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It’s time to clean up the city.This Saturday (April 30)
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. is theannual Hamtramck CleanSweep. Volunteers will bemeeting at Acts 29, 12101Joseph Campau, and at Peo-ple's Community Services,8625 Jos. Campau.The Clean Sweep volunteers
will then move through the city,doing an overall spring clean-ing. Rev. John Meyers, leadpastor for Acts 29, said someof the Clean Sweep volunteerswill be hitting midtown moreaggressively this year.Also, they’ll be offering to re-
move large objects such asfurniture and appliances fromhomes.Meyers said he expects to
bring between 100 and 150volunteers from outside ofHamtramck, along with someequipment to remove largetree branches and other de-bris.A free lunch will be served to
volunteers at People’s Com-munity Services following theevent.“It’s a great opportunity for
neighbors to eat and work to-gether,” Meyers said.
By David Piestrzynski
Who said this, and whatis it about? You canfind the quote and thestory it belongs tosomewhere in thepages of this issue.
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By Alan R. MadeleineHamtramck has long been a
shining example of melting potAmerica. If the folks at Model D, an
online Detroit-based mediacompany, have their way, theentire greater metro Detroit re-gion will follow in our fair city’sfootsteps to achieve the samereputation.In a well-attended meeting
this past Tuesday evening, co-sponsored by Wayne State’sFM radio station WDET, across-section of speakersmade the case for the posi-tives of promoting greater De-troit as a “model” for engagingpotential new citizens.Speaker Ryan Bates, of the
Alliance for Immigrants Rightsand Reform, opened a feweyes when he noted that itcan, in certain cases, takefrom 10 to 13 years for thoseresponsible to look over andapprove a visa, particularly forsuch groups as Mexican andFilipino applicants. Certainly,facts like these make it easierto understand why some electthe dangerous route of illegalentry.He noted also that the immi-
gration process is user-feedriven, as opposed to beingfunded by taxes, which resultsin the simple filing of paper-work costing a person hun-dreds of dollars in each case.
By Charles SercombeSay goodbye to being able
to look into the fire station asyou pass by.But say hello to cheaper en-
ergy bills for the city. The sta-tion’s five glass garage doorswere replaced with energy ef-ficient ones that sport onlytwo smaller windows on eachpanel.The new doors are part of a
$400,000 federal energy
grant the city received re-cently. About $115,000 wastapped recently to install sev-eral energy improvementitems in city buildings. Besides the new doors, a
new lighting system was in-stalled in the fire station aswell as the library.Down the road other im-
provement projects will takeplace, including a new hotwater heater for City Hall.
Detroit officialhas eyes onHamtramckBy Charles SercombeThere’s been a lot of talk
lately of merging Michigancommunities and/or theirservices as a way to savemoney.At least Gov. Rick Snyder is
urging communities to look atthose options, and he plansto reward communities thatheed his call with more staterevenue sharing.That’s a fancy way of saying
money.Here in Hamtramck, you
won’t hear too much talk infavor of proposal.What? Merge with Highland
Park, a city that is so fardown the drain it would onlypull Hamtramck down with it?Or Detroit? That city is hardly doing
much better.But that doesn’t mean offi-
cials from outside the citydon’t have their own designson Hamtramck.Detroit City Councilmember
Ken Cockrel Jr. was quotedrecently in the online siteHuffington Post (thanks forthe tip Inside Hamtramck)saying not only would he bewilling to absorb Hamtramckand Highland Park, he’dratchet it up by also mergingin Ecorse and River rouge.It’s no coincidence his com-
ment comes after the devas-tating blow Detroit receivedabout its 2010 Censuscount. Over the last 10years, Detroit lost 230,000people in the latest popula-tion count, which translatesin the loss of millions of dol-lars in federal projectsIn 1950, Detroit was the
fourth largest city in the na-tion with a population of 2million people. It is now the18th largest city with710,000 residents. Cockrel had this to say
about his merger plan:“It would automatically
solve the population issue.”It may indeed “solve” that
problem, but his commentdidn’t exactly make friendshere.
