Small busine people
hat the
forum,
peopl can identify pro­
blem • they f ce and pro-
po ays te go ernment
can help. or op t th
forum ill focu on ecifi
e , like taxation, govern­
ment regulation and minor­
ity bu . e . P rticipants
will e t del ates to
further de elop J e and
propo is at re . nal cau­
cuse d t statewi de
conference.
The forum a part
of the . higan Conference
on Small Busin
nounced by Governor
liam G. illiken last
The conference
explore both the job ere-
tion potential of ichi-
an's small busine ctor,
and the prob ems f d by
all and minor­
ity busine operator
, lmost nine out of
every ten new private tor
jobs will come from small
busine " illiken id.
'Through effort e th
conference, emus
cIo Iy with
small busine
to en re an environment
in hich small busine
can thrive."
All 0 net opera to,
and man er of busine
in . higan with fe er
than 500 employee are
invited and encouraged to
ttend the alamazoo
forum. For more inform -
ti on coot t Percy Carr,
159 E. ain,925-8411.
economy can tell them to
te of ials at a unique
forum offered by th ichi-
Department of Com­
merce 0 Febru ry 3, t the
ilton Inn in amazoo.
e forum . one of 12
th t e been held
throughout the tate and .
the fir t P in a Din
through
all bu .-
te
condit­
sinesses in
c
c
n
. Postman n"eed
cleared al
ce-covered
f
and tep ere th cau
of injury to literally. thou­
d of Po al Servi
last y r,
to Po tm ter
. " ore than ·16000 po •
tal orkers 'aero the
nation ere hurt hen .
they feR. or lost their
balance,'·' Bro n id,
"and ice and 0 as the
primary c of th
ccident ."
, e do everything pos-
sible to deliver the mail
regardle of ho bad the
weather becomes" Bro n
e ant to
remind customer
co erage 0
Parent group
h realizes it' no
easy to I' move ce
, but. carrier re not
required to· per nal
injury from unusual ha­
zard to deliver th mail.
To allo a carrier to
drive up to a curbsi de
mailbox to depo It 0 col­
lect mail ithout leaving
his or her vehicle, rural
or curb . de boxe must be
kept c ear of snow, ehi­
cle, or o,ther ob truction .
our
you to I' our
link to community.
S cce d pine
your ea
one
c
s a former memb r re ppointed another Loan and vote for a . En
of the U.CD.C. Loan com- Committee m de up of Ford' an for f t food
mittee, I'm forced to re- peopl that he direct re ident located at Britain
ond to r. Victo c control 0 er _ and mostly and Pipe tone Streets.
Kinney' article in the non-resi dent members of I also admit that the
Her d-Pall dium d ted Jan- th city. Pre ident of U.CD.C., r.
u ry 14, 1 1, entitl The De Loan Commit- Forre t Pe n, Chairman
inney Resi Loan tee con . of ary Defoe of the Loan Committee r.
Committ Po ition non city re ident; Sam- Victor . ey did e ery-
R.H." mi Smith _ non city thing in eir po er to
Fir t, I ould e to re ident: V· tor clGnney' stop the Ford Loan from
t th t the old Lo _ a non city F id t: Jim . being pproved. I admit
Committ of Sammie Bry _ a city re . ent: . to lobbin ith minority
Smith, Guy Huddl the only city r ident i member of U.C1>.C. to get
Victory Me Y Clarri BI kamore being this loan appr ed, becau
so ed by Forre n th only Loan Committee the pplication wino der,
and fe other non- m mber that I per nally the supporting data w in
r sident of th city to get h any confidence in for order, Mr. Ford's back­
m off of the Lo Com- voting a n of fair play. ground and his abiliti to
mitte. fter th 0 d Loan I dmit that the last perform were j order and
Committ e d SO! ed loan propo I had an he met all of U.CD.C.
Chairman Forre Pe opportunity to or on requirement, plu he
I can ooly that
commen reflect the
current attitude that pre­
in city hall.
