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3020 Caniff, Hamtramck, MI 48212 • (313) 874-2100
Volume 4 No. 12March 23, 2012
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Labor Dayfestival isup in the airBy Charles SercombeThis year’s Labor Day Festi-
val is truly going to take amajor work of labor to makeit happen.In order for it to occur, the
Downtown Development Au-thority, which organizes theevent, has a self-imposed-deadline to raise $50,000 to$75,000 by May 1, or theshow is over.“If we make that mark, the
festival is definitely on,” saidDarren Grow, Director of theDDA.The DDA is now contacting
corporate and business con-tacts to raise the money. But there are other finan-
cial strikes hurting the DDA.Right now, in city hall, there
is a lot of speculation – andfinger-pointing – over why theDDA’s budget is suddenly$100,000 overdrawn.At press time Thursday, the
DDA was trying to schedule aspecial meeting. On the pos-sible chopping block was notonly the festival, but alsoGrow’s position.The reason for the short-
fall, said Grow, is that some-how the city did not catch theend of a tax collection fromthe private developer whoowns, or at this point used toown, the state Department ofHuman Services building onJos. Campau.Grow said that he is still try-
ing to sort out what hap-pened to the tax collection onthe building, but at this pointit looks like Wayne Countypurchased the building and isonly required to honor a taxpayment of $16,000 a year.The bottom line at this
By Charles Sercombe“We need to stand to-
gether tonight in defiance,”said Mayor Karen Majewskiat a gathering of about 200people last Friday evening.And defiance indeed was in
the air.The outpouring was in re-
sponse to the horrible vio-lence done to six womenwithin a one week period re-cently.Friday’s get-together was
also the result of planning bya new group called “TakeBack the Night Hamtramck.”Friday’s event started at
the corner of Jos. Campauand Holbrook, and the gath-ering then walked a fewblocks south and stopped fora brief moment of silence inthe Checker’s restaurantparking lot, across from thePainted Lady Lounge, wherea few weeks ago four womenwere carjacked after leavingthe Jacob St. bar.One of the women escaped
before their abductor, holdinga gun, ordered the three re-maining women to driveaway.The women were later re-
peatedly sexually assaulted.The gunman was eventuallyarrested later that night afterpolice managed to close in.The group then walked a
few more blocks down andstopped at Andrus St. wherea few days prior to the car-jacking two women were kid-napped during a gun battle attheir house, and were thenstuffed into a trunk of a car.They have not been found
since.Two suspects are being
held in their disappearance.The women are believed tobe dead.During the walk, two drum-
mers kept time with a marchbeat. Many in the crowd heldhand-made signs. Somesaid: “Like a good neighbor,
Hamtramck is there”“We are family”“Stop violence. Spread
peace”“Take back our streets”“Hamtramck cares”As they walked, some in
the crowd chanted: “No moreviolence! No more hate!Women unite! Take back thenight!”Also walking with the men
and women were three fire-fighters, who were followedby fellow firefighters drivingtwo ladder trucks and an am-bulance.Acting Police Chief Max
Garbarino and Councilmem-ber Abdul Algazali were alsowalking alongside.By the look of many, it was
an emotional walk. Some inthe crowd knew the womenwho had been carjacked andassaulted. There were alsofamily members of the twowomen missing.As the crowd returned to
the corner of Jos. Campauand Holbrook, no oneseemed to want to leave.The crowd remained forabout 15 minutes, some stillchanting.One of the event’s organiz-
Community shows it won’t tolerateviolence against women
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About 200 people came out last Friday for a rally calling forthe end of violence against women.
By Alan MadeleineCrime Log is compiled from the
daily intelligence reports of theHamtramck Police Department,this week for the dates of Wednes-day, March 14 through Monday,March 19.From Wednesday, March 14:• A man living on the 2200
block of Yemans reported that hehad been threatened over thephone by another man, known tohim. The second man had threat-ened to shoot the first man in thehead over an argument they’d pre-viously had.• A juvenile (gender not stated)
reported being assaulted by asuspect while at Keyworth Sta-dium.• A resident of a home in the
2000 block of Norwalk reportedthat someone broke a window onhis building.