Fire station gets first part of energy project
Making the case on why welcomingimmigrants is a good thing
Continued on page 2
This week at the library...Registrations for Summer Reading Pro-
gram starts May 2: All children are invitedto register for the 2011 Summer Programseries which will start in the library in June.ESL Class for Beginners - Saturday, April30 at 10:30 a.m. Christine Templin is theinstructor for the ESL class for beginners.Everyone is invited. Free to the public.Storytime for Children - Saturday, April 30at noon. All children are invited to librarystorytime. Storytime for Children - Saturday, May 7at 12:00 noon. All children are invited to li-brary storytime. Join us in making a dande-lion corsage for mother’s day, right afterreading a book "A Mud Pie for Mother" byScott Beck.Computer Classes for Advanced Users -Monday, May 2 at 11 a.m. Adults with basiccomputer skills can enhance their com-puter literacy each Monday at the library.Number of participants is limited to avail-able computers. Computer Classes for Beginners –Wednesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. Basic instruc-tions on computer use for beginners will beheld on Tuesdays. Number of participantsis limited to available computers.
Math Club Meeting - Tuesday, May 3 at 4p.m. Mr. Nuo is the instructor for the mathclub and math tutoring.Movie Wednesday - Wednesday, May 4 at3:30 p.m. Every Wednesday is movie day atthe library. Come and enjoy our featurepresentation, which includes free popcornand snacks.Meeting of the Library Board - Thursday,May 12 at 6 p.m. Regular meeting of the Li-brary Board will be held in the auditorium.Open to the public.Friends of the Library Meeting - Thursday,May 19 at 6:30 p.m. FHPL President KathyKristy and Treasurer George Gorday, inviteall members and volunteers to participatein the regular monthly meeting and electionmeeting of the FHPL.One Sky, Many Stories - Wednesday, July27 at 1 p.m. Summer Reading Program willjourney around the globe to show how dif-ferent cultures view the night skies. Insideour portable planetarium, children will ex-plore the night skies and hear myths andfolklore stories arising from what is seenin the constellations and stars.Special Thanks for Donations: Jennifer
Dziurda, children’s books; Norm Anderson,magazines; Anna Lukasik, books
For more information about events at the library call (313) 365-7050, or visit our website athttp://hamtramck.lib.mi.us where you can also access our online catalog.
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As a result, a person may, overthe course of an average of sixto seven years for the wholeprocess, cost an individual up-wards of $10,000. A dauntingamount of money for anyone,let alone a person entering thecountry with the normal disad-vantages of a non-native, whomust also try to assimilate asquickly as possible.Bates also spoke on the
rights abuses perpetrated bythe Detroit office of ICE (Immi-gration and Customs Enforce-ment), the policing arm ofUSCIS, or United States Citizen-ship and Immigration Services. These have included home
searches without warrants, in-
definite detentions, and more.He made the case that thenegative press these storiesgenerate, when they occur,throws the area into a nega-tive light for others consideringmaking this their first stop intheir would-be new home.Saydi Sarr, the artistic direc-
tor of the Rowe Niodior AfricanDance Company (and originallyfrom Senegal in Western Africaherself), agreed that theprocess can be nerve-wrackingand difficult. Perseverance inthe face of sometimes over-whelming odds is the key, al-though without a good supportsystem individuals can strug-gle, since so much of their in-
come goes toward the fees.Information, she said, can
be hard to come by as well.A breezy and interesting
slide-type presentation helpedkick off the evening, noting themany major American corpora-tions founded wholly or in-partby first-generation immigrants.These included stalwarts suchas AT&T and Budweiser, aswell as newer tech companieslike Google and Intel.Other panelists who spoke
Tuesday included Steve Toboc-man, of Global Detroit; NadiaTonova from the National Net-work for Arab American Com-munities; Maria ElenaRodriguez, a southwest Detroitactivist and entrepreneur;Hayg Oshagan, director of NewMichigan Media; and DawudWalid of the Council on Ameri-can-Islamic Relations. Ham-tramck City CouncilmemberKazi Miah was also seatedwith the panelists.The evening was moderated
by Martina Guzman of WDET.Also spotted in the crowd wereCouncilmember TomJankowski (an acquaintance ofTobocman), and Mayor KarenMajewski. The audience wasencouraged to partake of thebarbequed riblets, and otherwarm dishes. The event wasfree to the public.For more information, check
out their website at modeld-media.com.
