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Henry Ford Community College to Ask Voters for Millage Increase

The college will ask voters to renew its current 3 mills and approve an additional 1 mill to help offset a $6.5 million deficit.

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Pam June 18, 2013 at 02:28 pm
The Trustees allowed former HFCC President Ms. Mee to run this place into the ground by her laxRead More policies on checking federal grant recipients and gave her extra money for no work. If you are short you should go to her to make up the difference!
Loretta June 18, 2013 at 03:02 pm
Stop raping Dearborn Taxpayers...cut salaries, cut meaningless administrative positions, cutRead More pensions, do something but stop trying to stick it to the taxpayers. Find another solution, that's what you get paid for...is to find answers!!! This taxpayer is saying NO!!!! On another note, it pisses me off that Dearborn cops drive around in 2013 brand new cars... all-the-while this Dearborn taxpayer is driving a 10 year P.O.S....must be NICE Dearborn!! We are getting screwed!!
Dearborn Taxpayer June 18, 2013 at 04:11 pm
Deaborn taxpayers now pay more than 60 mills on their homestead properties, one of the highest totalRead More tax burdens in the state and pay even more for businss properties. We are approaching the total tax rate of our bankrupt neighbor, Detroit (approx. 67 mills, the highest in the state). Mr. Jensen and this Board now want us to pay 4 mills just for HFCC. What is the rate that taxpayers pay to support competing community colleges (e.g. Schoolcraft, OCC, Washtenaw CC, Monroe CC, etc.)? The last time I looked it was much less. Why should we pay more for HFCC? I think this proposed increase in the HFCC tax rate will now even exceed the rate that some folks have to pay to support WCCC! This is another bad deal for Dearborn taxpayers. Let's vote NO and defeat this one!
The Wayne County Circuit Court ruled in favor of local municipalities that capture a portion of voter-approved millages for the Detroit Zoo to use for their Downtown Development Authorities. Photo Credit: Detroit Zoological Society
Maureen Pawelek June 18, 2013 at 03:56 pm
Not sure Mayor O'Reilly understands that there's a such a thing as following not only the LETTER ofRead More the law, but the SPIRIT of it. It's abundantly clear what this money was intended for; the fact that municipalities are strapped for cash doesn't justify using it for something else. How do they expect voters to trust them the next time they propose a millage like this??
Dearborn Taxpayer June 18, 2013 at 04:25 pm
The bottom line Maureen is that you can't and shouldn't "trust them!" It's rare to find aRead More politician who will oppose a tax increase, at least in Dearborn anyway...
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Daniel Lai (Editor) June 12, 2013 at 03:09 pm
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Gary Woronchak June 12, 2013 at 10:32 am
Hasn't even worked one day? Not one day in 15 years? Really? Not even credit for one day? When IRead More worked at the Press & Guide (which eliminated my position in a budget restructuring that has continued under various corporate owners at the P&G for a decade and a half, resulting in them moving their offices to Southgate and more recently just out-and-out eliminating their editor, sports editor and photographer) we had a policy of no anonymous letters to the editor. This was done because, while everyone has the right to express their opinion, putting a real name with an opinion meant people displayed more decorum and, well, less cowardice than is allowed in online comments from the shadows. Joseph, the benefit of post-employment health care after just eight years of service may have, in the early 1990s, been more acceptable in some way I can't figure (retention of key department heads has been cited as a reason, as was that it apparently mirrored a benefit for state officials), but it clearly was part of the excesses of Wayne County that was unjustifiable and unsustainable in the 2000s. This practice was ended two years ago by a resolution I introduced.
Daniel Lai (Editor) June 12, 2013 at 11:22 am
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Joseph Borrajo June 13, 2013 at 10:08 am
Thank you Gary Woroncahk for the response.
laplateau June 11, 2013 at 11:28 am
Yeah, unless the drinking trough is filled with taxpayer water.
laplateau June 10, 2013 at 03:49 pm
Joseph, Are you bordering upon slander? Is this the reason for no more info? I hope you are not.Read More Perhaps you are picking up on some nasty rumors and repeating them here. You should know better than to do that. So, if you have real proof, tell it like it is and don't hedge. What you are saying in your post is dangerous to you and those who you are referring to, so, as the saying goes...put up or shut up.
Judith Lundy June 10, 2013 at 05:56 pm
Whether or not the facts of this opinion piece are true, I thoroughly believe Robert McNamara wasRead More the personal trainer for Kwame Kilpatrick. McNamera would have been spending a lot of time in prison if he didn't die. Ficano is a joke in my estimation. I know no one who wants him to remain in office. With today's survellience techniques and high tech gadgets, politicians can no longer get away with what they did in the past.
Joseph Borrajo June 10, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Follow the money!