A happy New Year will depend on our collective cooperation
Well, another year is about to pass. The year 2012 has been yet another roller-coaster ride for Hamtramck. The city has had bad financial news all year long, and a…
Council did the right thing to put search for city manager on hold
Maybe it’s a good thing that the council decided to pass on hiring a permanent city manager. Last week the council decided none of the three candidates seeking the position…
City officials need to allow the next city manager to do their job
As we go to print on Thursday, the city council and mayor are set to discuss what they thought of the three candidates they interviewed for the city manager’s job.…
Schools superintendent brought stability despite budget cuts
Hamtramck Public Schools Superintendent Tom Niczay will be missed. He’s not gone now, but in a year, he will be retiring. Niczay dropped the news of his coming…
School Board takes a much needed review of recreation
Last week a question was posed whether the public school district should keep its recreation commission. The issue came up abruptly after it was realized that the commission had…
Street repair fund should be used for streets, not payroll
Perhaps one of the more curious things to come to light in all the recent talk about the city’s financial situation is that we have been sitting on $3…
Rebidding of contracts would have cleared the air
It’s mind-boggling to say the least. Last week, a majority of city councilmembers refused to seek new bids for work being done by three city contractors whose invoices were recently…
Vote Democratic on election day …
For what it’s worth, The Review is offering its endorsements in the Nov. 6 General Election. There are no local offices on the ballot. Normally we shy away from endorsing…
City council needs to step back and reconsider its role
We don’t want to fan the flames here, but the dysfunction of the city council continues to get worse. And now a couple of councilmembers are conceding that the public…
Even with firefighter grant the city still needs concessions
Hooray, yes, the city won a federal grant that will cover the salaries of firefighters for the next two years. But, honestly, there’s not much to celebrate about. City officials…