Making the case on why welcoming immigrants is a good thingContinued from front page
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By David PiestrzynskiThe ailing economy has put
a damper on many things, butit hasn’t silenced the localmusic scene here in Ham-tramck.With the right mix of bands
and events, some bars havebeen able to keep the crowdscoming in. Sort of.“It’s not like it used to be,”
said Debbie Malkiewicz, co-owner of Paycheck’s Lounge.“People used to come for aspecific type of music.”But lately, she said the
crowds have become moreband specific. At Paycheck’s,a variety of bands are bookedmonths in advance.Kevin Klopocinski, the book-
ing agent at Paycheck’s, saidsome bands bring consistentcrowds, but the local musicscene is too competitive tokeep the same acts comingback too often.“We have an amazing
amount of bars featuring livemusic, all in such a smallarea,” he said. “You have tobe diverse.”Paycheck’s has been prima-
rily known for a steady flow ofrock bands, but Klopocinskisaid they’ll soon be branchingout and featuring a DJ.Small’s Bar has also found
success through variety.Melody Malosh, a co-owner
at Small’s, said her bar isknown to have just abouteverything: rock, punk, hiphop, metal, country and rock-abilly.Also, Small’s is known for
bringing in bands with a na-tional following. Malosh said,while the winter was difficult,her bar has had a steadyamount of success since theHamtramck Blowout.“It’s been fantastic,” she
said. “The blowout kickedthings off and started gettingpeople out of the house.”
While very few events canmatch the size of the Ham-tramck Blowout, these barsare finding success with spe-cial events of their own, andwith no shortage of creativity.Recently, Small’s held a
beard and mustache compe-tition to complement its livemusic.The Painted Lady Lounge,
which features live punk,country and blues, is alsogoing outside the box on pro-motional events.Next month, the bar will fea-
ture the Super Happy FuntimeBurlesque Group, a travelingmusic and comedy act thathas a national following.But not all special events
come with a comedic tone. Earlier this week, Pay-
check’s started its annual In-ternational Pop Overthrowevent. It features eight differ-ent bands a night on Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday.
For fans of bands, Hamtramckis music to their ears
KOCJANBozena Kocjan, 83, died
April 21, 2011.Mrs. Kocjan was retired
from Days Fashion in Ham-tramck.She was preceded in death
by her husband, Joseph (July1991) and her son, AndyChristopher (December 1,2001).Mrs. Kocjan is survived by
her daughter, Terry; and son,Chris.Funeral arrangements were
made by Krot Funeral Home,
and funeral services wereheld on April 26 at St. Ladis-laus Church.
In Loving MemoryRalph Edward Vivoda
April 27, 1962 – April 4 2007Happy Birthday,
Dear brother, uncle and godfather.We love and miss you so very much. You are in our hearts-n-minds every day. You always had a way to make us happy
and to make us laugh. We often sit around and talk about themeals you used to make for us. We miss them.
