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look back at the second half of2012.

JULYAt a Town Hall Meeting, much

was discussed but little was ac-complished. Called by City Councilmember

Robert Zwolak in response to thecity's proposed budget reductionplan, the meeting was a chanceto for the public to air theirthoughts on the matter in a forumother than a city council meeting.About two dozen residentsshowed up, though only a fewtook the opportunity to voice theirconcerns.The meeting began with a pres-

entation by Acting City ManagerErik Tungate who outlined the pro-posed deficit elimination plan. Ac-cording to Tungate, the plan hadfour main objectives: Comply withPublic Act 140 of 1971, serve asa prerequisite for a state loan, re-duce the city budget by $3.5 mil-lion, and prevent the city frombeing taken over by an emer-gency financial manager.Among the ways the city

planned to bring in money wereseveral options described by Tun-gate as "revenue enhance-ments" and counter-described bythe public as "taxes." In his con-clusion, Tungate stated thatthough the task ahead is difficult,the decisions contained withinthe plan were necessary in orderfor the city to survive. "The plan reflects difficult

choices but puts the city on apositive long-term path," he said. Yemen is a country with a rich

cultural history, and on Sunday,July 1 it was all on display whenthe first annual "Yemeni CulturalDay" was held People’s Commu-nity Services. The event, hosted by the

Yemeni American Committee,sought to educate the communityabout the history and culture of

the Yemeni people, many ofwhom live in the city of Ham-tramck. "We think it's very important

that these types of events hap-pen on a frequent basis," said anorganizer of the event. "It's im-portant that we learn about ourculture, see things, and show our-selves off."

The revolving door of Ham-tramck city managers kept spin-ning when -- in a somewhatunexpected turn of events -- for-mer Acting City Manager Erik Tun-gate resigned from his positionand was replaced by then-currentFinance Director Nevrus Nazarko.Tungate had been hired threemonths previously after the coun-cil abruptly fired City Manager BillCooper. "We are at a crossroads as a

city, financially, and there is a lotinvolved," said Nazarko upon ac-cepting the job. "No one in theright mind would want [this job]."Hamtramck’s newest school

boardmember had a familiar facewhen former Boardmember AlanShulgon was selected to replaceElizabeth Zwolak after she an-nounced her resignation.It wasn’t an easy choice for

Boardmembers Titus Walter,

Yvonne Myrick, Hedy Shulgon andMagdalena Srodek (Boardmem-ber Eric Burkman was absent).Walters and Srodek were con-cerned about Alan being ap-pointed since he is married toHedy Shulgon.“Don’t hold it against him that

we’re married,” she said in refer-ence to her husband. “I am a

very independent person, believeme.”Nasr Hussain was the first to

recommend Shulgon over theother two candidates, retiredHamtramck school teacher Den-nis Lukas and Darla Swint.“He’s the most experienced,

and he’s been on the board be-fore,” Hussain said.A joint funeral was held at the

Masjidun-Nur Mosque for threeyoung Hamtramck men who diedin a car accident early Mondaymorning near Niagara Falls. Anestimated 2,000-2,500 packedthe Caniff Ave. mosque, and thearea outside in the parking lot, forprayers.A little after midnight on a Sun-

day going into Monday, an 87-year-old man who been driving hisSUV eight miles the wrong way onI-190 smashed into the ToyotaCamry the Hamtramck men were

travelling in. Instantly killed wereShofiul Alom, 20, and 21-year-olds Rezwan Chowdhury andNazim Khan. The driver, Burhanur Rahman,

22 was taken to Erie County Med-ical Center in Buffalo where hewas listed in critical condition. Po-lice said it appeared one or bothof the cars tried to dodge theother. Chowdhury worked as a

cashier at Bonoful Sweets & Cafefor the past year. Khan worked atNYX in Livonia for the past sevenmonths, according to a co-worker.Alom arrived from Bangladesh aweek previously to visit his father,Shahjan Miah, who was on lifesupport from an unrelated car ac-cident. Nazmul Hassan, chairman of

the Bangladeshi American Demo-cratic Caucus in Michigan, said

he was heartbroken by the newsin a mass e-mail to Bangladeshi-Americans.

“I ask our community peopleto keep the departed ones andthe families who lost their lovedones in their prayers,” said Has-san.Hamtramck’s Labor Day Festi-

val was confirmed for 2012 -- withstrings attached.

There were still a lot of financialdetails to work out, but City Coun-cilmembers Cathie Gordon andRobert Zwolak said the city wouldtake over finding money to holdthe yearly festival. That meantthe city’s Downtown DevelopmentAuthority was no longer in chargeof the event.Councilmember Gordon said

saving this year’s festival wasmore about “restructuring.” Shesaid the festival needed to beshrunk down and have a smallerdrinking area set up to cut downon the number of police officersneeded.Hamtramck sort of lost one of

its most unique restaurants whenafter four-and-a-half years of oper-ation the Pronko family closedMaria’s Comida in favor of con-centrating on the manufacture oftheir salsas and other items.

“The closing of the restaurantwill give us more time for re-search and development. We cur-rently have five salsas out at themoment and our Asian-inspiredbarbecue sauce," said businessco-owner Marie Pronko. “Within ayear, we also hope to be produc-ing our Honey-Lime Salad Dress-ing, as well as some soups,

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Once again, the annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival wasa smashing success. It even earned a small profit this year.

maybe. My dad (Executive ChefAlan Pronko) has all these recipesin his head. We’ll experiment withmore flavors for the salsas, too.” To some it was art, and to oth-

ers it was an insult. But eitherway, Hamtramck’s most controver-sial mural was seriously trashed.At some point in late July, some-

one flung paint on part of a muralthat is on a city-owned building atJos. Campau and Goodson. Themural had been the center of de-bate for several weeks, with someresidents calling for its removaland others saying the city shouldkeep it.The mural depicted six cartoon

characters carrying a coffin, whichis apparently a statement on thedeath of street art. The mural waspart of a larger city-wide art proj-ect that invited internationally-known street artists to createmurals throughout town.Only the Goodson street mural

caused protest among some.Mickey Pokoj lead the charge toremove the mural on the groundsthat its image of death is an insultto the city.Jason Friedmann, the city’s Di-

rector of Community & EconomicDevelopment and the point per-son for the city in the mural proj-ect, said the defacement is acrime against city property. “If anything, it made the build-

ing look worse,” he said.