• A woman attempted to passa counterfeit check in the amountof $872.64 at Walter’s PartyStore. The woman fled in a blueNissan Altima (no year given)prior to officers arriving, but lefther purse behind with her ID in it.(That’s right, friends, you heard uscorrectly. – Ed.) The purse, ID andcheck were all entered into evi-dence.• A woman found a plastic bag
full of pills near an address in the3400 block of Norwalk. Sheturned them over to police forsafeguarding. (We’re sure they’dbe interested in getting them backto you, especially if they’re illegal.So, give them a call! – Ed.)• A man reported that an un-
known person robbed him at gun-point (location not stated) of hisiPod, cell phone, and $150 incash. The suspect is a whitemale (no age given), about 5’9”,wearing a gray sweatshirt andblack jeans, and brandishing ablack handgun. • A man was arrested on a
charge of domestic violence afterassaulting a woman at an ad-dress in the 2200 block of Dan-forth. It wasn’t stated whether thesuspect and victim were ac-quainted.• A man was arrested behind a
home in the 12100 block ofKlinger after he attempted tocash a stolen check at Walter’sParty Store, 12197 Conant, andthen fled.From Thursday, March 15:• A man was arrested for as-
saulting his girlfriend at their res-idence in the 11700 block ofMitchell.• Officers took a report of ma-
licious destruction of property ona vehicle in the 3200 block ofTrowbridge. No other info on thevehicle was given.• A woman reported being as-
saulted by a black male at anundisclosed location. No other in-formation was provided.• Officers confiscated a
portable basketball rim from themiddle of the street on St. Aubin,near Carpenter, after the juvenilesusing it were advised severaltimes to move it out of the middleof the street, but did not.From Friday, March 16:• An agent of a carry-out
restaurant in the 9800 block ofJos. Campau reported that awhite male came in (age and de-scription not given), falsely pre-sented himself as a fireinspector, and charged her $125to switch out their fire extinguish-ers, which he then ended up re-placing with already used ones. • An agent for a deli in the
9400 block of Jos. Campau re-ported that a man jumped overthe counter and took an undis-closed amount of money from outof their cash register. He was de-scribed as being a white male inhis mid-30s, with a shaved headand wearing a white shirt with ablack design and black pants. Hefled on foot. The agent apparentlywaited 20 minutes before callingthe police.• Officers arrested a man near
a bar in the 2600 block of Car-penter after he assaulted a cus-tomer there.From Saturday, March 17:
• Officers arrested a man forbreaking and entering after hewas found at an address in the11400 block of Grand Haven.• A man reported being as-
saulted in the 10300 block ofJos. Campau. No description ofthe assailant(s) available.• A man was arrested for retail
fraud after attempting to steal aquantity of smoked sausage froma supermarket in the 9000 blockof Jos. Campau. (We will refrainfrom speculating on where he, ah,“hid” the sausage. – Ed.)• A man reported the theft of
the catalytic converter from his2005 Honda Element while it wasparked in front of an address inthe 1900 block of Belmont,sometime between noon and 8p.m. yesterday. (For yet anothersnarky comment on this growingtrend, see the entry below underMonday. –Ed.)• A woman reported that a
male suspect, unknown to her,stole her groceries as she wasleaving a supermarket in the9000 block of Jos. Campau, inthe Town Center shopping plaza.Suspect described as a whitemale, 6’ tall, medium build withshort blond hair, wearing a whiteprinted shirt and beige shorts (noage given). He jumped into agreen Dodge Caravan minivan, inwhich was a white female, about5’8”, with blond hair in a ponytail, a thin build, and wearing ablue shirt and plaid shorts (again,no age given). It was not statedwho was driving the Caravan.• A man was arrested on do-
mestic assault charges after ap-parently assaulting a woman atan address in the 1900 block of
2 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 Friday, March 23, 2012
This week at the library...Youth Art Month - Submissions due Satur-
day, March 31. The month of March is ob-served to emphasize the value of artparticipation by children. Our contest is opento all children between ages of 4 to 18. Par-ticipants are asked to submit an original entryincorporating the theme "Springtime in Michi-gan.” Award ceremony will be held on Thurs-day, April 12 at 5 p.m.ESL Class with Christine Templing - Satur-
day, March 24 at noon. Intermediate ESLclass conducted by Christine Templin, free tothe public.Story Time for Children - Saturday, March
24, at noon. Join your friends at the library fora reading of the book, "Castles, Caves andHoneycombs" by Linda Ashman.Toddler Time at the Library - Monday
March 26 at noon. Join us for story time, arts& crafts, games and other fun activities. Thebook for this week is, "Castles, Caves andHoneycombs" by Linda Ashman. (Childrenmust be accompanied by an adult.)Registration for Computer Classes for Be-
ginners and Advanced Users - Starts onTuesday, March 26 Math Club Meeting - Tuesday, March 27 at
3:30 p.m. Mr. Nuo is the instructor for themath club, math tutoring and Math Kangaroocompetition.
