transport hazardous materials so they don’t have to cross the international border by boat.
A bridge that can be inspected by credible inspectors and not ones hired by the owner, Matty Moroun.
Really, is anybody reading Sedler’s stuff before it hits the presses?
Quick, Matty — stop payment on his check.
He did you no service.