AUGUSTHamtramck got a little bit more

historic -- or, at least, a little morerecognized for being so. All thanksto the efforts of a few caring localfolk, Hamtramck Stadium madeits way onto the National Registerof Historic Places.The impetus for the project was

an article that appeared in TheReview that caught the eye oflocal resident Scott Collins, aplanning commission member.After hearing the city’s debateabout possibly tearing the struc-ture down, he said that the sta-

dium was still in pretty goodshape and that it wouldn’t takemuch to fix it back up.After a few more articles, Gary

Gillette (a Detroiter who oncewrote for ESPN Insider) contactedthe paper and quickly became achampion of the project. He wentto a council meeting armed withfacts, maps and the like and ex-plained to the council what madehim believe the stadium was oneof only five remaining home fieldswhere the Negro Leagues had ac-tually played.A Grandstands Committee was

formed, and after months of workthe 21-page federal applicationform, which was processedthrough the National Park Serviceof the Department of the Interior,was finally submitted. After a fewweeks of waiting to hear back,word finally came down from thetop that the application hadpassed.The good news was that some

sections of the city were getting

new gas lines, and because of thework required to install the lines,new sidewalks would also be cre-ated. The bad news was that fora few weeks, some residentswouldn't be able to park on theirstreet.Actually, it was worse than that.

People in the affected areas,which included Evaline and Ye-mans from Jos. Campau to thefreeway, were howling mad.“They (DTE Energy) just bull-

dozed their way through theblocks without any considerationto residents,” said Hedy Shulgon.She added that residents were

given just one week’s notice ofthe project.“You don’t give people just a

week’s notice,” Shulgon said.The city’s Director of Public

Works, Steve Shaya, said al-though he knew it would be amajor inconvenience, “the work[had] to be done.”To lighten the pain, parking reg-

ulations near the affected areaswere lifted, and some parking me-ters on the side streets near Jos.Campau were covered up to allowfor free parking. Unfortunately, asyou will see later in the year thesidewalk issue took months to re-solve.Hamtramck candidates struck

out in their quests for higher of-fice when Councilmembers CathieGordon, Tom Jankowski, RobertZwolak and Mohammed Hassanall lost in the 2010 Primary Elec-tion.Gordon and Jankowski were

seeking to oust Wayne County

Commissioner Martha Scott fromher position, but Scott easily beatout her field of contenders with42 percent of the vote.In the wide-open State Rep.

race, Hassan managed to winHamtramck (with 584 votes).Zwolak came in second with 301votes.There appeared to be a scandal

brewing in city hall -- or maybe not,depending on how some pay-ments to contractors could be ex-plained.At a mid-August city council

meeting, a heated discussion washeld on an audit review of work in-voices submitted by contractorswhich revealed $56,835 couldn'tbe properly documented.A financial auditing company,

Stout Risius Ross, Inc., submitteda report to the council showingthat out of $190,653 paid out tocontractors, only $133,819 couldbe matched with proper billingsand invoices. The biggest unex-plained cost, of $36,602, went toa contractor called Platinum.The auditing company, SRR,

said that the discrepancies werecaused by four things: "Authoriza-tion for work not properly docu-mented with Work Order perContract; Insufficient detail on in-voice to determine work done andrate charged; Services billed atamounts inconsistent with con-tract; Services performed withoutan executed contract."Just the act of agreeing to ac-

cept SRR’s report erupted into adebate. Councilmember CathieGordon insisted that the councilshould not officially accept the re-port because in doing so it mayopen the city up to a defamationlawsuit.City Attorney James Allen,

whose law firm the Allen Brotherswas one of the four contractors in-cluded in SRR’s review, repeatedlysaid the report was already a pub-lic document that anyone canhave access to.Still, Gordon insisted on not ac-

cepting the report until the con-tractors and department headshave a chance to respond to thefindings.“If we don’t treat contractors

with respect, no one will want tocome here,” Gordon said.Councilmember Robert Zwolak

agreed, saying the report impli-cates employees and manage-ment.“It just doesn’t smell right,” he

said.Mayor Karen Majewski said she

was “amazed” that there was adiscussion on whether to acceptthe report. She said the councilshould be more concerned aboutwhat’s in the report instead of“shooting the messenger.”Acting City Manager Nevrus

Nazarko said he was waiting tohear an explanation on the billing.He did question the number oftimes snow plowing and saltingwere performed considering the

previous year's mild weather.You may have noticed more day-

time activity coming from yourMuslim neighbors after Sunday,August 19. The day marked theend of the Islamic holy month ofRamadan, during which observersfasted from sun-up to sundown. To commemorate Eid Il-Fitr –

which means “festivity of break-ing the fast” and is commonly re-ferred to as just “Eid” – the localMuslim community celebrated

with a day at the park. But it was-n't just an ordinary walk throughit -- a full carnival was set up inthe outfield of historic HamtramckStadium, and for just $5 kids

could have unlimited rides.Three down, how many more to

go?Just four weeks into the job,

Acting City Manager NevrusNazarko submitted his resigna-tion. He said the search for a per-manent city manger went on toolong and that he needed to con-centrate on his job as finance di-rector.He was the third person in this

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ESL Class with Christine Templin - Saturday,January 5 at noon. Intermediate ESL classconducted by Christine Templin, free to thepublic.

Make’n’Take Crafts - Tuesday, January 8, at4 p.m. All children are invited to our arts andcrafts workshop.

Math Kangaroo Club - Tuesday, January 8 at3:30 p.m. Learn math in a fun way, and pre-pare for the annual international math contestwhile improving your grades in school.

Financial Activist Club - Tuesday, January 8at 5 p.m. Hamtramck residents of all ages areinvited to join the financial workshops, de-signed to expand your knowledge of budgetingand investing. Registration is required.

ESL Conversation Class - Tuesday, January8 at 4 p.m. Ms. Trisa conducts English Con-versation classes each Tuesday night. Free ofcharge to Hamtramck residents.

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Movie Night - Thursday, January 10 at 4 p.m.All children are invited to a movie and pop-corn. This week’s feature to be announced.

Meeting of the Library Board - Thursday, Jan-uary 10 at 6 p.m. Regular meeting of the Li-brary Board will be held in the auditorium.Open to the public.

ESL Class with Latisha Edge - Friday, January11 at 3 p.m. Intermediate ESL class con-ducted by Latisha Edge, free to the public.

Toddler Time at the Library - Monday, Janu-ary 14 at 11 a.m. Join us for story time, arts& crafts, games and other fun activities. Thisweek we will celebrate the holiday season.(Children must be accompanied by an adult.)

Family Game Night - Thursday, January 17at 4 p.m. Everyone is invited to participate ingames and contests during family night. Thisweek it is checkers night.

Friends of the Library Meeting - Thursday,January 18 at 6 p.m. FHPL President KathyKristy and Treasurer George Gorday invite allmembers and volunteers to participate in theregular monthly meeting.

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Residents complained that they received little advance noticeof a major gas line replacement program that resulted inmany sidewalk slabs being torn up and streets gettingblocked off.