ESL Conversation Class - Tuesday, March27 at 4:30 p.m. Ms. Trisa conducts the Eng-lish Conversation classes each Tuesday night.Free of charge to Hamtramck residents.ESL Class with Ms. Templin - Wednesday,
March 28 at noon. Christine Templin is the in-structor for the ESL class for beginners. Every-one is invited. Free to the public.Computer Classes for Beginners and Ad-
vance Users - New Sessions start the weekof April 2Movie Night - Thursday, March 29 at 4 p.m.
All children are invited for a movie and pop-corn. This week the feature film is "Mr. Pop-per’s Penguins.”ESL News for You - Friday, March 30 at 3:30
p.m. ESL reading and discussion class withLatisha Edge. Free to the public.Meeting of the Library Board - Thursday,
April 12 at 6 p.m. Regular meeting of the Li-brary Board will be held in the auditorium.Open to the public.Hamtramck Drug Free Community Coali-
tion - Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. The meet-ing is organized by the Piast Institute.Friends of the Library Meeting - Thursday,
April 19 at 6 p.m. FHPL President Kathy Kristyand Treasurer George Gorday invite all mem-bers and volunteers to participate in the reg-ular monthly meeting.
For more information about events at the library call (313) 365-7050, or visit our website at http://hamtramck.lib.mi.us where you can also access our online catalog.
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ers, Nadine Gizak, said theturnout was better than shethought it would be.“It was a wonderful show
of support from the commu-nity,” Gizak said. “That is whyI love Hamtramck. I still feelawestruck.”As for future events, Gizak
said there are several in the
planning stages.“A lot of residents want to
march in the neighborhoods-- quietly and on a smallerscale. We are starting withthe Senior Plaza Block Clubmembers. … Also, there istalk of a womens’ pride barcrawl,” she said.
point is that the DDA is in aserious financial hole.And that, subsequently, will
mean either the city picks upthe tab for the festival, whichGrow says usually losesmoney, or the event is over.
There has been no talk howthis would impact the annualPolish Day Parade, which isheld on Labor Day.So, anyone out there with a
loaded wallet?
Labor Day festival is up inthe air Continued from front page
Community shows it won’t tolerate violence against womenContinued from front page
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By Charles SercombeThe Hamtramck School
Board met on March 14, andall but Boardmember JoanBorushko were present.Although the meeting didn’t
start out with this announce-ment, it should be noted thatBoardmember Borushko sub-mitted a letter of her immedi-ate resignation due to healthissues.“I write this letter with a
heavy heart,” Borushko saidin her letter to the board.“Due to my current health
condition, I will not be able tofulfill the remainder of myterm on the HamtramckBoard of Education. I hadhope of regaining my healthand completing my term, butit is not to be. I will resignfrom the board immediately.“I would like to thank the
people of Hamtramck for hav-ing the faith in me to elect meterm after term. I wish theboard and the school districtgood luck.”Borushko had been a mem-
ber of the board for over 25years. A special presentation
will be made in honor ofBorushko at the April 18board meeting (this meetingis one week earlier than usualdue to spring break. It willalso be held at DickinsonEast Elementary School in-stead of the administrationbuilding.)The school district is now
inviting people in the commu-nity to apply for her seat onthe board.Before getting into the reg-
ular agenda, several studentsmade presentations.Abraham Aiyash, a senior,
recapped a student-led recy-cling program. He said theprogram was successful inencouraging recycling amongstudents.“Students became environ-
mentally aware,” he said.Aiyash also talked about a
program called “Instant Re-cess,” which gets students toexercise for 10 minutes dur-ing Homeroom. He said theprogram helped students be-come more active.And to show, rather than
tell, Aiyash prompted thoseattending the board meetingto get up and dance to themusic of early The Beatles.Superintendent Tom Niczay
talked about a deal withAmerican Express in whichthe district is issued a creditcard to pay for services,which in turn charges compa-nies an extra 3 percent infees.
