Comments on: City manager warns of pending layoff if no contract concessions http://www.hamtramckreview.com/2009/11/city-manager-warns-of-pending-layoff-if-no-contract-concessions/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:02:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Roger http://www.hamtramckreview.com/2009/11/city-manager-warns-of-pending-layoff-if-no-contract-concessions/comment-page-1/#comment-13804 Roger Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:53:07 +0000 http://www.hamtramckreview.com/?p=700#comment-13804 (cue patriotic music) Yes we cant afford to pay the cops we have but, in all fairness, we cant afford to lose them either. People, we are barely keeping ahead of the wreckage around us called detroit, residents of hamtramck that are here for the long run do so only because they feel safer here than in detroit. between volunteers on the streets, speed patrols, very fast response times and neighborhood watches, we have managed to keep crime at an estimated 50% of detroits levels if you check the various reports. sure city, police and fire make up a huge portion of the budget, but thats not because its an inflated expense, its because thats what is necessary to keep our children and neighborhoods safe. Sure we have some blight, some abandoned homes, but mainly thats from families that simply cannot afford to keep a home being forced to choose anything that is better than the streets, even if it is temporary. and when it comes to pointing fingers and laying blame, please, feel free to do so, because somewhere in that chaos is the truth, and if we have to debate and do fact finding to see what the truth is then its worth it. We are a great country because people like researcher, the cherrys, rh, and others have the right to debate in the streets and be heard. remember if every hamtramck citizen donated just $3 a year, barely a penny a day, it would support the pay of an officer. brother can you spare a dime? (cue patriotic music)
Yes we cant afford to pay the cops we have but, in all fairness, we cant afford to lose them either. People, we are barely keeping ahead of the wreckage around us called detroit, residents of hamtramck that are here for the long run do so only because they feel safer here than in detroit. between volunteers on the streets, speed patrols, very fast response times and neighborhood watches, we have managed to keep crime at an estimated 50% of detroits levels if you check the various reports.

sure city, police and fire make up a huge portion of the budget, but thats not because its an inflated expense, its because thats what is necessary to keep our children and neighborhoods safe. Sure we have some blight, some abandoned homes, but mainly thats from families that simply cannot afford to keep a home being forced to choose anything that is better than the streets, even if it is temporary.

and when it comes to pointing fingers and laying blame, please, feel free to do so, because somewhere in that chaos is the truth, and if we have to debate and do fact finding to see what the truth is then its worth it. We are a great country because people like researcher, the cherrys, rh, and others have the right to debate in the streets and be heard.

remember if every hamtramck citizen donated just $3 a year, barely a penny a day, it would support the pay of an officer.

brother can you spare a dime?

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