The grandstands in Veterans Park received historic designa-tion by making its way into the National Register of HistoricPlaces. The grandstands were part of the stadium where theDetroit Stars of the Negro National League played their homegames at.

position to either be outright fired,forced-out or just plain quit in thelast five months. Nazarko hadbeen praised for his work until thelast council meeting, when he ex-perienced some sharp question-ing on a few decisions he hasmade.That appeared to have caught

him off guard. After the meeting,he said, he decided to go back tohis regular job as finance director,a job that he had continued to ful-fill while being city manager.“The job involves a lot to do,”

he told The Review in regard tothe city manager’s role.“I’m still shorthanded on the fi-

nances side, and the search istaking a lot longer than I thought.I cannot do both jobs.”The sixth annual Hamtramck

Hustle, sponsored by the DeadLast Car Club, may have hit theturning point of being a very small-scale car show to a full-blownparty. But it was no ordinary clas-

sic car show -- most of the carswere what some might think of asold rust buckets.For kicks, organizers held a car-

buretor cover race, which are car-buretor covers put on wheels.There was a homemade raisedslot that the carbs were placedon, and down they went. Hey, it’sa diversion.For many of the guys and gals,

this is more than just a car show

– it’s a way of life. The guys,dressed in jeans and boots withgreased back hair, were a throw-back to the greasers of the1950s. The gals were dressedsomething like Betty Page.The city got a new Acting City

Manager but it continued to runinto the same old problem -- in-fighting.Though newly-appointed Acting

City Manager Kyle Tertzag insistedthat someone other than the cityattorney negotiate employmentterms with him, the council’s res-olution to hire Tertzag includedhaving Allen negotiate the con-tract.Tertzag told the city council that

he considers himself a “goodfriend” of City Attorney JamesAllen and that it might be “unto-ward” to have Allen work out hiscontract.Councilmember Robert Zwolak

said he is concerned that theremight be a conflict of interest

since Tertzag is now Allen’s boss.“I’ll be watching to see if he

makes an issue that’s question-able,” Zwolak said. “But I’m will-ing to give him a chance, seewhat he does.”

SEPTEMBERPerhaps the hippie dude

summed it up best about thisyear’s Hamtramck Labor Day Fes-

tival:“Hamtramck is the best city in

Detroit.”This year’s festival barely hap-

pened at all, but the volunteers whoagreed to pull it together at the last

minute did a Herculean job.The weather behaved too, al-

though cloudy skies from Hurri-cane Isaac did threaten to openup and rain here and there. Oth-erwise it was a sunny and gor-geous weekend.The day after the festival -- as if

on cue -- a much needed down-pour finally let loose, and helpedwash Jos. Campau from the builtup beer slosh and barbecuegrease. But although the festivalhad just finished, there was stillmore work to be done.“We’ll be starting to plan next

year’s festival next week,” said co-organizer Konrad Maziarz.Mayor Karen Majewski gave her

seventh State of the City Address,and once again it was a long listoutlining the city’s challenges andsuccesses.Though Mayor Majewski said

she wouldn't tear up during thisyear’s State of the City Address, itonly took a few minutes into herspeech before she had to dry hereyes.Once again, Majewski stressed

that Hamtramck’s greateststrength is its ethnic diversity.However, she went one step fur-ther in describing the city’s uniquecharacteristic.“We are all here because we

love this crazy place, our ownsweet little village,” Majewskisaid. “Let’s remember that deeplyemotional, even inexplicable at-tachment to this little piece ofearth we share; let’s rememberthat it can unite us as easily asdivide us; let’s remember that itis, like Hamtramck itself, our com-mon ground.”City officials agreed on a finan-

cial plan to fix the city’s budget forthe next three years, but thebudget came with a price for prop-erty owners. The city councilagreed to a budget deficit elimina-tion plan that included a smallproperty tax increase of 1.89mills.That millage will last only three

years and will generate about$325,000 per year. The moneywill be earmarked to pay a lawsuitfiled years ago by police and fire-fighter pensioners. Finance Director Nevrus

Nazarko came up with the plan,and he said that after three yearsthe city will still continue makingpayments at least for the next 15years or so. The tax money willlighten the city’s general fund

load, but it will not end the city’sobligation to pay the lawsuit set-tlement.Councilmember Cathie Gordon

argued against the tax, saying res-idents are also struggling finan-cially.“We can’t keep going to the

same well,” she said.Gordon suggested that instead

of a tax, the city should impose aservice fee on non-profit organiza-tions, which would also includechurches and mosques.Nazarko said that for the aver-

age homeowner, the extra tax willcost only $35 per year.“It’s a small price to pay,” he

said.Councilmember Tom Jankowski

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Mayor Karen Majewski gave her State of the City Address inSeptember.

Rat rods and custom cars ruled Veterans Park during theHamtramck Hustle.

$10,000 in repair costs. If something happens to any of

the city’s buildings, the city is onthe hook for the first $100,000 ofthe claim. City officials betterhope Mother Nature doesn’t hitthe city with a fierce storm, ormassive flooding.Nearly a year after the stabbing

death of Joseph King, no chargeswere filed against the four sus-pects. King was killed in October2011 after encountering the sus-pects late at night two blocksfrom Small’s Bar on Conant. Thesuspects had been in the bar.Detective John Aiello, who was

in charge of the investigation, saidthe Wayne County Prosecutor’s Of-fice declined to press charges.King, 24, reportedly got into aknife fight with the suspects andwas found with his throat slit. Thesuspects also had knife wounds.According to sources, the sus-

pects said that King instigatedthe fight and they were forced todefend themselves, although in-vestigators initially thought thedeath was a hate crime becauseKing was black and the suspectsare white.There was no evidence to sup-

port that theory, police later said.The exodus in city hall contin-

ued.First there was Acting City Man-

ager Erik Tungate who resigned --OK, maybe he was forced out bysome on city council -- then CityClerk Ed Norris announced hewas leaving.Tungate wound up as Oak

Park’s new city manager, and Nor-ris also headed to that city to be-come its new city clerk.

Added to the list of recently-de-parted employees was FinanceDirector Nevrus Nazarko, who hadbeen with the city for 14 years.Nazarko left the city with what

city councilmembers agreed wasa good budget plan to ride out thenext three years, when, hopefullythings will take a turn for the bet-ter.But, even after three years, the

city will face a budget deficit.Nazarko touched on that in his

resignation letter.“While I realize that there are

some tough times ahead for thecity, in financial terms, there isnothing that this hard-working,blue-collar town can’t overcome,”he said.“At the end of the day, the Ham-

tramck that I know will emergestronger, leaner and ready to writeyet another chapter in its rich his-tory.”Hamtramck’s newest storefront

isn’t exactly a chip off the oldblock. Rather, it’s more of an indi-cation of what the city’s future hasto offer.Chiipss – a skate shop located

at 10229 Jos. Campau – was thelatest in a string of businesses toopen at the hands of an entrepre-neurial young person. And asmore Millennials follow the leadof people like Chiipss owner PatMiller, 26, the city can only standto benefit.“To be honest, before opening

up I had no familiarity with Ham-tramck,” he says, despite being alifelong resident of metro Detroit.“It wasn’t until I went to Ham-tramck from Corktown that I real-ized where exactly it was located.