Out of that, the district re-ceives 1 percent and thecredit card company 2 per-cent.Boardmember Nassr Hus-
sain questioned whethercompanies will realize theextra cost and simply in-crease their charge to the dis-trict to cover the extra fee.Niczay said most compa-
nies don’t do that, and that ifit doesn’t work out the districtcan cancel the deal anytime.The schedules for summer
school in the middle schooland high school were an-nounced. Summer school inthe middle school starts June13 and runs until July 3.For high school students,
school starts June 18 andruns through July 18. It’s $85per course, and to get in, it’sfirst-come, first-served.Boardmember Hussain said
he wants summer school tobe free of charge, with thecosts offset by the school’sgeneral budget. He said it’sunfair to charge, becausethen only more well-off fami-lies could afford it.Board President Betty
Zwolak said that, when stu-dents are forced to pay forclasses, there is more “en-thusiasm.”Superintendent Niczay
agreed, saying when studentsmust pay, they are “less likelyto blow off the class.”
Coming EventsSATURDAY, March 24, 4 p.m. – The Daughters of Is-
abella Mystical Rose Circle 736 will hold a CorporateCommunion Mass at St. Florian Church. There is an ele-vator on the Poland St. entrance. Lunch will follow afterMass at Maine Street restaurant. Call Mary at (313) 873-0271.
WEDNESDAY, March 28, at noon -- The Daughters of Is-abella Mystical Rose Circle 736 will hold a Spring Card &Bunco Social, featuring door and table prizes, share thewealth, raffle and a lunch – all for $7 – at Queen of Apos-tles’ Activity Center, entrance on Harold St., fenced park-ing.
Hamtramck Drug Free Community Coalition meetsevery second Thursday of the month (next: April 12), 11a.m. at The Piast Institute, 11633 Jos. Campau.
SATURDAY, April 28, 9:30 a.m. – The Hamtramck DrugFree Community Coalition will hold a Health Hike. Volun-teers are needed. For more information, call (313) 733-4535.
Wednesday, April 4th7 p.m. ~ The Way of the Cross
Maundy Thursday, April 5th6:00 p.m. ~ Private Confession
for youth.6:45 p.m. ~ Adult General Confession
7:00 p.m. ~ Holy Mass and HolyThursday Liturgy
Good Friday, April 6th9 a.m. ~ Liturgy of the Passion
of our Lord.12 – 3 p.m. ~ Adoration of the Cross
and Scripture Reading at half-hour intervals.
7 p.m. ~ Sorrowful Lamentations – 3 parts
Holy Saturday, April 7th9:30 a.m. ~ Holy Saturday Liturgy
Blessing of Food Baskets at 11:00 a.m.; 1 p.m.; 2 p.m.; 3 p.m.
Easter Sunday, April 4thResurrection of Our Lord
7 a.m. ~ Procession and Holy Mass.Intention: For all Parishioners.
9 a.m. ~ Holy Mass.Intention: In Memory of Caroline & Chester Chyla
~ Easter Mass Schedule~
By Charles SercombeWe last left off with the March
13 city council meeting, ascouncilmembers were about toaddress the regular agenda is-sues.Robert Zwolak proposed to
remove City Clerk Ed Norris asActing City Manager and in-stead appoint city TreasuryMike Wilk to that position.Mayor Karen Majewski would
not allow the discussion to pro-ceed because regular agendaitems needed to come first.Councilmember Cathie Gordondisagreed, which led to themayor calling her out of order.Gordon ignored the mayor
and jumped ahead to talk aboutan anticipated proposal to ap-point former director of Com-munity and EconomicDevelopment, Erik Tungate, tothe position of Acting City Man-ager. Gordon said that the citycharter says the Acting CityManager must be a currentmember of the city administra-tion. As for having Tungate takethe position, Gordon said: “Thisis horrendous. I am appalled atwhat is going on here,” shesaid.Councilmember Zwolak said
the city already has an ActingCity Manager, and that personhas not resigned. He said the
city needs someone qualified inthe position.“We don’t want any more po-
litical appointments,” Zwolaksaid.Zwolak also noted that Tun-
gate was seeking the positionas Acting City Manager in Feb-ruary when former City Man-ager Bill Cooper was still onboard.The issue comes down to
“trust,” Zwolak said.And the person “we can all
trust,” Zwolak said, is CityTreasurer Mike Wilk.Zwolak also predicted that if
Tungate is appointed Acting CityManager, he will bring back CityAttorney James Allen. (Allenwas given a 30-day notice oftermination by Cooper. But theday after Cooper fired Allen, cityofficials fired Cooper.)Councilmember Tom