Always loved-n-remembered, and painfully missed by brothers and sisters, BobV., Val, Linda, Jo-Jo, Kay-Kay and Laura
Nieces and nephews, Crystal, Mariah, Ken, Lil’Keith and Nathaniel
By Charles SercombeAmerican Axle & Manufac-
turing is demolishing part ofits sprawling plant, but thatdoesn’t mean more will bedemolished, a company offi-cial said.The part coming down is
known as the “Stack Build-ing,” a seven-story structurethat once housed parts.Chris Son, Director of In-
vestor, Corporate Communi-cation and Marketing, saidthe building is being demol-ished only because it is now“obsolete.”“This is a one-off situation,”
he said.About three-quarters of the
building was on the Ham-tramck side of the Detroit bor-der, said Fire Chief SteveParuk. That little detail couldhave major ramifications laterif production ever returns tothe plant.Hamtramck once reaped
about $1 million a year inproperty taxes from the plantwhen it was operating. Sincethe plant closed down twoyears ago, Hamtramck’s taxrevenue from the plantsharply decreased.There is hope from some
city officials that sooner orlater American Axle will rampup production.Chris Son said there could
be a possibility that manufac-turing will one day return.
“The market is the boss,”he said.GM and Chrysler were the
company’s main customers,Son said. While the auto in-dustry has bounced back inthe last year, Son said “it’stoo early to tell” when theplant would reopen.Son added that there has
been no decision to perma-nently close the plant, assome city officials havefeared.However, Jason Friedmann,
the Director of Community &Economic Development forHamtramck, said AmericanAxle has been selling offplants on the Detroit side ofthe border, south of Holbrook.He said high-tech firms
have bought some of theplants. Friedmann said hehad not further informationon what kind of product will
be produced by the compa-nies.American Axle took over the
plants from GM in 1994.
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By David PiestrzynskiWinter’s dirty secret is on
the way to being swept up.On April 12, the City Council
voted to award the city’sstreet cleaning bid to RolarServices Inc., a Troy-basedsweeping and power servicefirm.Rolar performed Ham-
tramck’s street cleaning du-ties last year. The bid was
awarded for $70 per hour.“They will be covering us for
the season,” said MartinLadd, Hamtramck’s Directorof Public Services.Rolar will work through the
summer sweep every citystreet, which should be doneby early in fall.The $30,000 project will be
paid for by the state’s Act 51Roads Fund.
“I think it’s very curious hespoke about this publicly with-out talking first with Ham-tramck,” said Mayor KarenMajewski.In other words, Majewski
said she wonders what theheck else Detroit officials areconjuring up for Hamtramck.“It’s disturbing,” she said.City Councilmember Tom
Jankowski at first didn’t wantto comment, but then un-loaded: “How does that helpus? They’re worse off thanus.”Cockrel, by the way, is no
stranger to Hamtramck. Hegraduated from the former St.Florian High School in the1980s.
Detroit officialhas eyes onHamtramckContinued from front page
American Axle has no immediateplans to re-open
Street sweeping setfor the season
What is our City Council upto these days? We have thescoop and the highlights –as well as the lowlights – ofthe latest council meeting.The City Council met on
April 26, and all coun-cilmembers were present.The meeting ran for twohours and was followed by aclosed session.City Hall Insider has to
ask for forgiveness for beingthe annoying one you heardat the meeting coughing hishead off. Sheesh, a ticklecough is true torture. You’dthink over-the-counter coughsyrup and cough dropswould do the trick, but nah.First up was a presenta-
tion by Ronald Orr of theHamtramck Community Ini-tiative. He spoke specifically
on the newly-created RadioPatrol Program, which con-sists of Hamtramck resi-dents patrolling the city andcalling in actual crimes inmotion and suspicious peo-ple doing something suspi-cious.Orr said so far the pro-
gram has seven volunteersand that he hopes to get atleast 20 by summer. All ofthe volunteers go through atwo-hour training programand must pay $15 to covera background search onthem.Volunteers have a special