And then, after spending sometime here, I saw how cool it reallywas.”The new location is much larger

than the last one, a fact Miller il-lustrated by comparing the oldstore's size to the half-pipe lo-cated inside the new store.

That's right – after you pick upyour shoes, T-shirts, decks,trucks, custom screen printed de-signs and whatever else youneed, you can test everything outright in the store. And while you'rethere you can see the new fa-cade, a simple yet effective muralof a skateboarder done courtesyof local artist Jay Croft."We keep it loose,” says Miller.Here’s something we can all

celebrate, even if you kind of al-ready did that during Labor Dayweekend. But what the heck, let’scrack open a beer anyway.What’s all the fuss about? The

Hamtramck Labor Day Festivalmade a nice little profit of$4,546. Considering the festival was put

together at basically the lastminute – OK, there were severalweeks to organize after the DDAbailed out and Shannon Lowelland Konrad Maziarz agreed to or-ganize the festival – that’s anamazing accomplishment.By the numbers, festival ex-

penses amounted to $81,476and revenues totaled $86,022.On a Friday afternoon and

evening in late September, youmight have thought there was acrazy street party happening onJos. Campau.Oh wait, there was. Hamtramck

took part in the worldwide artmovement to celebrate parks andcreativity by holding a PARK(ing)celebration.It was basically a highfalutin

sounding way to say, hey creativefolks, you can occupy a streetparking space and do your thing.In Hamtramck, that resulted in

musicians holding jam sessions,a mini art gallery being set up, areading room and a one-hole minigolf court.Adjacent to this happening was

the introduction of Hamtramck’sdog park, held in an empty lotnear Belmont.She wasn't bitten by a radioac-

tive spider nor does the yellowsun allow her to fly, but Ham-tramck High School Principal Re-becca Westrate is still asuperhero.After just three years in the

school district, Westrate wasnamed General Motors SchoolSuperhero for the month of Sep-tember by the GM Foundation,the United Way for SoutheasternMichigan and B.L.A.C. Detroitmagazine. She is the award’sfirst recipient. The honor -- bestowed upon ed-

ucators who have a positive im-pact on the lives of their studentsand who exemplify the profes-sionalism and commitment thatdefine a School Superhero --stems from the Network of Excel-lence program, which was cre-ated to increase graduation ratesand better prepare students forhigher learning and advanced ca-reers.

“High-performing students aresupported by adults that providetwo things: opportunities to growthrough experiences and the ac-countability to stay on track,” saidWestrate. “When the system is set up to

ensure both of those measuresare in place students can flourishand the school finds success.”

OCTOBERIt had been in the works for

years, and now it’s becoming a re-ality: Hamtramck will have bikelanes throughout the city.At least that’s the plan accord-

ing to Community & Economic De-velopment Director JasonFreidmann. After several ups-and-downs for the project, the laneswere finally ready for the construc-tion phase.Well, almost. First, a consultant

must upgrade the previous plan(created in 2010 as part of thecity’s Master Plan) to comply withnew Michigan Department ofTransportation (MDOT) specifica-tions. Once that has been com-pleted the project should be goodto go.If you’re wondering why the

process took so long, the answeris money. Originally the city waspromised $50,000 for the proj-ect, but cuts in state aid reducedthat amount to just $5,000. With-out that money – which was sup-posed to match another stategrant – the venture couldn’t moveforward.“There are a lot of benefits –

both tangible and intangible – tohaving bike lanes in the city,” saysFriedmann. “And I hope Ham-tramck will experience them all.”For the past four years, the city

relied on one company to plowand salt emergency route streetswhen it snowed, and to do lotclean-ups.Since August of 2008, that

service had cost over $1.8 mil-lion, according to financial recordskept by the city and obtained byThe Review through a Freedom ofInformation Act request.Shaya has since produced doc-

umentation to the council thatoutlined what work was per-formed.However, Acting City Manager

Tertzag is recommending the citybreak the contract with Platinumand two other contractors, andrebid the work out.

The city council will have toagree to that recommendation.Mayor Karen Majewski said sheagrees with Tertzag.A review of the bills submitted

by Platinum Landscaping, which isbased in West Bloomfield, waseye-opening.For example, when the com-

pany first came on board in 2008and 2009, the company chargedthe city $22,000 to plow and saltkey city streets for each snowfall.That price came down in recent

years to about $12,000 for eachsnowfall.Cutting and clearing lots also

came with a high price tag. For ex-ample, a lot at 3142 Caniff cost$2,286 to cut and clean in 2008.Over at 3973 Belmont of the

same year, the cost of cutting andclearing that lot was $3,965.At that time, Steve Shaya, the

city’s Director of Public Services,was employed with the company.He became Director of PublicServices last February.The Review asked him to ex-

plain the costs for the services,but Shaya declined to comment.He said questions about Platinumshould go to Acting City Manager


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Kyle Tertzag.Tertzag said he could not com-

ment on the matter because hewas not here when the contractwas OK’d.He said he does not have expe-

rience in his past roles as citycouncilmember in Allen Park orcity administrator of Woodhavenwith private contractors doing thework of public works depart-ments.“I have no way to make compar-

isons,” Tertzag said.The talk of the town in early Oc-

tober was about the layoff of 12firefighters -- nearly half of the de-partment.According to media reports, fire-

fighters accused city officials ofplaying politics because the fire-fighters’ union and city couldn'tcome to an agreement on con-tract concessions.(William Diamond, the president

of the firefighters’ union, did not re-turn a call to The Review for com-ment.)City officials were tight-lipped

about the layoffs, and MayorKaren Majewski would only saythat the city was ready to “sitdown with them anytime.”Acting City Manager Kyle

Tertzag said firefighters shouldnot be surprised. He said firefight-ers were issued layoff notices lastJune.But the layoffs aren’t just about

the city’s ongoing financial crisis.The layoff notices were issued toqualify for a federal grant, called“SAFER,” that will pay the salariesof firefighters for two years.The grant is being made avail-

able to financially-struggling cities.Just a week after laying off 12

firefighters, the city called all ofthem back.That’s because the city was

awarded a federal SAFER (Staffingfor Adequate Fire & EmergencyResponse) grant that will pay forthe salaries of firefighters for twoyears.Firefighters had claimed the

grant was worth $3.1 million, butthey failed to realize that was themaximum amount that could beawarded. Acting City Manager KyleTertzag said the grant only coversthe city’s actual cost, which iscloser to $2.25 million.No matter -- the grant will go a

long way in reducing the city’s pro-jected $3.5 million budget deficitby next summer. However, Tertzagtold The Review that there is onecatch: The grant is not handed

out in one lump sum. Instead, thecity will get reimbursed for each ofits payrolls to the firefighters.Not everyone on city council

was on board with the grant. At aspecial meeting on Monday, threecouncilmembers, Robert Zwolak,Mohammed Hassan and Abdul Al-gazali, voted against it.That forced Mayor Karen Ma-

jewski to break the 3-3 tie by vot-ing for the grant.Hassan said he voted against

the grant because “after twoyears, what are you going to do?”Zwolak said he opposed ac-

cepting the grant because he andhis council colleagues had anagreement to not accept the grantunless firefighters agreed to con-tract concessions.“That’s what we agreed to do,”

he said.October's “Operation School

Bell” was a ringing success whenthe Assistance League of South-eastern Michigan (ALSM) came totown to distribute new clothing tostudents. It was the third time in

as many years that the ALSM vis-ited Hamtramck.