Jankowski questioned the char-ter interpretation that says thecouncil can’t hire Tungate. Hedisagreed that this appoint-ment has to be someone fromthe administration.All of this talk led to a discus-
sion on a resolution to hire cityTreasurer Mike Wilk as ActingCity Manager.Councilmember Zwolak said
Wilk has been treasurer for anumber of years, and in the lastfew years has declined to drawa salary.“He has the pulse of the city,”
Zwolak said.He added that Wilk can likely
get more concessions from thecity’s unions than “other peoplecould make.”Wilk was invited to speak,
and he was asked how hewould “protect” the city’s em-
ployee payroll (it is feared thatthe city will be broke by the endof the month and unable tomeet employee payroll for thenext three months).Wilk said state officials have
made it clear what the optionsare, and that the city needs tofollow-up on those options.“I’ve been through this be-
fore,” Wilk said, in reference toprior financial crises.Wilk said that no matter
what, all employees will have tomake concessions.Councilmember Gordon
asked Wilk if he has any “polit-ical allegiances.”Wilk said he doesn’t go to po-
litical fundraisers to get a job.Councilmember Jankowski
asked Wilk what he thinksabout extending police servicesto Highland Park. Wilk ques-tioned whether Highland Parkcan afford to pay for the serv-ice.In the vote to hire Wilk, the
council split, 3-3. Mayor Majew-ski broke the tie by votingagainst Wilk’s hiring.Those voting for his hiring
were Councilmembers AnamMiah, Cathie Gordon andRobert Zwolak.So, the discussion then
turned to the hiring of Erik Tun-gate as the city’s Acting CityManager. (We talked about thislast week, and to recap, Tun-gate was hired.)It should be noted, once
again, that we incorrectly re-ported how the vote went downon Tungate.Last week, we reported that it
was a tie vote with Mayor Ma-jewski breaking the tie in favorof Tungate’s hiring.That was not what happened.Instead, before the vote was
taken, Councilmembers Gordonand Zwolak walked out of thecouncil chambers. Despite theirtemporary absence, there wasstill a quorum. The vote was
then 3-1, with only Councilmem-ber Miah voting in opposition.However, before the matter
was concluded, CouncilmemberGordon returned, and MayorMajewski asked her to vote.Gordon also voted in opposi-tion, but the final vote, 3-2, wasenough to hire Tungate.Those voting in favor of his
hiring were: CouncilmembersAbdul Algazali, MohammedHassan and Jankowski.Moving on … Councilmember
Jankowski requested to havemoney budgeted for confer-ences for department heads,$12,000, be transferred to thecouncil’s budget.Jankowski said that this
money comes from what de-partment heads had recentlycut for their budgets.Councilmember Zwolak ques-
tioned why the money shouldbe transferred to the councilwhen the city is broke.
In the vote on the matter, onlyCouncilmember Zwolak voted inopposition. CouncilmemberGordon had temporarily left thecouncil chambers during thevote.Next up were three proposed
resolutions from Councilmem-ber Zwolak. The first two reso-lutions, one to ask voters toapprove a public safety millageand the second to ask voters toconsider selling city parks, didnot receive a second motion insupport, thus preventing furtherdiscussion on the subjects.The third item, asking for a
state review of the city’s fi-nances, went to a vote.Zwolak said he proposed the
review because he sees no“workable resolution” to thecity’s financial crisis.In the vote on the matter, only
Councilmembers Zwolak andGordon voted in favor of it.
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Correction: We erroneouslyreported last week that thecity council split on the voteto hire Erik Tungate as Ham-tramck’s new Acting City Man-ager with Mayor KarenMajewski casting the tie-breaking vote in favor of Tun-gate’s hiring.
The vote was actually 3-2,with Councilmembers CathieGordon and Anam Miah vot-ing in opposition.Mayor Majewski did not
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Fundraiser … You’ve heardthat money doesn’t grow ontrees. Well, neither doesspaghetti (or so we’re told).But, if you eat some
spaghetti on Sunday, April 1at Maria’s Comida on Jos.Campau from 3-6 p.m.enough money will hopefullybe raised to buy a bunch oftrees.
