Tag Archives: Ambassador Bridge

The Matty warranty

Posted on July 25, 2015 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Detroit’s City Council is getting lots of pressure to approve Mayor Duggan’s deal to dice up Riverside Park for the billionaire Matty Moroun. People with no stake in the outcome of this issue are urging council to … Continue reading →

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The lie under Matty’s ‘Twin’

Posted on February 14, 2014 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m tired of writing that Matty Moroun can’t build his much-ballyhooed twin to the Ambassador Bridge. By now, you’d think reporters would know that the city of Detroit owns the land on the US side of the Detroit … Continue reading →

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Daily Show skewers Matty

Posted on January 10, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Poor Matty Moroun. The billionaire Ambassador Bridge owner just can’t get no respect. The latest brine was poured onto his wounds by Al Madrigal of The Daily Show. Thank you, Jon Stewart!

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Don’t count Matty out

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin

Do you think the bully billionaire of Grosse Pointe’s dream of holding onto his international bridge monopoly is dead? That just because 60 percent of voters torpedoed his Prop 6 attempt at patenting his Ambassador Bridge in the Michigan Constitution, … Continue reading →

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Matty & UAW in bed???

Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin

By Joel Thurtell How can this be true? Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun hustling the UAW in a swap of support, Matty pumping millions into the unions’ November 6 constitutional amendment Proposal 2 making immutable workers’ right to unions for … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Jack!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’ve been very slow to acknowledge these kind words from Metro Times columnist Jack Lessenberry on June 20, 2012: The bridge to somewhere: You just had to be happy last week when Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper … Continue reading →

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Kiss my deadline goodbye

Posted on June 29, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell It was worth a try. Float the idea. Deadline for new bridge. Bully the guv into breaking ground before Matty’s November ballot proposal can confuse things. July 7, 2012. Right around the bend. Fait accompli. Up yers, … Continue reading →

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‘What Matty wants’

Posted on June 23, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Confused by all the mumbo-jumbo we’re hearing from Matty Moroun’s public relations whores? Here’s a simple suggestion for cutting through the crap. Whenever you see a statement from one of the billionaire Ambassador Bridge owner’s PR goons … Continue reading →

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Insurance against Matty

Posted on June 18, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell My July 7 deadline for breaking ground on the bridge at Detroit may not be needed. I wanted to forestall Matty Moroun and his threatened anti-government bridge ballot proposal by having construction underway by election time. Fait … Continue reading →

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Matty loses a henchman

Posted on June 6, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Who says billionaires don’t make bad bets? According to the Detroit Free Press, Matty Moroun invested $44,000 in bribes, er, I mean, political contributions, to U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, fourth in line behind U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg … Continue reading →

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