Micromanage, or step away from solving the city’s financial problems? That seemed to be the two conflicting thoughts influencing the city counci During a two-hour council work session last week, councilmembers conceded that their hands are tied in solving the city’s financial problem, but then moments later dived headfirst into a line-by-line review [...]
The blame game. That’s what some folks in town played when a state financial review team visited here last week. The community was able to meet the team and offer comments about the city. Only a handful of residents were on hand, however, because notice of the meeting went [...]
Now that the annual Metro Times Hamtramck Blowout has come and gone, it’s time to take stock. Bar and hall owners say that this year’s Blowout was a fizzle, with about half the number of people attending, compared to previous years. They lay blame for this directly on The Metro [...]
Maybe we have beaten this issue to death, but it bears repeating once more, just in case any city official is reading this. At Tuesday’s meeting the city council, with the exception of Councilmember Cathie Gordon, approved the rezoning of St. Aubin St., from Holbrook to Denton, to allow light industrial and [...]
City Councilmember Robert Zwolak has every right to be concerned about a recent influx of recycling facilities opening here or proposing to do so. He’s been around long enough to remember past city development projects that ended up as environmental disasters. The one freshest in memory was the medical waste incinerator in [...]
City employees dodged a bullet last week, but we don’t blame them if they remain skeptical. It was announced last week that it was likely that employees would not receive their pay this week because there simply wasn’t enough money to cover payroll. When we went to press last Thursday, the [...]
Next week, the City Council will decide whether to rezone an industrial section of St. Aubin St., across from the former American Axle plant. The city’s Plan Commission, whose members include Mayor Karen Majewski and Councilmember Tom Jankowski, has previously recommended the council to adopt the new zoning designation. The proposal would allow light industrial, [...]
In last week’s issue, we published a story about how much some retirees earn each year. For 51 pensioners, they get at least $45,000 a year, which is twice as much as what the average working Hamtramckan earns. We didn’t publish this information to badmouth retirees or even suggest that the city find a way [...]
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano is onto something when he talks about revamping property taxes. In his State of the County Address, Ficano railed against the Headlee Amendment and Proposal A. Both legislative acts limit how much the county and communities can collect in property taxes. The Acts may have made sense back when they [...]
By Kyle Tertzag Acting City Manager Hello Hamtramck! I wanted to write today to set the record straight on a few issues that are floating around our town lately. The firefighters union has recently been passing out flyers that are unfortunately factually inaccurate. I’d like to address some of these inaccuracies here. For instance: [...]
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