See, spaghetti, money andtrees – they do go togetherafter all.Any way, the city’s Human
Relations Commission issponsoring a “Spaghetti TreeFundraiser” as a way to raisefunds for a tree planting thisspring.The cost to get in is a mere
$12 per person, and fromwhat we hear the folks atMaria’s (located at 11411Jos. Campau) really knowhow to serve up a good help-ing of spaghetti (which comeswith or without meat).You’ll also automatically get
a chance to win four 10th rowfield-level box seats to a De-troit Tigers game.Russ Gordon, the Chairman
of the Human Relations Com-mission, tells us the plan isto pick out a few city blocks,at first, for the tree planting,and eventually move to more
areas of the city when moremoney comes in.His bigger aim, other than
helping to bring in moreneeded shade to the city, is toget people together. In thisethnically diverse city, it’s sur-prising how many peopledon’t mingle or even say helloto their neighbors.“I want to get the people
who don’t care to come out,”Gordon said. “When peoplework shoulder-to-shoulder,sweating, they’re going tohave something to talk aboutfor a long time,” Gordon said.And before you know it,
neighbors who once ignoredeach other become fastfriends, he said.Hey, it works for us.Got questions, requests?
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A pretty amazing thinghappened last Fridayevening.An incredible turnout of peo-
ple participated in a quicklyput-together rally/march insupport of the six women whowere violently attacked withina one-week period recently.The get-together was
called “Take Back the NightHamtramck.”We couldn’t agree with it
more.We all need to take back
our nights and days and ourlives.We, as a community, are
not going to sit idly by andallow evil in this world ruleand abuse us.Our hearts go out to the
two women who were victim-ized in a kidnapping – andwho were likely murdered.And just a few days afterthat horrible incident, therewas a carjacking of initiallyfour women, and eventuallysexual assault committedagainst three of them.Add it all up, and our col-
lective stomach wretchedover these attacks.Fortunately, if you can call
it that, all suspects believedinvolved in the two incidentshave been apprehended,and their convictions looklike a slam dunk from hereon out.That is hardly a soothing
thought. The families of thetwo women who are stillmissing have yet to find outthe fate of their beloveddaughters. The women who have
been sexually assaultedlikely face a lifetime of griefand therapy.Lives have been taken
here either literally or figura-tively.All of this is sickening. But
for a brief moment on Friday,we had a very public show-ing of solidarity, of together-ness and of tenderness aswell. It reminded us that al-though violence againstwomen will likely continue,with numbers comes safety.When a community comes
together, we becomestronger.It was heartwarming when
supporters walked downJos. Campau, a number ofpeople driving by honked insupport.Yes, Hamtramck belongs
to us, the good people whodo not commit mindless vi-olence against others.These outrageous acts of
violence are truly an aberra-tion – but that is small com-fort.It’s going to take a long
time to heal from this.But we take solace in what
Mayor Karen Majewski hadto say to the 200-plus caringpeople who showed up.“Women of Hamtramck
will not be intimidated. …We do not surrender ourfreedom of movement,” shesaid.No we don’t, Madam
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Using an obscure provision ofour city charter, the city councilhas appointed an “acting” citymanager. This action runs counter to
both the spirit and intent of thecharter and the will of the votersof Hamtramck. CouncilmembersCathie Gordon, Anam Miah andRobert Zwolak are absolutely cor-rect in their stand against thismethod of appointment.Twice since 2004, Hamtramck
voters have gone to the polls andvoted for a system that providesfor a qualified and experiencedcity manager. In the 2008 elec-tion, over 70 percent of the vot-ers said yes to a charteramendment that required the citycouncil to appoint an interim citymanager or city manager withthree years experience as a man-ager or assistant manager of acity with a population of at least
10,000 people.So why and how, then, appoint
an acting city manager with noexperience as an acting city man-ager? The why end of thingsspeaks to motivations and agen-das which are always a matter ofspeculation, and a number ofpeople have offered theorieswhich may or may not be accu-rate. I won’t speak to the why ofaction, but I do have somethingto say about the how, which isthe mechanics of the act.The majority of council has
