Tag Archives: Manuel Matty Moroun

Matty’s last grasp?

Posted on March 24, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell You can say this about Matty: The guy does not give up. Even if his behavior puts him smack in the Land of Hypocrisy. The latest gambit of Manuel “Matty” Moroun in his long effort to build … Continue reading →

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Questions for Mayor Bing

Posted on March 19, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell So hizzoner isn’t going to SELL Detroit’s Riverside Park to Matty. Maybe Matty doesn’t need to BUY the park to become its owner. If I recall correctly, Matty didn’t BUY the Michigan Central building. He acquired it … Continue reading →

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City may sell Riverside to Matty

Posted on March 19, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Riverside Park is in play. It could be sold to Matty. Mayor Bing is talking about selling the park to the owner of the Ambassador Bridge next door to the park. In my last post, I noted … Continue reading →

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Eighteen stories deep

Posted on March 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

A Short Story By Joel Thurtell The Old Man sat slouched in a tall-backed leather chair. He looked across his glass-topped desk at an array of toys that usually took his mind off anything that might trouble an octogenarian trucking … Continue reading →

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Fair to poor

Posted on February 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Fair to poor. That’s what I think of the February 5, 2010 Detroit Free Press editorial about the need for a new bridge across the Detroit River. By the way, those are the same words an engineering firm, … Continue reading →

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Ka-ching! MT links $1.1 million from Matty to pols

Posted on January 28, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The more people look, the more they find Manuel “Matty” Moroun, Michigan’s billionaire bridge-owner, handing out money to politicians. Often, his family and employees are the givers, but the effect is the same — an attempt at … Continue reading →

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Matty & money, again

Posted on January 28, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The pixels were hardly dry on my recent post assigning kudos to The Detroit News for publicizing billionaire Matty Moroun’s largesse to key political and judicial people when reality arrived in the form of a corrective note … Continue reading →

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Best little political system Matty can buy

Posted on January 28, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Kudos to The Detroit News and reporter Tom Greenwood for their story today, January 28, 2010, about the influence-buying habits of billionaire Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun. According to the News, in the past decade, Matty … Continue reading →

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‘Deadline Now’ and the Ambassador

Posted on December 31, 2009 by hro50ta1

On December 18, 2009, WGTE-TV in Toledo aired a program called “Deadline Now” hosted by journalist Jack Lessenberry. The topic was the quest for a bridge, or rather, bridges, over the Detroit River. Guests were Gregg Ward, vice president of … Continue reading →

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Mattyville

Posted on November 24, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] They ought to call it “Mattyville.” A proper place name might help focus the brains of the “protesters” who were kicked out of a recent Windsor City Council meeting for failing to restrain their emotions about a … Continue reading →

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