telephone line that they calldirectly into the police sta-tion to alert officers of acrime in progress.Orr said he and Tom
Stackpoole recently pa-
trolled one evening andcame upon two people try-ing to break into a boarded-up house. He said that theymade the mistake of slow-ing down, thus alerting thetwo suspects.When Orr and Stackpoole
went around the block andcame back, the two sus-pects were gone.Keeping an eye open for
crime isn’t the only thing theprogram is geared to do.Volunteers also note the lo-cation of abandoned cars,boarded up houses thatlook like they have been bro-ken into and streetlightsthat are out.Orr stressed that volun-
teers are not supposed toget out of their cars andconfront anyone, but to in-stead call the police station.“We are not police offi-
cers,” he said.In other communities the
patrols have proved to behighly effective. He said De-troit’s Green Acres commu-nity saw a 70 percentdecrease in crime after oneyear of their patrols.Volunteers base what
areas to patrol, partly atleast, on where the latestcrimes have been reported.That information comesfrom the Police Depart-ment’s CLEMIS program,which tracks and pinpointswhere crimes occur in thecity.Want to be a patrol mem-
ber? You have to be a Ham-tramck resident and at least21 years old. The next train-ing session is May 25. Formore information, call (313)281-8160.Councilmember Catrina
Stackpoole encouraged res-idents to come out this Sat-urday (April 30) for theannual Hamtramck CleanSweep. You can join up withother volunteers that day orjust concentrate on cleaningup your own property.In the public comment
section of the meeting, awoman questioned a pro-posed expense of $40,000to hire a code and parkingenforcement officer for theDowntown Development Au-thority district.She said in light of the
city’s $4 million deficit, theexpense seems inappropri-ate. She was told the DDA
budget mostly comes from aspecial tax fund and partlyfrom the city’s general fund.Robert Zwolak also
chimed in on the DDA pro-posal, saying code enforce-ment will only “chasepeople away.”He said the proposal is
“anti-business,” and thatthere are plenty of otherthings that need to be takencare of in the DDA district.In a review of the city’s list
of bills to be paid, Coun-cilmember Cathie Gordonproposed withholding pay-ment to Detroit for waterand sewer service since De-troit has failed to hand overa $3.2 million check formoney owed from GM’s Po-letown tax revenue.City Manager Bill Cooper
advised against that, sayinghe has reliable informationthat Detroit officials areabout to make good on thecheck.The council agreed to OK
paying all of the bills – in-cluding Detroit’s water bill.In a short presentation, an
auditor who reviewed thecity’s 2010 handling of fed-eral monies said there wasonly one “non-compliance”issue, which he stressedwas a minor one that did notviolate any laws.The issue at hand was the
demolition of a house thatwas eventually paid by thecity and not through federalfunds.The audit reviewed $1 mil-
lion in federal funds lastyear.In what turned out to be
the most controversial topicof the evening, the councildiscussed at length onwhether to hire a code andparking enforcement officerfor the DDA.The job is slated to pay
$40,000 a year.Before things got rolling,
City Manager Cooper saidhe was approached by thecity employee union earlierin the day about having theofficer also hold the title ofparking enforcer. The unionsaid this is already a cityjob.After some talk, Cooper
agreed to eliminate thatpart of the title, but theunion was agreeable toallow the code enforcementofficer to also issue parkingtickets when he or shecome upon violations.Councilmember Gordon
said she was under the im-
pression that the $40,000cost was for two jobs, onebeing strictly for code en-forcement and the other fora parking enforcement offi-cer.Cooper said that is not the
case, and that it’s just oneperson wearing both hats.Before the council went
forward, a vote was held toremove the parking enforce-ment part of the title fromthe position. It passed butCouncilmembers Mo-hammed Hassan and Gor-don objected.After a lengthy discussion
on the merits and financialability of the city to pay forthe position, the councilvoted 5-1 in favor to createthe position. Councilmem-ber Hassan voted againstthe proposal.
