Comments on: Does Dearborn Really Need a New City Hall?

By: saiddeep

saiddeep — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Quit the BULL: you have raised an excellent question. Don’t be surprised that such a deal would probably be the sale of City Hall for next to nothing so the group could handle the millions in repairs it needs. Lots of pitfalls with this ill-conceived plan . . .

By: Quit the BULL

Quit the BULL — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:31:00 +0000

How can the Non-profit afford the repairs, sound like another politic spin into failure.

By: Allie

Allie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:59:00 +0000

Mary Anne u are so right, however if it is truly ready to crumble, maybe they should house Somers’ courtroom in there, because he cost the City enough not to refurbish it, and they can all crumble together.

By: Mary Anne Wilkinson

Mary Anne Wilkinson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:05:00 +0000

I read somewhere that the sale of Dearborn Towers was held up because of asbestos. Can the Arts group handle that and the lead paint in the city hall building? I feel they should stay where they are and fix what needs to be fixed on a budget – can the city actually stay on a budget? The present City Hall is magnificent looking from the outside and represents the many years that Dearborn has been a city. The suggested newer building certainly will not.

By: Dearborn CItizen

Dearborn CItizen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:07:00 +0000

I, too, wonder if there is really a viable buyer for the City Hall property, Draona, but please, the Wards site was bought by the city from Shahine, then sold to the hospital group. Does anyone have the numbers for the sale to the hospital group?

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:32:00 +0000

And they couldn’t afford $120K per year to keep Snow Library open?

By: Ollie

Ollie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Mike you seem to think you are some great thinker,however look a little deeper this current line of thinking is what we can expect from this administration. They just aren’t forward thinking, they just follow what the Big Boy tellsthem, and then they rubberstamp it, because they want somebody to do their thinking for them. Get rid of all the bums in the next election.

By: Draona

Draona — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:16:00 +0000

Does anyone know what the life expectancy of parking structures are? My gosh if they can ‘t last 50 years than what is in store for the monstrosities in West Dearborn. they will be falling apart before they are ever used!! Maybe we should get better contractors and not cronies to do the building for the city and things will last as long as our beautiful city hall. Old buildings have upkeep – shame on Dearborn for not keeping up the old building and letting it get to this point.

By: Tsssub7

Tsssub7 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:49:00 +0000

I thought the City was broke and that is why they needed a bail out with more tax revenue. You threw them a few bucks to ‘help’ out and now they have enough money for a whole new place? O’Reilly and this Council sure know how to spend. I don’t trust any of them. As far as Whiston, I am sure he and O’Reilly made some back door deal about the joint venture. When O’Reilly spilled the beans before Whiston realized he needs to speak to the Board of Ed, Whiston denies it ever happen. Whiston plays this School Board. I hope having some new blood like McDonald might allow some fresh eyes to see what is going on. We need some fresh eyes on City Council too as well as a new leader, Mayor.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:47:00 +0000

Supt. Of Schools shut down the Big Boys prospective plans, by saying he was premature in alerting the media of a possible consolidation. Then again thats always been the way the Big Boy operates, tripping over his mouth, and feet before something comes to fruition. I personally believe he likes to see his name in the papers, even though it makes him look like a complete fool most of the time. Work on the budget, forget about your pie in the sky ideas, that are as goofy as you ad Somers appear to be.