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Hamtramck seeks state permission to file for bankruptcy (it begins)
Zero Hedge ^ | 11/13/2010 | Mika Wilkerson and Paul Eagan

Posted on 11/16/2010 3:25:39 PM PST by frithguild

The city of Hamtramck, desperate for cash, has asked the state for permission to take an unprecedented step: filing for bankruptcy. City Manager Bill Cooper said the city of roughly 20,000 people is staring at a $3 million deficit, fueled by a dispute with Detroit. Unless Hamtramck files for bankruptcy, it won't be able to pay its nearly 100 employees or 153 retirees, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bankruptcy; detroit; hamtramck; municipalbankruptcy
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1 posted on 11/16/2010 3:25:43 PM PST by frithguild
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To: frithguild

Well it’s obvious they screwed up somewhere in the past by having more retirees than active employees.


2 posted on 11/16/2010 3:27:41 PM PST by gthog61
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To: gthog61

not necessarily...could be it’s just a dying city, shrinking population.


3 posted on 11/16/2010 3:32:05 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: frithguild

A muslim dominanted dying city.


4 posted on 11/16/2010 3:35:56 PM PST by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
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To: brownsfan

Is this allowed under shariaia law


5 posted on 11/16/2010 3:43:25 PM PST by ncfool (The new USSA - United Socialst States of AmeriKa. Welcome to Obummers world or Obamaville USSA.)
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To: frithguild

Hamtramck used to be the largest population of Poles outside of Poland (hence its Polish name). Bet it’s more Muzzie than Polish now.


6 posted on 11/16/2010 3:46:21 PM PST by backwoods-engineer ("The Constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people..." -- Patrick Henry)
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To: frithguild
Anyone have the data on the political affiliations of the city government over the last, say, 50 years?

Will the RNC take advantage of an opportunity for a "teachable moment"?

7 posted on 11/16/2010 3:49:13 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: 5thGenTexan

Get used to Municipal bankruptcy news. It wll put pressure on states, which will then seek federal aid. Challenge for the next Congress.


8 posted on 11/16/2010 3:52:35 PM PST by frithguild (The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
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To: gthog61

I believe the article says Detroit is supposed to be paying them a share of GM revenue and they have had to sue Detroit for not paying them. Part of the problem is probably what you stated, but this could be a good portion as well.


9 posted on 11/16/2010 3:53:01 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA ("The View" is the new Maury Povich inspired "Fight Club in Heels")
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To: frithguild
Soylent Green is Mantramck!


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

10 posted on 11/16/2010 4:04:45 PM PST by The Comedian (I enjoy progressives, especially in a light cream sauce.)
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To: frithguild

This is the city that Pope John Paul II visited. Now Islamic calls to prayer blare from speakers in the town.

No surprise that there was a bit of flight.


11 posted on 11/16/2010 4:13:56 PM PST by WhoHuhWhat
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To: frithguild

Oh, this is in Michigan. Why didn’t you say so?


12 posted on 11/16/2010 4:31:53 PM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: WhoHuhWhat
This is the city that Pope John Paul II visited.

:) That was back in the late 80's. I remember one T-shirt: "I went to Rome to visit the Pope, but, he was in Hamtramck."

Now Islamic calls to prayer blare from speakers in the town. No surprise that there was a bit of flight.

Um...no. I would argue that the flight started in the late 70's when the old Dodge Main plant closed. Or, perhaps, in 1980 when GM built their Poletown plant which took out more than a thousand homes and over 100 businesses.

Of course, I could be wrong.

13 posted on 11/16/2010 4:33:59 PM PST by MaggieCarta (What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
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To: frithguild

100 employees and 153 retirees. Does anyone else see the problem with this.


14 posted on 11/16/2010 4:43:35 PM PST by sharkhawk (Stanley cup champs The Chicago Blackhawks)
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To: frithguild
From the Article: Under a 1990 law, only an emergency financial manager appointed by the state can take a city into bankruptcy... No Michigan municipality has declared bankruptcy before or since the law was passed...

I don't think there is anyone appointed yet.

15 posted on 11/16/2010 4:50:46 PM PST by MaggieCarta (What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
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To: sharkhawk
100 employees and 153 retirees. Does anyone else see the problem with this.

Just a little foretaste of the Social Security system...

16 posted on 11/16/2010 4:52:41 PM PST by MaggieCarta (What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
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To: mamelukesabre

Let it rot, I am not interested in spending my grandchildrens future for them, let it all fall, gut the federal mgovernment, dissolve all taxes, starve the friggin beast, let the roads go for a few years, out of debt plan in 1 year..sell parks, whatever it takes, but do not allow government to rob the people to pay for their terrible choices, make the governmemnt pay by cutting departments etc..


17 posted on 11/16/2010 5:20:29 PM PST by aces
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To: brownsfan

Sens them back to their hellhole of choice..


18 posted on 11/16/2010 5:21:42 PM PST by aces
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To: sharkhawk
100 employees and 153 retirees. Does anyone else see the problem with this.

They need to hire more employees to balance things out?

I'm not sure how that would help their budget situation.

19 posted on 11/16/2010 5:21:58 PM PST by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: aces

You got my vote!


20 posted on 11/16/2010 5:32:57 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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