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The cost of stabilizingHamtramck’s financial pic-ture is going to be steep, ifsome or all of the solutionsoutlined by the city manageris any indication.And the people who will
pay the highest price are cityemployees, especially policeofficers and firefighters.According to the severest
plan laid out recently by CityManager Bill Cooper to theCity Council, six officers andsix firefighters will have tobe laid off. On top of that,employees would have toagree to kick in 20 percentof their health care costsand contribute more towardtheir pensions.Firefighters and cops
would also have to do awaywith minimum staffing re-quirements. If this plan isnot enacted with the nextyear, the city will remain indeficit spending, Coopersays.
And if Hamtramck doesnot balance its books, Gov.Rick Snyder will likely swoopin and appoint an emergencyfinancial manager to do thedirty work of tearing upunion contracts.An emergency manager
could even take a furtherstep and merge out city withDetroit and Highland Park.We’re not in favor of any of
this, but unless voters dosomething drastic and kickthe governor and his Repub-lican cohorts out of office,this is the reality we all face.How did it come to this?Make no mistake, the Re-
publican Party wants to dis-mantle organized labor andpublic employees and publicteachers. They are doing itas swiftly as they can whilethey hold a majority in thestate legislature.If they have their way, most
if not all of the public laborforce would be performed by
private industry. Publicschools would be eliminatedand turned over to privatecharter operations.Police officers and fire-
fighters could find them-selves working for $15 anhour with no benefits, justlike what’s happening inHighland Park.Is this the Hamtramck you
want? Is this the Michiganyou want?Gov. Snyder has conve-
niently set up each commu-nity for financial failure bythreatening to withhold addi-tion state revenue sharing ifthey fail to merge and con-solidate services.Hamtramck can’t solve its
impending financial crisisalone. It’s time that we asvoters and citizens take astand against a Republicanplan that will greatly dimin-ish our collective quality oflife.
To save our city, it’s timefor voters to take a stand
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Words to ponder … RobertReich, who was Labor Secre-tary in the Clinton administra-tion and is now Professor ofPublic Policy at the Universityof California, Berkeley, has avery interesting blog that’sworth checking out. When itcomes to economics, the guyknows his stuff.In his latest blog entry, which
you can find online at robertre-ich.org, he takes on WallStreet’s concern that interestrates might go through theroof. Nonsense, he said, it’smore of a case that our weakeconomic recovery will U-turninto a recession.Why?He says that the problem
with the economy is that thoseof us still with jobs are takinghome less pay. Why? Read on:“Payrolls are down because
big companies have beenshifting much of their workabroad where business isbooming. The Commerce De-partment recently reportedthat over the last decadeAmerican multinationals (es-sentially all large American cor-porations) eliminated 2.9million American jobs whileadding 2.4 million abroad.“What the Commerce De-
partment didn’t say is thepace is picking up. In 2000,30 percent of GE’s businesswas overseas and 46 percentof its employees; now 60 per-cent of its business is outsidethe U.S., as are 54 percent of
its employees. Over the pastfive years, Oracle added twiceas many workers overseas asin the US; 63 percent of itsemployees now work abroad.”
Word games … You knowhow when you do spell checkon names, you get, well, inter-esting spelling suggestionsthat inadvertently may – ormay not – provide insight intosomeone?Or at the very least give you
a chuckle.We certainly had a laugh or
two with some of the sugges-tions this week. In this issueyou will see the name of LouSchimmel, who several yearsago was appointed to run thecity as an emergency financialmanager.Schimmel rubbed a number
of local people wrong, and hehad no shortage of critics onhis management style and de-cisions. We’re not going to getinto all that but we found itamusing, yeah, that’s theword, for spell check’s spellingsuggestions for his last name.On top of the list of possible
spellings was the word,“scheme.” And the next one:“shimmed.”We also got an amusing
spelling suggestion for DetroitCity Councilmember Ken Cock-rel Jr.’s last name. Oh, stopyour snarking.First up, was the spelling
“cockerel,” which means a“young male domestic fowl,”
according to Webster’s Diction-ary. Second up in the spelling
suggestion department , wasmaybe even more, ah, wellnever mind, here it is: “cocker.”Now really, stop with guf-
faws. We’re adults here. Be-sides, it means: “indulge,pamper,” or secondly, “Akeeper or handler of fightingcocks.”Considering that Cockrel
was once president of that es-teemed bastion of civilityknown as the Detroit CityCouncil – “Shrek!” – maybethat last definition seemsmore fitting.Lighten up, everyone.
