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Tag Archives: Detroit
Warm praise for prevaricator
By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen Students! We are halfway through the coursework in this class, Deceptive Prevarication 101, and I would like to interrupt my lecture today so that we can reflect upon and admire one … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, journalism, Manuel Matty Moroun, mendacity
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Hey, Matty — your bridge is not a horn!
By Joel Thurtell I take back what I said about Matty’s lawyers. Please, Matty, do not — repeat DO NOT! — fire your team of excellent litigators. They are absolutely super jurists and deserve to be retained. Hope Matty believes … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, federal instrumentality, Manuel Matty Moroun
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The billionaire and the bait shop
By Joel Thurtell Don’t mess with a bait shop. That’s the lesson Matty Moroun, the billionaire trucking magnate and Ambassador Bridge owner, might take from the ruling Thursday, June 29, 2010, by U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland if he shuts … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, federal instrumentality, Manuel Matty Moroun
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Matty & the judge
Here is the ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland putting Matty Moroun’s claim of federal powers right where it belongs: In the garbage. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION COMMODITIES EXPORT COMPANY, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, JUdge Robert Cleland, Riverside Park
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Matty and the squeaky-greens
By Joel Thurtell The Sierra Club is crying foul. The Canada-based branch of the environmental group says the government-sponsored bridge, known as the Detroit River International Crossing, is ill-planned and unneeded. Ordinarily, a squeaky-green organization like Sierra would deserve great … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, environment, Manuel Matty Moroun
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Swell time
By Joel Thurtell Thank you, Curt Guyette, for your swell story about our little May 1, 2010 venture into the Detroit River by canoe from the Riverside Park boat launch.
Eat your heart out, Matty!
By Joel Thurtell We put a boat into the Detroit River at Riverside Park on Saturday afternoon, May 1, 2010. It felt great! Thanks to Matty Moroun, the billionaire owner of the nearby Ambassador Bridge, no boat had set forth … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures on the Rouge, Me & Matty
Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Manuel Matty Moroun, Riverside Park
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Patriotism and Matty
Michigan Gov. Granholm, who is both a Canadian and an American citizen, has offered to sell the Michigan border to Canada. Meanwhile, the governor has consistently caused red tape from the state of Michigan to prohibit an American company – … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Manuel Matty Moroun, Monopoly, patriotism
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Volunteers for Riverside
By Joel Thurtell Volunteer workers are needed to make improvements on Detroit’s Riverside Park. Matty Moroun’s fence — declared illegal by a Detroit judge — still surrounds part of the city’s Riverside Park, but the billionaire’s squatting won’t stop people … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Manuel Matty Moroun, Riverside Park
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New journalism award
By Joel Thurtell I’m having a tough time restraining my star columnist, Luke Warm, from having the first word on something I want to write about. Warm, the renowned Professor of Mendacity at the University of Munchausen, is so excited … Continue reading
Posted in Joel's J School, Me & Matty
Tagged Detroit, journalism, Manuel Matty Moroun, Michigan Messenger
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