now your rights wh n it comes to housin.9
The ichigan Dep .
ment f Civil Right , Com­
munity Re tion Bureau,
will pre� t a housing in­
form tion leIIlinar in Ben­
ton Harbor on Saturday,
July 26.
The seminar will be
held from 11 :30 am. to
3 p.rn. at th Progre . e
ptist Church, 245 Pi -
and the benefits of housing
program ."
HlP IP dir ctor for the
ichigan Sta e Housing
Development 1 uthority
and Steve We' of the State
ide Coalition Against
Redlining.
"There is an informat­
ion gap between th publi
and some of the existing
or new . ue rela ting to
housing laws and pro-
gram' id Benbo.
, Seminar rve to do
that g p. Certainly, educa­
tion i e ntial to ring
equal housing opporturu­
tie 'On
For dditional inform -
tion, Benton Harbor are
citizens can call Larry Croc-
ett, ichigan Department
of Civil Rights, Benton
Harbor office, 925-7044.
o
po in 0
ding the future of
r ta ," Stacey said. "I
certainly encou the
peop e of th em
ic . an to become inform­
ed about the po ible effect
each of t propo
h e on their daily
1 . wid hope that
our cou can be eered
by ell-informed e ecto­
rate this fall."
Beginning ith th
three property reform
ropo , here's
on the question
appear on th
o ember:
- The . �xecu-
tive plan, hich ould re­
duce the valUation
of each owner-oecupi d
horne by S7,100, providing
an a�rage property tax re-
ction of $350 statewide.
es tax ould be
boo d from 4 percent to
5.5 percent to m e up for
e 10 revenue.
- The IO-Q)Jed T' h
plan, named after Shia as­
County Drain CommiJ,.
. ner R rt yo , hidl
ould roll property tax
to 1978
cut them .
ould al limit
incre
- Th Smith-Bullard
plan, forwarded by State
Repre ntati Roy Smith
(R-Saline d Perry Bullard
(D-Ann Arbor), which sub­
stan'titaUy reduce property
taxe by limiting local mil-
le els to a maximum
of 24.5 mills. 1..0 t re nu
ould be m e up through
in tate in-
com tax, ith the Legis­
ture to determine th
amount of the incr
proposal that
Seminar topics include
federal fair housing
and equal opportunity;
complaint inve ligation and
enforcement; the state legi
lative process; the Section
VIII (federal subsidized)
Program; insurance and
mortgage redlining; the
housing improvement pro­
gram/neighborhood
improvement program (HIP!
IP), and the rol of
citizen advocate or anizat­
i ns in securing fair hous­
ing.
Tl e agenda feature
presentations from housing
experts uth Featherstone,
director of HUD's Detroit
equal opportunity' office;
Vicki Gillette, ichigan
legis! tive staff; Charles Ip­
car, anti-mortgage redlining
specialist; Howard iles,
e
e
ould 10 er th ega] drink-
ing in ichigan from 21
to 19 years of a .
- A plan to incr
the tate income tax from
4.6 percent to 4.7 percent.
The mon y derived from
h an incre ould b
d to con truct four ne
regional corrections f ill­
tie. Uner the propo ,
ichigan Reform tory
F cility in Ionia ould be
razed by 1990.
St cey said no one, at
this point, is certain hat
will h ppen if all tbree- or
two of three-property tax
ref onn proposal p in
o ember.
"An uprecedented ega!
me could ensue, forcing
the Supreme Court to m e
me deci . ons, and delay­
ing the d te the fmal plan
ou d t e effect," Stacey
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Fi
appo·n
o Ca p--�
Dir ctor
nc
If tho funds are not
accounted for, DCA is
true tened with losing its
funding.
According to Hender­
son, Campbell was 0 of
three applicant for the
po ition.
The Berrien County
Action Board of Director
ppointed Carlton Campbell
Finance Director, announc­
ed Charle Henderson, chair­
per n.
Campbell, who resigned
his po ition as director of
790001, when placed under
deferred pro cution, began
his dutie at the county's
official poverty agency on
ond y, July 21, Hender­
son id,
70001 is county pro­
gram to provid high school
drop-outs with GED and
on-the-job experience with
retail tore.
A is under de line
from it funding sources
to provide certain rmancial
information bout funds
mi in dit.
,CLOGGED STREETS -
orm. F
ere kept b
I
o rdge 0 err e
reca I sig e
The committee to recall Attorney Parish. Three
Arnold Bolin received a other. ign ture ere certi­
boo 1 eek hen 11 fled th resul of inform -
signature on th recall pe- tion pre nted by Attorney
titions originally invalidated P " ,Gray id,
by Benton Harbor C eric The depo ition began
John Lottridge were certi- at approximately 3:45 p.m.
fled valid . durin th d adj med t 5:00
course of a deposition given p.m., to be re med t a
by Lottridg . later d teo
Lottridge had ruled out
aU but 493 signatures of
tho pre nted by the com­
mitte to have Arnold Bo­
lin City ommi loner, re­
called. The committee
ed to h ve the �ture
validated and last wee's
depo ition a tep in
that legal proce
Pre nt for the depo i;
tion were City Attorney K.
orris G Yin repre nting
Lottridge, Attorn y Paul
aloney repre nting Coun­
ty Cler Forrest H. Ke ter­
ke, and Tat Parish for the
plaintiffs ordin to ilen
recall group. Also pre nt,
ob rvers were Arnold
Smith and Gray.
Eight additional signa­
tures ere certified by Lot­
tridge in an er to the In­
terrogatories submitted by
HULL
HORTO
PEST
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r
Th ign ture count
no tands at 5� with
only an dditional 33 need­
ed to reach the necessary
537 to pi e the recall of
Commi . oner Bolin on the
ballot.
Citizen or ing for
the recall of Bolin are in
th proce of re archin
all . atur invali ated by C
City Clerk .John Lottridg .
It i expected that a ffl-
c' nt number of valid 'go-
ture will be uncovered to
require certifi tion of th
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