Tag Archives: Detroit

How many goons…

Posted on November 30, 2008 by admin

How many goons 10/15/08 [donation] By Joel Thurtell How many goons does it take to padlock a public boat launch? That was my question after visiting Detroit’s public Riverside Park on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. I’d heard that some vigilantes … Continue reading →

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Riverside boat launch liberated

Posted on November 30, 2008 by admin

Liberated – Riverside Park boat launch 10/09/08 [donation] By Joel Thurtell The padlocks have been cut. The boat launch at Riverside Park is open. That’s what Southwest Detroit activist Deb Sumner tells me. The bolt-cutters were hers. Five volunteers cut … Continue reading →

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Matty’s answer to me, slightly indirect

Posted on October 1, 2008 by admin

  By Joel Thurtell Here is Matty Moroun’s answer to my letter to him. He had his minion Dan Stamper send it to Deb Sumner, a leader in Southwest Detroit and frequent critic of Moroun. The letter: September 30, 2008 … Continue reading →

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Dear Matty,…

Posted on September 30, 2008 by admin

BYOW Bring Your Own Water to the softball game at 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at Riverview Extension Park in Detroit. Park is on 23rd Street a block south of Fort. Game is meant to assert public right to … Continue reading →

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Matty on my mind

Posted on September 26, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Now I know how Detroit Free Press editors must have felt when they saw how many website hits their bombshell Kwame Kilpatrick stories were igniting. Joelontheroad.com, with my story about being ejected from a public park … Continue reading →

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Please don’t look at these pictures!

Posted on September 24, 2008 by admin

      WANTED: True stories about Matty Moroun Were you kicked out of a city park by Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun’s goons? Please post your fond memories of Matty in my comment section. By Joel Thurtell Matty Moroun … Continue reading →

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Bing-O! He helped oust Kwame, now wants job

Posted on September 20, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Was I on the money, or what? Dave Bing, the Detroit businessman and onetime basketball star who pressured Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and Jennifer Granholm to remove Kwame Kilpatrick as mayor of Detroit, now wants … Continue reading →

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All my sins — and more

Posted on September 18, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Man, are my ears burning. A reader named “Ricky” really socked it to me in a pair of caustic comments last weekend. I’m still reeling. My sense of self is in total tumult. Don’t know where … Continue reading →

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How does newspaper redlining impact you?

Posted on September 7, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell We can all be forgiven, I think, for heaving a big sigh of relief Friday that the Kwame Kilpatrick perjury prosecution saga came to an end with the mayor’s guilty pleas and resignation. Now, it seemed, we … Continue reading →

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ACLU looks into Wayne court file snafu

Posted on August 25, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell The Detroit branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett to explain how the public can have access to files of the Wayne County Circuit Court. The court has been operating … Continue reading →

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