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Tag Archives: Rouge
‘Freedom of information,’ except…
By Joel Thurtell After all the hoopla about the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News’ battle to open more of the Kwamegate text messages to public view, I wanted to learn what the legal issues were. So I headed for … Continue reading
Posted in Bad government, Kwamegate
Tagged access to information, Add new tag, Coleman A. Young Building, common law, Detroit, Franz Kafka, Freedom of Information, hidden files, judges, Kwamegate, Len Niehoff, lightning, Michigan Constitution, Newspapers, openness, pollution, records, reporter, reporters, Rouge, s, secrecy, secret, The Trial, trial, University of Michigan Law School, Wayne County Circuit Court
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Joel on the road — but the roadmap has changed
By Joel Thurtell I’m on vacation, folks. Pecking away at my laptop in a Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario motel. It’s August 2, and I have fresh columns through August 6. Oh-oh. I promised I’d post something new every day. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Bloggery, future of newspapers
Tagged blog, blogging, Boat, Boats, buyout, buyouts, Christmas, church, creativity, David Crumm, Detroit, Downriver, Gannett, journalism, Kelly Rinne, managers, muskrat, muskrat cook, Plymouth, readthespirit.com, retirement, Rouge, soundque.com
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Sagging pants bumps UP THE ROUGE!
By Joel Thurtell Leonard Slatkin got squeezed, but we got bumped. WDET-FM 101.9 found time for the new Detroit Symphony Orchestra director before the station’s 10-12 a.m. “Detroit Today” program ended at noon Monday. Porbably made a difference that we … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures on the Rouge, Lakes and streams, People, Places
Tagged Adventures on the Rouge, canoe, canoe trip, Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, DSO, Flint police, Flint police chief, Leonard Slatkin, radio, radio station, Rouge, sagging pants, talk show, UP THE ROUGE!, Wayne State University Press, WDET-FM
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UP THE ROUGE! on WDET-FM 101.9
By Joel Thurtell I’m told that WDET-FM at 101.9 megahertz will feature the book co-authored by me and Patricia Beck sometime between 10-12 a.m. today, Monday, July 28, 2008. The feature was created by Chris Mccarus, producer of Michigan Now … Continue reading
Brooks barges in
By Joel Thurtell Where were Bob and Kwame? The scene couldn’t have been more Detroit, more Wayne County: I’m standing on a barge docked at the mouth of the Rouge River opposite Zug Island. The huge black blast furnaces of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures on the Rouge, People, Places
Tagged Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, Kwamegate, L. Brooks Patterson, mayor, Oakland County, Republicans, Robert Ficano, Rouge, Wayne County
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Joel’s water taxi
I’m so embarrassed. I can’t believe I did this. I should go hide somewhere. But instead, blogger that I am, I feel compelled to confess. Publicly, digitally, electronically. The deed I perpetrated cannot be undone. Here it is in a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures on the Rouge, Places, retirement
Tagged Boats, Rouge, Up the Rouge! book
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