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VOL. III
SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTER
ICHIGA
Circuit Court Jud
Chester Byrns t 'e the
1979 el etion in hich
Joel Patter n d ..
ilce Co e by three
otes.
Co e ed Patter on
claiming that four of his
pporter had been illegally
denied the right to vote in
that e ctioo. Byrnes agr d
that three of the four h d
been wrongfully turned
ay fran the polls after
making an attempt to vote,
but th t the fourth
not tried hard ough to
exer her right to vote.
The Jud h given bot
'des until January 20 to
m e any additional gu­
to
come p ith remedies,
The question of ho is
ayor came up at onday
night' commi 'on meting.
staff to hurry up
. s so that a YOle could
ondy . tif
calls for employment
rate of 12 0 15 percent
minoritie on the project.
According to e,
payroll records from co -
tr tors indi cate the f 0 - 5
lowing bre dow
minority employees on
'ob:
A
ployed; 3
ty or 10 ". or
hou
by mulOl11l1teS.
Attorney orris Gavin
ho ' city attorney
repre nting Patterson
told the commissioners that
� as I understand the 1
of ichigan, it pertains
to e tion if person
, el cted, he holds office
until suece r is named.
in my opinion, ayor
Joel Patterson' ayor
of the City of Benton Har­
bor. In any event, he ould
have to be ayor until
the Court id he . not.
Jud Byrne did not y
in his findi of fact
that ayor Joel P tterson
is no longer yor of the
City of Benton Harbor.
Commission r later
authorized Attorney G vin
o ppeal th court' d ci­
'on if n ce ry."
