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said, Mr. Engler will bring
new people with new ideas
into state government. In-
cluded in those choices could
be some influential Jewish
voices. Among them is David
Honigman, a former state
representative from West
Bloomfield who will become
the first Jewish Republican
elected to the Michigan state
senate.
Among the community
leaders active in the Repub-
lican Party are Max Fisher,
Edward Levy Jr., Alan May,
Alan Schwartz and Paul
Borman. Also involved are
Southfield City Coun-
cilwoman Denise Alexander,
who waged an unsuccessful
campaign against state Sen.
Jack Faxon; Andrea Fischer,
a Detroit lawyer who served
as Mr. Engler's campaign fi-
nance chairman; and
Honigman Miller Schwartz
and Cohn attorney Frank
Mamat.
Robert Naftaly, a Dem-
ocratic Party activist and
board member for the Motor
City Political Action Corn-
Mittee, Detroit's only Jewish
PAC, said the biggest thing
to consider is the sudden
change of the political par-
ties.
"No one knows what or if
this will affect Jewish inter-
ests," Mr. Naftaly said. "We
should not panic. We should
wait and see."
To help raise political
awareness, the Jewish
Community Council spon-
sored a community assembly
this week at the Maple-
Drake Jewish Community
Center.
Addressing a crowd of
about 125 were Michael
Barone, a senior editor for
U.S. News and World
Report, and political analyst
Jack Casey. They discussed
electorate issues, the Blan-
chard defeat and the 1992
presidential election.
"Most of America is not
paying close attention to the
races," Mr. Barone said.
"The inattentive electorate
responds short term. When
we are looking at 1992, there
will be wide gyrations as
people focus on one specific
event and then another."
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Township Board Denies
Lubavitch Path Request
SUSAN GRANT
Staff Writer
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1990
abbi Yitschak Kagan,
associate director of
the Lubavitch Foun-
dation, says the West Bloom-
field Woodlands Review
Board has shown a lack of
compassion.
But members of the
woodlands board believe its
decision to make a path on
the foundation's 40-acre site
off of Maple Road unusable
is a matter of law.
"It's a matter of prin-
cipal," Rabbi Kagan said.
"The board has shown a lack
of common sense and com-
passion."
In June, a foundation
employee violated the
township's woodlands or-
dinance by hiring a
bulldozer to create an 8-foot-
wide path on the founda-
tion's property west of the
Jewish Community Campus.
Although no plans have
been submitted to the
township, the foundation
hopes to build a synagogue
and educational retreat on
the site.
The foundation sought to
correct the error by asking
the woodlands board for an
after-the-fact permit to keep
the path and add gravel in
some areas to maintain ac-
cessibility.
But the board unanimous-
ly voted Nov. 8 that the por-
tion of the path within the
woodland area should be
allowed to grow back natur-
ally and no vehicular traffic
would be allowed. If the
property is not developed in
the next year, the board will
re-examine the path and
decide if seedlings and trees
should be planted to return
the area to its former state.
A portion of the path not in
the woodlands would remain
open.
Barry Stulberg, the foun-
dation's consultant, said the
group will appeal the deci-
sion to the West Bloomfield
Township Board.
While he realizes the
board must follow the law, it
must apply the law with a
standard of reason and com-
passion, Mr. Stulberg said.
The path, which is used
three times a month, allows
Bais Chabad members and
potential donors to better see
the property.
Mr. Stulberg admitted
clearing away the path
without asking the
township's permission was a
mistake. However, making
the path, which destroyed 20
trees and 1,513 seedlings,
did not significantly damage
the woodlands, he said.
Of the 24 acres, only .2
acres was disturbed, Mr.
Stulberg said. ❑