Reminder … Tonight, Friday,April 29, the HamtramckNAACP will host a “Teach-In”about immigrant rights andracial profiling.The meeting will be held at
the ICND Auditorium at 12605McDougall St., located twoblocks north of Carpenter inDetroit.Panelists include Ryan
Bates, the Director of AIR,Dawud Walid, Executive Direc-tor of CAIR, Saeed Khan, a pro-fessor at Wayne StateUniversity, Seema Ahmad ofMMDC and the event will bemoderated by Bill Meyer of theHamtramck NAACP.For more information about
this meeting, call (313) 207-3904.
By Charles SercombeIf Hamtramck – and this is
a big “if” – goes broke and isin need of an emergency fi-nancial manager, the governorwon’t have to look far for one.City Councilmember Tom
Jankowski, although initiallyreluctant to confirm this, saidhe has indeed taken state-sponsored training to becomean emergency financial man-ager.Jankowski already has ex-
perience being under thewings of an EFM. He waselected mayor while Ham-tramck was under the controlof a state-appointed EFM sev-eral years ago.Jankowski got along with
Emergency Financial ManagerLou Schimmel, who could be-- how should we say it?“Prickly”? -- with other localofficials at the time. In fact,Schimmel went so far to en-
dorse Jankowski’s electionover then incumbent MayorGary Zych.Jankowski said his back-
ground in being part of ateam to bring a financially
troubled city back to solvencygives him an edge over oth-ers. In other words, he’s beenthere and done that.“It’s the kind of work I
enjoy,” Jankowski said. “I liketo take things that need fixing
and fix them.”Jankowski’s role during
Schimmel’s control was lim-ited in the sense that the guywho ultimately called theshots was still Schimmel.Hamtramck could very well
end up financially belly-up.The city is facing a $4 millionbudget deficit, and unless cityemployees – including policeofficers and firefighters –agree to significant contractconcessions and cuts, thereis a good chance the governorwould step in and appointand EFM to take over.But would Gov. Snyder ap-
point a local?We couldn’t get an answer
to that by press time, but thequestion certainly raises anumber of questions.Jankowski said if the oppor-
tunity came up to be Ham-tramck’s EFM, he’d “considerit.”
Councilmember is ready to actas EFM if needed
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That’s a noble task. Do youhave experience doing any-thing similar?
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What types of programs doyou plan to implement here inHamtramck?
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Jeff Garbus manned theturntables himself and spunrecords for several hours liveon Hamtramck’s very own AMradio station, located on thedial at 1610.Our favorite tune he played:
“Wanna Be” by Detroit’s ownThe Fondas.
(OK, disclaimer here. Thisreporter is the drummer forThe Fondas.)Mikel Smith at Detroit
Threads had a rotating guestlist of DJ’s who played to anever-expanding throng as theafternoon wore on.His event served as a prel-
ude to a reunion party of theformer Motor Lounge thatnight, which was an insanehappening all on its own.You know, for a Saturday af-
ternoon, looking at recordlovers and young people walk-ing downtown, it formed athought: Why can’t it be likethis all the time?
Record Store Day was a party in Hamtramck
It’s said that whatever hap-pens to Detroit, so goesHamtramck. If you were torely solely on the local main-stream media, you’d thinkDetroit is no more than acrime-infested wasteland.Well, we’re here to say thatisn’t so. Our friends over atmodeldmedia.com and
metromode.com have beenreporting on fascinating de-velopment projects for thepast few years.With their permission, here
is a round-up of their reportsfrom the past week:Detroit Hustles Harder."