Just like in years past, eachchild received two pairs of pants,two shirts, underwear, socks, hy-giene items, a book, a winter coatwith hat and gloves and a $15shoe voucher – all stuffed into aduffel bag. The only differencethis year is that one set of cloth-ing was a new school uniform.Altogether there were 80 volun-

teers on hand to manage thestore, which serviced about 300kids from the district’s three ele-mentary schools. Each bag con-tained about $85 worth of goods.“Wow, this is great!” said one

child. “It looks just like a store –but everything is free!”After five years, local resale

shop Recycled Treasures was stillgoing strong. Or, rather, it finallywas.Either way, the store celebrated

its anniversary with a private partyfor friends and family. In additionto better-than-usual pricing onitems, a smattering of wine andcheese was also laid out for at-tendees to enjoy.For any small non-profit, five

years in business is a big mile-stone, and Recycled Treasures isno exception. Most businessesdon’t make it past the first year,and year five is usually consid-ered the benchmark for whether-or-not a company will besuccessful.Catrina Stackpoole, Director of

Recycled Treasures, said that thefirst few years were pretty rough.Several times she had pay for ex-penses out of her own pocket,and even now she has only beenable to pay herself just once –

and that didn’t happen until thisyear.Still, Stackpoole is happy with

where the store is at now. Shecontinues to be able to fulfill hermission of helping to provide high-quality second-hand items at alow cost, and in doing so is alsoable to give away items like bedsand appliances to those truly inneed.

“I’d like to keep open as longas possible,” says Stackpoole,“and help as many people as wecan.”After The Review published the

invoices submitted by city contrac-tor Platinum Landscaping we ran

into Hamtramck Director of PublicWorks Steve Shaya in city hall. Hesaid in an angry tone: “Why don’tyou print Jim Allen’s and C.P.I.’s in-voices?”Shaya is a former employee of

Platinum, and he now supervisesthe work of Platinum and signs off

on the bills that the company sub-mits to the city.We thought that was a good

idea about publishing Allen’s andC.P.I.’s bills, so we submitted aFreedom of Information Act re-quest for the bills of C.P.I. and an-other contractor, ADR.ADR provides computer and IT

support for the city.All four of those contractors, in-

cluding City Attorney Jim Allen,were the subject of a review by aprivate financial forensics com-pany that former Acting City Man-ager Erik Tungate hired in aneffort to find ways to save money.We didn’t submit a Freedom of

Information Act request for JimAllen’s law firm, the Allen Broth-ers, because we did that lastApril. Jim Allen denied the requeston the grounds that it is protectedmaterial.Allen said at the time the in-

voices come under attorney-clientprivilege, and that revealing the in-

voices could jeopardize pendinglegal matters.After about only two weeks from

when the city council asked theFBI to investigate the invoices ofcontractors, agents from the fed-eral bureau were in city hall.Acting City Manager Kyle

Tertzag, who suggested to thecouncil that the FBI should be in-vited, confirmed that he had beentalking to agents. He declined toelaborate on what the agentswere looking at.The request for the FBI came a

few weeks after a private financialauditing company, SRR, wasbrought in to review some in-voices from four of the city’s largercontractors.In one case, SRR said the city

actually had no contract with acompany called ADR, which pro-vides internet and IT support serv-ices. SRR did not suggest therewas any sign of wrongdoing.The campaign over state ballot

proposal 2 was heating up as theNov. 6 election neared.The proposal would guarantee

the right of collective bargainingby making it part of the state con-stitution. Supporters and oppo-nents of the proposal bombardedthe airwaves with commercials.

In an effort to drum up supportfor the measure, Hamtramck pub-lic school teachers, along withUAW members, hit the streets todrum up awareness. Holdingsigns and chanting slogans, theywalked down Caniff and down Jos.Campau.“If this doesn’t pass, things like

class size will go through theroof,” said Hamtramck HighSchool teacher Toni Coral. “Wehave to protect our rights.”On Saturday, October 20 Ham-

tramck turned into one giant artgallery.About two-dozen artists were

featured in the one-day affair,which took place in nearly 20 dif-ferent locations. In addition to avariety of murals, sculptures,paintings and other visual worksof art, a number of musicians ser-enaded the city from.Also on the agenda was a

guided walk with the artists. Par-ticipants on the walk were able tocontribute photos and stories toan online show about Ham-tramck. If a few Volts can help jumpstart

the economy, then there is goodnews for Hamtramck. General Mo-tors – which produces the Chevro-let Malibu and Volt at itsDetroit-Hamtramck AssemblyPlant – announced it would beadding another shift to the plant.According to Hamtramck Com-

munity and Economic Develop-ment Director Jason Friedmann,this new shift will add an addi-tional 400-600 jobs to the facility.Currently the plant employs about1200 people.But the good news doesn’t end

there. Friedmann, who met withGM officials several times in thelast few months of the year, alsosaid that the company would liketo get its employees more in-volved in the community surround-ing the Detroit-Hamtramck plant.Though nothing yet has been

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It’s a new year, but sofar, we’ve seen the sameold, same old from ourcity council.We’re speaking of the

council’s collective inabil-ity to make a decisionabout a budget deficitelimination plan. At a re-cent special council meet-ing, the complaint aboutthe latest plan was that itcontained too many“what-ifs.”Well guess what? Any

city budget plan is based,to some degree, on pro-jected revenue that mayor may not come in.

That’s just how things arewhen it comes to munici-pal finances.If the council continues

to delay adopting a planthe city will simply run outof money.What it really comes

down to is that no onewants to make hard deci-sions. Any budget plan isgoing to contain an in-crease in taxes or fees.There is no way aroundthat.But some on council

who have expectations toremain in public officesee that as political sui-

cide.In the meantime, no one

has given Acting City Man-ager Kyle Tertzag anymeaningful suggestionson what cuts and/or rev-enue increases he shouldpropose.Instead, this council

keeps rejecting one pro-posal after another.That’s not leadership.

Any councilmember whowants to be re-electedbetter realize that runningon a record of doing noth-ing and allowing the cityto go into bankruptcywon’t win an election.

Council’s indecision on budgetplan shows lack of leadership

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BUCKAYJoseph R. Buckay, 86, died De-

cember 28, 2012.Mr. Buckay was retired from

the City of Hamtramck, and wasalso employed by Greyhound.Mr. Buckay was a veteran of theU.S. Navy and served duringWorld War II. He was also amember of the V.F.W.Mr. Buckay was predeceased

by his wife, Marge and hisbrother, Victor. He is survived byhis sons, Ronald and Thomas.Funeral services were January

3, at St. Florian Church with bur-ial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.Arrangements were made by Ju-rkiewicz & Wilk Funeral Home.

