He’s back, but city is still waiting for promised reimbursement
By Charles Sercombe In his first meeting back on City Council last Tuesday, Councilmember Abdul Algazali was in familiar form. As you may recall, Algazali was tapped for the council…
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What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe City Council met on Nov. 22, and the meeting…
Why the wait?
Charles Sercombe Former Councilmember Kazi Miah’s replacement didn’t waste any time taking over his position. The next highest vote-getter from the Nov. 8 General Election, Abdul Algazali, was sworn into…
Channel 7 continues its investigation into city’s speed trap
By Charles Sercombe Channel 7 news investigator Scott Lewis is not putting the brakes on his recent story about Hamtramck’s speed trap. On Tuesday night, Lewis did a follow up…
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What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe We left off last week part way through the…
Channel 7 news investigator focuses lens on city’s speed trap
By Charles Sercombe It took two years, but finally someone noticed. Back in 2009, The Review was the first to break a story that Hamtramck’s authority to enforce speeding laws…
Who will be the next in line?
By Charles Sercombe Councilmember Kazi Miah’s sudden resignation has ushered in someone familiar to the local political scene. Perennial candidate Abdul Algazali will fill it the remainder of Miah’s term,…
A buzz killer for city’s new pot law
By Charles Sercombe It figures. At the moment the City Council was on the verge to adopt a zoning law regulating where medical marijuana can be grown, the state attorney…
Has the shine of Hamtramck’s elections worn off?
By Charles Sercombe That Bengali-American voting tiger? Eh, as an emerging power-house voting bloc, it had more of a purr than a roar this election cycle. Looking at the bigger…
Councilmember takes Hawaii over Hamtramck
By Charles Sercombe Mystery solved. Sort of. City Councilmember Kazi Miah has cleared up his whereabouts for the last several weeks. In his abrupt, but not entirely surprising, letter of…
