Comments on: Dearborn Developer says ‘Dream is Over’

By: andy

andy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:45:46 +0000

Hakim, as well as the B & S employees are still trying to work out better deals, watch out Dave Norwood and Cascardo it is not over yet. Believe me Jack you know what we the people have been thinking for a long time, and its going to come to fruition shortly.

By: Donna Hay

Donna Hay — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:51:12 +0000

Tea Party, no I am not ready to sign up I was just wonder how far you were going with this.

By: oldalldayschoolmom

oldalldayschoolmom — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:20:50 +0000

Oops! That should read “have sung like birds”

By: oldalldayschoolmom

oldalldayschoolmom — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:20:18 +0000

The feds’ “massive investigation” of city hall is just starting to yield results, and I will bet the disgraced building department employees who have just started serving their jail terms haven’t sung like birds to the investigators.
Trust me, the feds take their time and it’s not over yet.

By: GENERATOR MAN

GENERATOR MAN — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:59:09 +0000

I KNEW YOUR DREAM WAS OVER WHEN I DROVE DOWN DIX AND SEEN THE GENERATOR RUNNIN AT THE A & W.
P.S IS THERE ENOUGH WATTS IN THE GENERATOR TO GET US A ROOT BEER FLOAT?

By: Tea Party Tiffany

Tea Party Tiffany — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:52:14 +0000

I have to say that i agree with all of you on some of your points,t-dog is right about HK not having the funding to begin with,but just because the Feds do not legally find corruption doesn’t mean corrupt things aren’t happening in other ways. Politicians are notorious for what i call “legal corruption”. Take a look at whats going on in Washington and the corrupt congress,they pass bills that benefit them and their lobbyist friends. Take a look at who the Mayor has either promoted,protected or appointed and then see if their wages have all increased while he is talking about service cuts. Look into city superintendents and see how many have just got big wage increases while the mayor talks about city service cuts.
This November nationally will be an indication of what is going to happen in dearborn in the next elections,long term machine politician incumbents are going to be voted out!
Dona Hay,are you ready to join the new Dearborn Tea Party movement?….anyone else ready?

By: Just saying

Just saying — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:35:50 +0000

I have a few empty homes that have been maintained by the real estate company or bank because they have been shoveled and maintained throughout the seasons, however, the couple of renters have not and one trashed the once well groomed home they are living in… the yard looks like a dumping ground and the landscaping looks like they let everything die and become over-grown. As soon as they get evicted they trash the home and it becomes an eyesore! Thats just been my experience and my opinion. So yes I would rather see it be empty because someone is still paying the taxes, and the city has an ordinance that if the property owner does not take care of it they will send someone to do it for a fee and tack on a lein on the property if it doesn’t get paid.

By: Chest Rockwell

Chest Rockwell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:16 +0000

” what is wrong with renters? wouldn’t you rather have ANYONE in a house than it being vacant?”

Renter typically don’t care for the property as do homeowners. Garbage collects, stuff get’s left laying around, etc.

Vacant properties on the other hand, don’t have these problems. Sure the grass grows and the sidewalk needs shoveling, but that takes all of 5 minutes to correct, by, you know Becki, DOING IT YOURSELF.

Renters slowly but surely lower the value of the property and likewise all the ones around it. In the 2000 census, roughly 20% of all Dearborn homes were rentals. I suspect this years will be much higher.

By: hopeful

hopeful — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:49:30 +0000

“The Dream is Over” signs irritate me because if you are REALLY trying to sell your property you don’t advertise how bad it is…the dream is over…I can’t get tenants to rent……so why don’t you buy from me so that you also can’t get tenants…..and will have a horrible time with the city government. Usually if you REALLY want to sell your property, you talk about/advertise how GOOD your property is. That would be the equivalent of me trying to sell my home and saying the neighbors suck, the ceiling is falling down etc.

By: t-dog23

t-dog23 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:56:50 +0000

With all due respect to Shady, et al, City Hall has had a massive federal investigation ongoing for several years, and absolutely no evidence of the “padded pockets” of the Mayor and his team has emerged. Question – don’t you think the Feds just might have found something if all there was any truth to these allegations? Sure, this administration has its favorites – show me one that doesn’t. That doesn’t mean that the Mayor is corrupt, and one might re-consider the wisdom of slandering a reputation with charges of criminal behavior, without evidence.

All of this is a distraction from the real issue – a developer has abandoned a blighted stretch of real estate right in the middle of downtown. Covering his tracks with platitudes and bitter recriminations – putting up signs that prove the nature of his character. He is no different than the underwater homeowner who tosses the keys in the living room and walks away. I’ve lived next to such folks, and its obvious a mile a way why he is acting out – so he isn’t asked any hard questions. Like when and how are you going to pay your taxes? I smell default, and it ain’t pretty.

In the end – this is about the money. Fact – HF never had enough to begin with to pull this off. Fact – once people saw the developments he was proposing for investment – no one with a brain was interested. So maybe the real mistake was ever pretending that he had a viable plan – as opposed to a pipe dream – in the first place.

Some “preferred developer.”