grabbed on to a flaw in our char-ter which does not define the dif-ference between acting andinterim city manager. The chartercontains two ways to appoint aperson as the temporary citymanager. One section, which I’vealready mentioned, talks aboutan interim city manager who isrequired to have a minimal
amount of experience in the job. A later section, in the same
chapter, gives council the abilityto appoint an acting managerwith no experience. It is on thislater hook that majority of councilhangs its hat on. The question becomes at what
point do we pass from a positionthat should be held by an actingmanager to a position thatshould be filled by an interimmanager? Interim is defined as“a temporary or provisionalarrangement; stopgap;makeshift.” Acting, on the otherhand, is defined as “serving tem-
porarily, especially as a substi-tute during another's absence;not permanent; temporary.” The appointment of Eric Tun-
gate with a set salary and what,in essence, an open-ended termof office is clearly a provisionalarrangement. There is nothingtemporary about the arrange-ment. If the votes do not changeon the council, Mr. Tungate couldbe at the helm of the city twoyears from now. This is possiblebecause the actions of councilsignal that he is, in all but title,the interim city manager. Why is this important? Twice in less than 10 years vot-
ers have said, we want a citymanager hired because of whathe knows and not because ofwho he knows. Regardless of
whether Mr. Tungate is able to per-form the job is not relevant be-cause, by law, he cannot hold theposition indefinitely. And if weallow this precedent to stand,what truly unqualified friend of acouncil member or two will takehis place as “acting” city manager. At a time when the integrity of
government is being questionedall around us, how is this ap-pointment any different fromthose now celebrated in themedia in other cities and inWayne County?Ms. Gordon is exactly right
when she says an interim citymanager must be appointedfrom the pool of retired city man-agers available from the Michi-gan Municipal League, and thata search for Mr. Cooper’s re-
placement begins in earnest.And the council must correct
this flaw in the council either byordinance or charter amendmentthat limits the time an acting citymanager may be in power to aperiod not longer than 60 days,which is more than enough timeto find a qualified interim man-ager. In the spirit and the intent of
our city charter, this is the onlycourse the city council can takethat will honor the wishes of thevoters they represent, and pro-vide us with the good govern-ment we deserve.Scott KleinHamtramck(Mr. Klein was a member of the
the City Council and the Ham-tramck Charter Commission.)
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Gerald Sr. and Bernadette; chil-dren, Daniel and AlyssaHelkowski; grandchildren, DanielHelkowski Jr. and Alivia Newman.Brother of Timothy (Kim)Helkowski.Gerald grew up in Hamtramck,
and had been an 11-year residentof Fr. Murray where he was wellknown and loved by staff and pa-tients. He would be seen aroundCenter Line in his motorizedwheelchair, frequenting storesnearby to supply residents whocould not get out with snacks andpop.A memorial service will be held
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thia May, Ava (William) Janke,Madonna May, Kenneth May andChristopher May; beloved, gentleand humorous uncle of Rachel(Richard) Jones, Sarah (Mathew)Paulson, Jessica May- Grzy-bowski, Danielle May and LaurenMay; cherished great-uncle ofMadeleine and Lillian Paulson.Mr. May was employed as an
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past Community Director ofHamtramck High School andowner of Artie’s Locker Room. Visitation is Friday March 23,
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March 24, at 10:30 a.m. at KrotFuneral Home. The Mass ofChristian Burial will follow at St.Ladislaus Church at 11 a.m.
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Norwalk, between Gallagher+ Conant, 2 Br. Upper, livingroom + big kitchen, oppositeof Dickinson School, appli-ances included, 313-615-1280. 3/30
Cozy 1 Br. Flat, living room,kitchen, bath, all furnishedand very clean, ideal for pro-fessional person only, St.Florian area, 313-874-0184.3/30
2 br. lower, at 12900 BloomSt., next to White ElementarySchool. Call Nelson, 313-310-3540. 3/30
Hamtramck 2 br. upper,stove, refrigerator, veryclean, ask for John 586-943-8814. 3/23
Clean 2 Br. Lower,$500/month + security, ref-erences required, 586-713-8484. 4/5
Remodeled 3 br., in Ham-tramck on Fleming St. byKosciuszko School. Hard-wood floors, stove + fridge,$550/mo., + security dep.,tenant pays utilities. 586-531-9722. 3/23
Upper 2 br., living room,kitchen, good condition, nice& clean, good location closeto school, 3398 Doremus.$500/mo., prefer mature in-dividuals, Sect. 8 welcome.586-354-6270. 3/23