LOOTENSShirley R. Lootens, 89, died

January 1, 2013.Mrs. Lootens was a retired

school crossing guard for theHamtramck School District.Mrs. Lootens was prede-

ceased by her husband, Marvin.

She is survived by manycousins.Visitation is Friday, January 4,

from 2 – 8 p.m. at Krot FuneralHome. Instate January 5, 9 a.m.,at St. Bonaventure Church (Ca-puchin Monastery). Burial will beat Oakview Cemetery in RoyalOak.

NESTEROWICHBernadine “Bonnie” Nes-

terowich, 70, died December 29,2012.Mrs. Nesterowich was retired

from the State of Michigan andwas a generous supporter of an-imal rights groups. She was amember of the Altar Society, M-K Society, and the secretary ofSPUNIA at Holy Cross Church.Mrs. Nesterowich was the

beloved sister of Gregory(Theresa); loving aunt of Robert(Milena), Paul (Dawn), and Dawn(Steve) Doerr; cherished niece ofVictoria Dow. She is also sur-vived by numerous great nieces,

nephews, and cousins. Funeral services were Thurs-

day, January 3, at Holy Cross Pol-ish National Catholic Church withinterment at Forest Lawn Ceme-tery. Donations can be made inBonnie’s name to the MichiganHumane Society.

PIERCSINSKIJulius L. Piercsinski, 79, died

January 2, 2013.Mr. Piercsinski was retired

from Ford Motor Company.Mr. Piercsinski is survived by

his wife, Geraldine; son, Kenneth(Barbara); grandsons, Nicholasand Matthew; great grandchil-dren, Logan, Andrew and Quinn;nieces, Audrey Nowakowski andCharlene Kijek; great nieces,Megan and Amber.Visitation is Friday, January 4,

from 1 – 9 p.m., at the Ju-rkiewicz & Wilk Funeral Home. In-state Saturday at 10 a.m. untiltime of the Funeral Mass at10:30 a.m., at St. FlorianCatholic Church. Interment willbe at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Hamtramck Public School teachers paraded through town insupport of a state constitutional amendment that would haveprotected collective bargaining. As it turned out, voters re-jected the proposal in the November General Election.

Hamtramck school kids were treated to free clothing in Oc-tober.

with Hamtramck Public Schoolsand possible incentives for em-ployees to live in Hamtramck. Youmight also soon see GM employ-ees mentoring and volunteering inthe community.Essentially, GM seems to recog-

nize the importance of being agood corporate neighbor. Recentlythe GM foundation awarded$10,000 to Friends of HistoricalHamtramck for their museum,and in the future the companywould like to directly invest in theneighborhoods surrounding theplant.“We have discussed a lot of

projects,” said Freidmann. “TheHamTram Shuttle, the city’s plansfor bike lanes and trails – evencreating a business/high tech in-cubator. Right now there are a lotof possibilities.”It had been 25 years since

Pope John Paul II visited Ham-tramck, but on the afternoon ofSunday, October 21 about fourdozen members of the churchgathered at the cathedral’s stepsto meet for a Rosary processiondown Jos. Campau to Pope Park.Carrying crosses, flags and

banners while singing Catholichymns, the group recreated a por-tion of the Pope’s route when hecame to town on Sept. 18, 1987.Once at Pope Park, Reverend

Miroslaw Frankowski performedan evening Mass to the crowd,which by that time had grown con-siderably larger.The event was just one of many

that St. Florian Church hadplanned for the month of October,which was Polish Heritage Month.

NOVEMBERIf you're a resident with a busi-

ness idea, then you've got afriend at Friendship House.In October, the local non-profit

launched the CONNECT resourcecenter. CONNECT provides a vari-ety of opportunities to help entre-preneurs advance and developtheir business idea.Among its many services, CON-

NECT offers planning assistance

and support, local mentorship, re-ferrals for other business serv-ices and small loans of up to$1,000. Funding for the loanscomes from Comerica Bank."We're at the bottom of the lad-

der," says CONNECT coordinatorSam Young. "But hopefully we canhelp people climb a few rungs."Once again, Hamtramck made

history.The downtown district on Jos.

Campau – from Lehman (onestreet south of Holbrook) to Pu-laski (four streets north of Caniff)– was officially placed on the Na-tional Register of Historic Places.Eighty out of 130 total buildings

in the 14-block strip were deter-mined to have enough historic sig-nificance to contribute to thedistrict's designation. It is thecity's second designation of thistype, with the area surroundingSt. Florian Church being the other.“The National Register does not

put any kind of burden for restora-tion on property owners and doesnot add requirements for historicreview,” said historian RebeccaBinno Savage. “Hamtramck hasmany historic buildings thatshould be designated.”Throw together cold, rainy

weather, eight different kinds ofsoup, Polish folk dancers and arockin’ polka band and what doyou get?It doesn’t matter what kind of

weather it is, it’s a Hamtramckparty.St. Florian’s first-ever Soup Fes-

tival was smashing success whenhundreds of parishioners andparty lovers turned out for the all-day event.Besides hearty soups, the

parish dished up Polish favorites.Looks like this festival will be abookend to St. Florian’s springStrawberry Festival.Hungry at 3 a.m.? Ham-

tramck's newest eatery can helpfill the void in your stomach.In November, L. George's Coney

Island officially opened its doorsto the public at the former ClockRestaurant space. Family-owned

and operated by the father-and-son team of Vaselj (Vasso) andTony Lucaj, the restaurant offersan assortment of items traditionalto a Coney Island menu.However, the similarities be-

tween L. George's and otherConey Islands end there. Immedi-ately upon walking into the refur-bished dining area -- completewith a new counter and spiffyneon sign -- it is apparent that L.George's is a different breed."The biggest difference be-

tween us and other places is ourcleanliness, customer service,

and overall organization," saysTony Lucaj. "Everything is hand-made and home-made. We take alot of pride in our work here."Should there be a Recreation

Commission in Hamtramck?

