The blog took a day off yesterday to celebrate the final day of the first International Cactus Weekend, but worry not, we have plenty of places left to go and many to revisit.
We have a very crucial issue to visit today, that of more unfortunate attempts to block a MUCH NEEDED AND CRUCIAL BRIDGE from being completed. I wrote about this issue, regarding the new international crossing, in this post. If you are unaware of the significance that Detroit has a trade corridor between not only Canada and the United States but also between Canada and Mexico, please take a look at that post.
Sadly, it seems that the Moroun family, the very same family that has been stalling completion of their contracted project to better link the Ambassador Bridge to Interstates 96 and 75, has managed to collect enough signatures to mount a petition against the progress made in making the second crossing a reality. Some people have already claimed that such signatures have been purchased:
http://buildthedricnow.com/2012/07/10/ambassador-bridge-owners-paid-millions-for-signatures-to-put-their-monopoly-protecting-proposal-on-the-ballot/
My opinion? This is not an unreasonable hypothesis. More trade passes on Detroit's Ambassador Bridge every year than does between the United States and nations such as Japan. It should therefore not come as a shock to us that Manuel Moroun would want to keep controlling as much of this trade as possible and try to force the issue.
We need this bridge. This bridge will enhance the local economy even further than the existing span already does. This bridge will cost American taxpayers nothing. This bridge is a joint effort between two very old allies, the United States and Canada, the latter of which, by the way, is not just some "foreign power" akin to Iran. Do not be fed by his misinformation.
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