It's one of the great localslogans of this city's mod-
ern era. It also describesthe work ethic of EasternMarket designers AptemalClothing, who've taken thismotto to new heights in thepast four years.From a tiny, graffiti-covered
storefront in Eastern Mar-ket, Division Street Bou-tique, the team of Joseph"J.P." O'Grady and BrendanBlumentritt are aggressively
growing their apparel linewhile seeking new territoryfor their business. Expandedsummer hours means cus-tomers can swing by Divi-sion Street Boutique sixdays a week (noon to 4p.m., Mon. thru Fri., noon to5 p.m. on Saturdays). O'-Grady says business isbooming, both in the storeand online.
"Pittsburgh, New York, Eu-rope ... they all buy our stuffonline, all day long. Every-body loves Detroit, exceptthe people from Detroit," hesays. Aptemal has also ex-
panded their retailing opera-tion, selling their gear in sixdifferent outlets from MountClemens to Royal Oak. Oneof their main summer tar-
gets is music festivals likeElectronic Forest, Arts Beats& Eats and Paxahau's Move-ment music festivals.But t-shirts aren't the only
wares these two entrepre-neurs have to sell. New col-laborations mean you cansoon pick up a "Detroit Hus-tles Harder" skateboard, orturn up the bass on June's
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Hamtramck studio apart-ments, good location, im-mediate occupancy,248-229-4295, 248-229-4297. 4/29
Studio, no pets, Ham-tramck, 313-632-5566. 5/27
Single room, utilities in-cluded, nice area, quiet,313-220-8961. 5/20
Furnished, separate en-trance, no pets, 313-369-1654. 5/6
3901 Caniff, 4 Br., 2 bath-rooms, single - familydwelling, includes new gasstove + oven, microwave,dishwasher, garbage dis-posal, fridge, washer-dryer,large fenced yard, 2-1/2 cargarage with electronicopener, all for only $700/month, renters insurance re-quired, call Len at 248-421-4332 for additional info. 5/4
Hamtramck, 2 Br., appli-ances, clean, senior citizenor couple preferred, 313-580-3771 or 313-871-0189. 4/29
Hamtramck, 2 Br., diningroom, $500/month, refer-ences required, call before8 p.m., 734-654-8681. 5/20
Newly renovated single-family 3 Br. home,$650/month, Section 8welcome, 313-930-6000.Prymuszka. 5/20
Hamtramck, Charest St.,between Evaline and Hol-brook, 4 Br., 1-1/2 bath-room, living, dining,kitchen, central air, fullbasement (with 1 Br.), nicearea, 313-740-0832. 5/6
Clean, move-in ready, upperflat, water + heart in-cluded, $550/month +$550 security deposit,313-682-2928. 5/13
Hamtramck, upper 3 Br.flat, $575/month plus se-curity deposit, referencesrequired, 313-801-4001.4/29
Warren, Hamtramck + De-troit, 2 & 3 Br., central air,washer-dryer, dishwasher, ex-cellent condition, Section 8more than welcome, callMario 313-420-7451. 4/29
Hamtramck, Conant-Ye-mans area, 2 Br. upper, liv-ing room, dining room,$400/month + security,must have good credit, nopets, 586-945-0317. 5/13
Beautiful 3 Br. single familyhouse, nice + clean, Trow-bridge-Conant, basement,garage, land contract avail-able, asking $28,900,586-822-3458, 313-610-8371. 5/6
Hamtramck, 2-car, $45/month, call before 8 p.m.,734-654-8681. 4/29
Building for lease, 2400sq. ft., ideal for officespace or storage,$1600/month, 3-yearlease desired, located inbusy downtown Ham-tramck. 5/20
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