Comments on: Dearborn Councilman Abraham Steps Up Pace

By: Jim Sherlock

Jim Sherlock — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:55:47 +0000

Based upon all the reasons Councilman Abraham has given, I don’t see any reason to not support the DVP project. I guess many of you just don’t realize how this is the lousiest job and development market in many of our lifetimes and that no developer is beating down the doors of our city to develop anything, especially in west downtown Dearborn and it is becoming a ghost town.

Fakhoury has invested multi-millions in the city and despite his past issues, he is the most viable person to develop this property, plain and simple, like it or not.

By: Donna Hay

Donna Hay — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:58:46 +0000

therealfacts – don’t care about the grammar at all you said it well. Thanks.

By: annie

annie — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:17:57 +0000

Nice try Bobby — from one tax evader (you) to another (hakim). Newman at least has a somewhat past record for doing things, whereas your boy hakim is all b.s., and nothing but promises, which he knows won’t materialize.

By: mary m

mary m — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:49:23 +0000

to therealfacts: It could have been said with better grammar, but it couldn’t have been said better!

By: therealfacts

therealfacts — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:09:04 +0000

that’s the problem with Dearborn. they keep waiting for the knight on the white horse to come and rescue this place. wake up. it isn’t going to happen.

rather than battling guys like Newman and Hakim, who have half of the west Dearborn property tied up, work with them. this is just getting silly.

Newman and Hakim are two of a kind. no one can change them so our elected leaders need to find a way to help them land developers here. trouble is council members, building and safety and even the mayor turn this into a popularity contest. if they like teh developer they work with you. if they don’t they make your life miserable.

you see, the city thought Burton Katzman was that knight on the white horse and look where that got all of us. the Press and Guide photos of them all holding and singing and dancing, what a joke. now look. it is one big mess and we are left with a shithole building with no design. cookie cutter crap from Burton Katzman.

Get off the shitter and put away your personal issues with Newman and Hakim and help these idiots attract new business to Dearborn. City leaders put your egos in the closet and do this for the citizens of Dearborn not your stupid egos and crap you have with these developers. I don’t care that you don’t get along with these jerk ball developers. you don’t have to like them but your jobs, the reason i voted for all of you, is to fix our city. we just need some business and people downtown soon or west Dearborn will die and fast.

By: info man

info man — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:32:17 +0000

How come at the last to meetings Hakim has not brought the theater development man to the table. Has any one on the council called him to see if he is really on board with Hakim? Also the bank and merchants wine are not goning to sell their building. Has any one on the council called them? Council VOTE NO on the extension. And let DVP die and when they are gone the developers will come belive me I have first hand info from two of them that have tried to work with Hakim and walked away because Hakim can’t close the deals.

By: oldalldayschoolmom

oldalldayschoolmom — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:26:43 +0000

How pathetic that the city is now being run by bagmen for what appears to be laundered money.

By: RJR

RJR — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:53:12 +0000

Confused: there is no one else lined up looking to develop in Dearborn. that’s the problem. i’m not here to defend Hakim, the guy is an arrogrant jerk, but if he can develop the area then let’s give it a try.

the two buildings he built aren’t architecture wonders but they sure is heck are better than the city led Burton-Katzman mess called West Village commons. hakim has a reason to try and make it work because he is so loaded with undeveloped property.
don’t worry about the tax part, if he landed a deal he would have to pay them off before advancing.

with no one else looking to develop Dearborn and Katzman in court getting their asses kicked by Dearborn, the one year extension is worth doing.

By: Confused

Confused — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:28:38 +0000

Why would you extend a contract for someone who has done nothing, owes back taxes already and has properties in foreclosure? Sounds like a swell guy. This is why Dearborn is in such a mess.

Abraham didn’t pay his taxes either until he was busted so I guess that is why he likes this guy.

I’m confused. Why don’t we get someone new in who WILL produce? We don’t need another deadbeat landlord owning the City.

He wants to be the next Newman and we all see the problem with that. Newman would rather keep the buildings empty and take a tax loss than give a person a break in renting his places. Hence all the vacant properties already on Michigan Ave.

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:12:35 +0000

I don’t agree with Robert on much, but he is right on this one. An extension costs nothing and the council should extend it one year. It’s a no brainer.