Tag Archives: Manuel Matty Moroun

Will Matty show?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Wanta put on a play —  cheap? You can blow a lot of money in theater. But there’s a stage for hire at 2 Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Real cheap. For $150 — a hundred fifty smackers! … Continue reading →

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A bridge too far — my shopping mall

Posted on January 11, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Doggonit! There goes my plan for a shopping mall on Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge. The Michigan Court of Appeals put my hopes on the skids with its ruling January 10, 2012, that billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun must show … Continue reading →

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Lowell’s Ponte Vecchio

Posted on January 5, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The bridge that spans the Flat River at Lowell is easily more than a century old. It’s a model and a cautionary tale for me in my quest to turn my recently-acquired property — the Ambassador Bridge … Continue reading →

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My plan for the bridge

Posted on January 4, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell At last, Matty Moroun admits he doesn’t own the Ambassador Bridge. Some legal-minded people no doubt will claim that Matty is posing, that the holding company that supposedly owns the bridge is really a puppet controlled by … Continue reading →

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Will the real Matty please stand up?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Matty Moroun JOTR Guest Columnist Finally, I get a chance to air my views in an independent forum untouched by greed or special interest. In other words, untouched by me! Ha-ha! Just kidding. As you can see, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Hope for Delray

Posted on December 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Four years ago, I retired from my job as a reporter with the Detroit Free Press. One of the last stories I wrote for the Free Press was about a seemingly hopeless community in Southwest Detroit known … Continue reading →

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Warm warns Newt: Social Security a bomb

Posted on November 22, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen It has been very difficult for me to remain on track for this semester’s lecture series on “Deceit, Deception, Duplicity and Backstabbing in the Newsroom and Beyond.” Wonderful things have happened … Continue reading →

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Just build it!

Posted on November 21, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Well, now it must be official: The Detroit Free Press reports that Gov. Rick Snyder is mulling whether to build a new bridge between the U.S. and Canada without the Legislature’s approval. Isn’t bypassing the Legislature just … Continue reading →

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Bridge ‘logic’

Posted on November 19, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The Occupy Wall Street people got the boot. After a scant few weeks taking over a privately-run public park, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said enough was enough. Out you go. Can’t steal a public park. Ditto … Continue reading →

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Me, Matty & Huffington Post

Posted on November 18, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I was urged to post a comment about Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s excellent essay about Matty Moroun in the Huffington Post. I did, but wanted to share the full text of my comment with JOTR readers. Here … Continue reading →

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