At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, a majority of councilmembers decided to commit financial suicide. Councilmembers Tom Jankowski, Cathie Gordon, Kazi Miah and Mohammed Hassan refused to step up and make…
Between 2005, when the new city charter was implemented, and 2009, the City Council and the mayor, working with the city manager, adopted four balanced budgets. Those budgets realistically spent…
No one likes to hear about raising taxes. But not all tax increases are equal. Take the case of Hamtramck where the City Council has the option of raising property…
Recently, we had a chat with Hamtramck City Manager Bill Cooper who gave us an interesting tip. There is pending legislation in the Michigan House in which local governments would…
In an essay contest open to all students and all schools in Metropolitan Detroit for grades 4-8, HPS had two of the five winners out of approximately 5000 entries. The…
Hamtramck may want to rethink its aggressive traffic enforcement program. Michigan’s Public Act 85, which requires municipalities to study traffic patterns in order to assess appropriate speed limits, poses an…
By John Ulaj It’s no secret that Hamtramck is facing tough economic times. During the past few weeks, the City Council has met to discuss the deficit Hamtramck is facing…
What in the world is going on in the Hamtramck Recreation Department? Recreation Director Craig Daniels acts awfully squirrelly when he is asked about how taxpayers’ money was spent on…
It’s quite the rage these days to be anti-tax. But not all taxes are equal. Take, for example, a recent Wayne County Public School-sponsored tax to raise an extra 1.9…
At the time we went to print on Thursday, city officials were working to find a way out of a financial hole. Hamtramck officials have known the city is facing…