That’s a question the Ham-tramck Public School Boardbegan pondering after it was real-ized the commission had met onlytwice so far this year and theterms of three of its six membersexpired about a year ago.The school board met in a spe-

cial session to consider a resolu-tion to disband the commission,

which caught some off guard.Recreation Director Craig Danielsquestioned the suddenness ofthe proposal without prior discus-sion.“How did we get to the point of

disbanding the commission?” hesaid.Boardmember Titus Walters

agreed.“This is a gross overreach,” he

said of the resolution.Boardmember Magdalena

Srodek said that the commissionessentially disbanded itself by notmeeting for several months.District Superintendent Tom

Niczay mentioned the behavior ofDave Olko, who was the commis-sion chairman until his term ex-pired.Niczay objected to Olko pointing

at him and making remarks whilethe board was talking. He askedthat Olko be told to leave if hecontinued.When Olko was asked by Board

President Yvonne Myrick if he hadanything to say, Olko declined,saying that he would only have“negative” things to say.He then said: “I take my hat out

of the ring. I will not deal withthese people.”He then left the meeting. Before Nov.3 most people had

never heard of Frontier Interna-tional Academy. It only took 90

minutes to change that.The school's unranked soccer

team stunned No. 8 GrandRapids Covenant Christian, beat-ing the Chargers 3-2 in the Divi-sion 4 final to become statechampions. It was only the thirdyear Frontier International hasparticipated in the sport. With an impressive run like

that, it's safe to say the upstartteam from Hamtramck will not gounnoticed next year. The squadwill remain mostly intact -- onlyfour members will be lost to grad-uation -- and according to FrontierInternational Athletic Director Mo-hammed Alasanai, the JV team isfull of talent."We had a great season this

year," said Alasanai. "And we ex-pect to be competitive next sea-son, too."In a sudden announcement,

Hamtramck Public Schools Su-perintendent Tom Niczay submit-ted his resignation. In a letter tothe board, Niczay said it wastime for a “lifestyle” changeafter serving in the district for 35years.His contract runs until Dec. 6

of 2013. Niczay said he gave theearly heads-up so the board canbegin its search for his replace-ment.“The process can take several

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The good folks at PLAV Post 10 treated veterans to a heartyThanksgiving meal.

months, or even a year, and ofcourse I will remain on the jobuntil a replacement can befound,” he said in his letter.Niczay started out in the district

as a teacher and rose to the level

of principal at Holbrook Elemen-tary School and then DickinsonEast Elementary School.He had a loyal following among

parents, and among those in theknow he was considered one ofthe best principals the districthad.What would it take to balance

the city’s budget?According to Acting City Man-

ager Kyle Tertzag, a 20 percentacross-the-board wage and bene-fit cut for all city employees andretirees is the magic number towipe away the city’s financialwoes. And just what are the chances

of employees and pensionersagreeing to that reduction? Youprobably have a better chancewinning the lottery before thathappens.Councilmember Cathie Gordon

conceded that at this point thereis little that can be done.“We’re in limbo,” she saidThere are a few fresh faces in

Hamtramck's Police Department.Just call them “The God Squad.”Police Chief Max Garbarino

filled the newly-created position ofPolice Chaplain with not one butthree members of the local clergy.It was the first time the depart-ment has had a chaplain.According to Garbarino, the

three chaplains will play a vitalrole in helping the departmentwith not only victim services, butcounseling officers as well. Gar-barino says a lot of departmentsalready have chaplains, and it wasjust a matter of time before Ham-tramck caught up."My hope is that the chaplains

eventually become experts inhelping victims cope and get re-sources, as well break down bar-

riers between officers and thecommunity," says Garbarino. "I'dlike to see them become liaisonsbetween residents and the de-partment."After six years of a growing

budget deficit, it looked like thingswere looking up for the Ham-tramck Public School District.At least that was the message

at a mid-month board meetingwhen an audit of the 2012 budgetwas reviewed.Superintendent Tom Niczay and

his administration had been work-ing on a budget deficit eliminationplan, and he said he would pres-ent a revised plan to the board atthe December meeting.Niczay said that if things go as

predicted the district should beable to balance its budget by2015.Nothing says "thanks" like a

hearty, home-cooked meal.Keeping that in mind, PLAV Post

10 and the Hamtramck Allied Vet-erans Council visited the PiquetteSquare for Veterans to serve res-idents a Thanksgiving dinner --with a little Hamtramck twist. Post 10's chef Dave Po-

mainville whipped up a hugespread of turkey, stuffing, mashedpotatoes and gravy, yams, greenbeans, cranberry relish, salad anddessert. A giant tray of flaky angelwings and a pan full of Polishsausage and sauerkraut topped itall off. About 130 meals wereserved in all. "You can't give enough thanks

back to groups like Post 10 andthe HAVC," said Veterans Re-source Facilitator Chery Allen."We wouldn't be able to survivewithout the community supportwe receive."

The week’s crime reportscover Dec. 27 through Jan. 1.

Thursday, Dec. 27:• At 11 p.m. a man was ar-

rested at a house on DanforthSt. for domestic abuse andpossession of heroin.• A female employee at

18th Street Deli on Conant re-ported she was assaulted byher supervisor.• A vehicle reported stolen

in Hamtramck was recoveredby Detroit police.• Officers confiscated a

shopping cart from a marketon Holbrook. The cart was al-legedly stolen.• Officers investigating a

possible break-in at a houseon the 3400 block of Com-stock noticed that there waswater leaking in the basement.Officers said there was about6 inches of water. The Depart-ment of Public Works was no-tified.• A woman reported that a

former neighbor had been re-peatedly calling and harassingher.• A woman was arrested at

CVS around 9:30 p.m. for dis-orderly conduct.

Friday, Dec. 28:• At 10:30 p.m., two teens

were arrested during a trafficstop for curfew violation.• At 4 a.m., officers were

sent to a house in the 11000block of Sobieski where abreak-in was in process. Whenofficers arrived, the suspectwas gone, but a porch windowhad been broken.• Officers assisted state po-

lice in the capture of a suspectfleeing the scene of an auto

accident on northbound I-75.

Saturday, Dec. 29:• A man reported that his

sister had died in her dwellingon the 2600 block of HolmesSt.• An Evaline St. resident

came to the police station toturn in a purse that was found.• A Florian St. resident was

taken to a hospital to preventa possible suicide.

Sunday, Dec. 30:• At about 12:15 a.m., a

woman reported that a blackmale grabbed her purse whileshe was in front of her resi-dence in the 12000 block ofMitchell St. The woman’s fa-ther ran after the suspect butwhen he caught up with thesuspect he was assaulted.The suspect was seen gettinginto a Cadillac that had pulledup. The father continued hispursuit in his car but lost sightof the get-away vehicle in theMt. Elliot-Huber area of Detroit.• Officers investigating a

house alarm in the 2200 blockof Alice noticed a bathroomwindow broken out and thefront door unlocked. The ownerof the house was notified. Itwas not immediately known ifanything was stolen.• A report was taken regard-

ing domestic violence at a res-idence on Winfield St.• A Caniff resident was ar-

rested for obstructing policewhile officers were investigat-ing a car crash at Caniff andGallagher.• A domestic violence report

was taken from a residence inthe 2000 block of TrowbridgeSt.

• A resident in the 11000block of Fleming reported re-ceiving harassing phone calls.

Monday, Dec. 31:• A man was arrested for do-

mestic violence that occurredin the 9700 block of Dequin-dre.• A resident in the 11000

block of Lumpkin reported thedriver’s side window of his2002 Caravan was broken out.• A Hazel Park resident was

arrested for having an illegallyconcealed handgun while po-lice were investigating a reportof a disorderly male at Aliceand Lumpkin.