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4 br., 2 floors, all appli-ances, portable dishwasherincluded, new patio, owneroccupied, updated and veryclean. Carpet, basement, nopets, 1 1/2 mos. securitydeposit, credit check, refer-ences, professional. On De-quindre, call Glenn313-300-7040. 4/6
3 br., kitchen, living rm., diningrm., stove + fridge, good con-dition. 313-378-1538. 3/23
2 Br., updated kitchen,fenced in yard, Section 8preferred, rent negotiable,248-877-0207. 4/13
House for rent, with optionto buy, 3 + 5 Br. Singlehouse, no pets, 313-369-1654. 3/23
3 br., freshly painted, base-ment, new windows and fur-nace, $590/mo., near Mound& Charles, 13283 Buffalo St.,in Detroit. 586-634-5593. 4/13
Hamtramck, 5 family unit,3849 Dorothy, currently fullyoccupied, units rent for $300each, asking $65,000. 313-405-2266. 5/4
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Transporting persons to doc-tor appointments and dialy-sis, must have chauffeur’slicense and be able to passdrug test, call Dale at 313-466-9884. 3/23
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8 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 Friday, March 23, 2012
Continued from page 2Trowbridge. She had minor in-juries, and refused medical atten-tion at the scene.• A man walked into the police
station to report that his 2002Mercury Villager was stolen fromthe Town Center shopping mall lotnear a drug store in the 9200block of Jos. Campau, betweenthe hours of 6:50 p.m. and 7:10p.m. Then, at around 7:57 p.m.,he returned to the station tostate that he had found his vehi-cle back in the same lot. No fur-ther explanation was given.• A woman was cited for dis-
turbing the peace after hosting aloud party in her backyard at the3000 block of Holbrook.From Sunday, March 18:• A resident of the 3000 block
of Jacob reported that one ormore unknown persons broke awindow out of her vehicle (not de-scribed at all) while parked on thestreet.• Officers took a report of mul-
tiple (4 to 5) cars being damagedon Evaline between Dequindreand Lumpkin overnight by one ormore persons, who had spray-painted them. Two possible sus-pects were listed.From Monday, March 19:• A red 2001 Dodge Caravan
was stolen from in front of a loca-tion in the 2600 block of Hol-brook between 11 p.m. last nightand 6 a.m. this morning.
• No less than four separatepersons, three at the sameMitchell St. address in the 12000block, reported having their cat-alytic converters stolen from theirvehicles some time before 10:50a.m. The fourth person’s car wasparked in a restaurant lot in the11600 block of Jos. Campau. (Al-right, Mr. Catalytic Converter thief,what do you want? A town so noisynobody can bloody well stand it?!Anarchist. – Ed.)• A woman reported someone
using her identity to file their2012 taxes. (How is this working,exactly? – Ed.)• A man reported the theft of
his green card, Social Securitycard and passport from his vehi-cle, while it was parked at Jos.Campau and Faber back onMarch 8.• A woman reported that
someone stole her city-issuedgarbage can from behind herhome in the 11700 block ofCharest, some time between 4p.m. and 6:30 p.m.• A man was arrested for as-
saulting three women at a loca-tion in the 8900 block ofLumpkin. EMS treated and re-leased the three victims.Well, that’s all for now, folks –
stay alert, stay safe!
Gardener’s Corner …
By Kathleen WojcinskiSince we're having a re-
markably mild and earlyspring, you may have no-ticed a rise in allergies.Ranging from headaches
to sneezing , watery eyesand exhaustion, there's nodoubt allergy sufferers willbe doing more suffering thisyear.Here are a few reasons
for this drama. Floweringplants don't usually causeproblems, contrary to rumor.Pretty, blossoming trees,like apple, flowering cherryand pear, red buds, etc. aswell as tulips, daffs, hy-
acinth, etc. are harmless.The real culprits are: most
maple trees, from ash leaf,to sugar, red and silvertypes. Elm trees, oak trees,mulberry and Arizona cy-press round out the trees.All grasses cause grief, butrye grass, timothy, bluesand orchard grasses areworse.In the weed family, pig
weed, tumbleweed, Russianthistle, green molly or burn-ing bush love to make yousniff.The one that really makes
you cry for relief is ragweed,with 75 percent of Ameri-
cans reaching for their tis-sue boxes. The final "blow,”(ha-ha) comes from mold.When humidity and heatcome together, the moldfound in the environmentunder damp ground, leavesand wood is released intothe air as spores, where weinhale them.Wearing a face mask all
day isn't generally ac-cepted, but a good allergytablet like Claritin or drug-store generics will help youenjoy that warm fragrantbreeze.