Tuesday, Jan. 1:• A man was arrested at a

residence in the 12000 blockof Selfridge St. for pointing ashotgun at a neighbor. Officersalso said that when they cameto the suspect’s residence, heanswered the door with a fully-loaded shotgun.• A resident in the 11000

block of Klinger St. reportedthe rear window of his 1997Toyota was shattered at ap-proximately 1:45 a.m.• A Holbrook resident was

arrested for brandishing achef’s knife at a Trowbridge St.location.• A man was arrested for do-

mestic violence that occurredat a residence in the 12000block of Dequindre St.• At about 6:30 a.m., a

woman reported that her ex-boyfriend had been stalkingher.• A woman was arrested in

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Coming eventsWEDNESDAY, Jan. 9, 11 a.m. -- The Daughters of Is-abella Mystical Rose Circle 736 will meet at Queenof Apostles Activity Center. Entrance on Harold St.,fenced-in parking.

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A Hamtramck landmark busi-ness announced it would close itsdoors for good.A letter went out from the

Kowalski Sausage Co. announc-ing that it was closing its deli onJos. Campau, as well as threeother delis in the metro area.The deli had been in business

for over 50 years.“After a long discussion we

have concluded that the companyshould exit the retail store busi-ness and focus on our main pur-pose of producing great, highquality food,” said Michael Kowal-ski, president of the company, ina letter handed out to customers.During the second round of the

2012 Wayne County Property,local artist collective Power HouseProductions (PHP) made a powermove. The non-profit purchased18 properties for a total of$22,851.It might seem like a lot to work

with, but only two of the proper-ties were actually purchased foruse by PHP. The rest, which aremostly located in the Detroitneighborhood north of Carpenterknown as "NoHam," "HamtramckHeights" or more recently "ThePower House Neighborhood,"were bought on the behalf of oth-ers with PHP acting as a fiduciaryagent.According to artist Mitch Cope -

- who along with wife Gina Re-ichert comprises the team ofDesign 99, the progenitor of PHP-- most of the people who pur-chased a property are otherartists who decided to take theplunge after eyeing-up the area. "Some have been living here

on-and-off for a while, some camethrough Juxtapoz," says Cope.

"They're from all over."

DECEMBERIs the Hamtramck Blowout

about to blow out of town?That was the hot and heavy

rumor in the last few weeks ofNovember. But according to theMetro Times, the alternativeweekly magazine that sponsorsthe weekend music festival, theBlowout is staying in town.However, cha-cha-cha-changes

are coming.“We’re not leaving Hamtramck,

we’re just trying to expand it,”said Chris Sexson, the Publisherof the Metro Times.That likely means that other

venues outside of Hamtramck –such as in Ferndale -- will be partof the Blowout.He also confirmed another

rumor that the Blowout will bemoved from March to April whenthere is warmer weather.Just like the sidewalks, Ham-

tramck residents were still a littletorn-up after months of gas linerepairs.DTE Energy had been ripping

up sidewalks throughout townsince last summer, but in themeantime residents had to dealwith closed streets and trying tofind a place to park their cars –often blocks away from theirhome.Residents complained that

once the gas line replacementwork was completed, the side-walks were being shoddily re-placed with a couple of inches ofcement.No need to worry, said Public

Works Department Director SteveShaya. There was a method tothis madness, he said.Since there were so many side-

walk slabs that needed to be re-placed and so little time to do itbefore cold weather set in, Shayasaid he told DTE to pour a tempo-rary cement slab of two inches in-stead of the standard fourinches.“It’s just to get us through the

winter,” he stressed.Shaya said the plan is to have

a DTE contractor come back inApril and remove the temporaryslabs and put in a proper side-walk.After eight months of detain-

ment, four Detroit men were fi-

nally convicted of the kidnappingand murder of two Hamtramckwomen last February.Two Wayne County Circuit Court

juries convicted Brandon Cain,Brian Lee and cousins Jeremyand Reginald Brown in the deathsof Abreeya Brown, 18, and AshleyConaway, 22.Cain was the main suspect,

and investigators said he was be-hind the plot to kill the women toprevent them from testifying thathe had previously shot at them.The women were taken at gun-

point from their home on AndrusSt. on Feb. 28. They were neverseen again until their bodies werediscovered about a month later ina Detroit park on the city’s west-side.Hamtramck Police Chief Max

Garbarino said the investigationwas one of the toughest the de-partment has faced in years. Asfor the verdict, he said “justicehas been served.”Mayor Karen Majewski said the

verdict also comes as a “relief.”She also noted that it didn’t takethe two juries long to come totheir decision.“It’s pretty telling the delibera-

tions were relatively short,” shesaid.The City of Hamtramck and

newly-appointed City TreasurerMike Wilk used to just be friendswith benefits, but at a city councilmeeting the relationship wasmade official. After two-and-a-half years of

working on a part-time, uncom-pensated basis, Mike Wilk washired for the treasurer position offull-time.Along with the "new" title there

is also a new focus -- reconcilingoverdue account balances. Addi-tionally, the Treasury Departmentwill also look for ways to makethings more economically effi-cient. "If we can streamline things fi-

nancially, that will be a priority,"says Wilk. "But the real challengeis to get all the money we areowed."Shortly before leaving his posi-

tion with the city, former ActingCity Manager Nevrus Nazarkomade a small change that had abig impact. Early in the fall, Nazarko re-

structured the city's Code En-forcement Division by transferring

it from the Department of PublicWorks to the Community & Eco-nomic Development Department. Additionally, he reinstituted the

practice of maintaining city lotsand alleyways, which had beenabandoned the previous year dueto budget constraints.The result has been a much

cleaner city. Since then the CodeEnforcement crew has completedover 200 work orders, taking careof everything from vacant, city-owned lots to boarding up emptyhouses -- plus a lot of stuff in be-tween.Moreover, the changes brought

about a new attitude in town.Whereas code violators used toget away with repeatedly ignoringorders for compliance, since thechanges took place compliancehas not fallen below 80 percent."Our rate of compliance is

higher than any of the other mu-nicipalities that I've talked to,"says Code Enforcement Supervi-sor Thomas Russell. The annual Review Christmas

party came and went - but what amemorable event it was! Thanks to a lot of hard work,

The Review office building lookedwarm and inviting on the eveningof Dec. 8. It was further illumi-nated by the presence of somevery special guests, including U.S. Senator Carl Levin and his wifeBarbara, and U.S. CongressmanGary Peters. Of course, many ofour own local dignitaries, cus-tomers and friends joined in thefun as well.What began a few short years

ago as a simple statement of ap-preciation to our many friends,advertisers and supportersquickly grew into something of a“must-attend event,” and we canonly hope it will continue to proveto be so.As Senator Levin so eloquently

noted, Hamtramck is once againan up-and-coming city. We hopethat our annual tradition of throw-ing a Christmas party can playsome small role in fulfilling thesenator’s faith-full words.

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