Fir cC Y quoted
ying only y
city go to be
ved I to be ere tive and
get into thin
re rce recovery." I mu
droit some creative thing
ha e been introduced but
they have entually caused.
more pro lern than they
ere orth. Hein cre live
is fme. Ho er, hen
per n breaking or
bending too many rules or
regulation then it turns
into mething e I
e h e been seeing
too much of this kind late­
ly.
ave a moral responsibility
to cooperate with u t
this point." It certainly
ppears th t the city h
developed a elfare rnent -
lity. 0 matter wh t the
city has done to or its
ay into its current fm�­
cia} dilemma it still expec
the agencie to fall 0 r
each otb r ru g to pi
up the city's arbles fo
them. e are supposed to
forget that the city itself
created the fInancial pr�
blems. Problems that could
h ve at lea been p
voided if the city had
not orked so hard to eep
its mistake hidden from the
public. HUD should not
haY found i nece ry to
"freeze" the city CD
fund. The ayor, Com­
mission and everyone el
ere amed well in advance
that th re ere problems
ith their u of CD fund .
InStead of lis�ning all they
could do ere to indulge
in per al -aU s and
attempt to bury thin a
little deeper.
loud e to commen
on the artiel entitled
'Story Challen By BH
ManaJlJCr' , t appeared in
23rd· e of
ium.
Of cou r. c:C y
perfect right to
any ory th t
ppears in any paper. 0-
e er, fter re ding the edi­
to d ory th t ppear­
ed in th Citizen
comparin them th the
comments m de by Co
C u y I could no fmd
h r he h clearly rebut­
ted either the editorial or
articl appearing in th
Citizen. I ill drnit
m de so new mnarlcs
but nothing that ould
begin to gge t that the
Citizen comp etely in
the rong.
t I did nnd of
intere t ere some other
I conunen t that c-
Cauley m de in this article.
A m tter of fact I found
them m t rub ce
Second, in connection
with the city' curre�t
flDanc· me, cCauley
tated' e're approaching a
fmancial ·tution where
may have to ut thi
p down lOOn."
"Federal and S l\(
re . ents of the ci
Party Store _ 50, of it h r
·0 busi fo b
over . months:
as two D � rlna-_· 10, .
ago city 847 and out of busine Guy R. Huddle lOti 185
offici . h ,f portu- -0 . a year.· . b· ton- or
nity to get a handle on the . Ullisch' . Son _:. loan
city's financial prob Iern. . •
amoun 9,200 _ out of
little honesty ith
the citizen of Benton Har- busine c:N r t 0 ye IS;
bor could e . pr� . ted Puph' Drug Store
or t 'lea reduced. the Amount' $6,000- rot of
business over 0 year ..
imp t of the fin iaI
problem th t no p gue .�ality Stamping
this city. t ' ppened, Loan amount 50.,000
or cour ., w s just th
:,:,,;e·th�nft:a:�: ��: ·Parents hear teen jQb tal
blems affecting Benton Har-
H will the inc
bor had to literally be 0 er
dragged out of them. Even minimum w g affect teen- effect
then they resorted to petty age employment?
personal attac s hoping'to The er for the
take the public mind off monthly meeting of th
their own beh ·or. Ti I P rent Advisory
By , no I wId think Council ill be r. Bob
that even a learner
ould realize that the ind
of remarks corning out of
city ball are ju little too
erea d in
f: ctual cootent.
Black.
U.CD.C. ha done a
ry poor job in assJLStu�
local minority-owned bu .­
ne residents in pr ¥iding
fund for improvemen t and
the d elopment of their
bu . in this commun­
ity.
As of this day U.CD.C.
ve loaned local minority
d bu· e t
the city a to tal
of 69,500 .and 50,000
of tb $69,500 nt to
one busme an. on-
m ority and non-re ident
of t city ve received
$385,047. t#
I have always que tioned
the bilities and faime of
non-re ident control of
ilen C. Gray
235 Par er
Benton Harbor, I 490:!2
e
corporation ch bankrupt;
U.CD.C. that . funded onitor Sound
totally through the City of Amount of loan 25 000 -
Benton Harbor. ot only out of bu . for 0 er
do they control th cor- 5 years.
poration, n -residents con- I can under and f.
trol tb loan committee. Victor . ey' co-
Th only time that r. cern 0 er the U.s. Grand
Victor c' ey h ob- Jury bpoenin Benton
jected to a 10 pproval Harbor HUD grant re-
wh n the loan appli-' from 1975 - 19 0
cation B or a o- . D. . record
m .
tuded in
cord. I
re ord
U.CD.C.
friend relativ and bu .­
n iates thr ghout
the entire . ence of th
organization 0 • D.C.
And mor than 0 percent
of all of U.CD.C. fund
have
o ned blllilll.e:sses
Mr.
h
approved orth
of loans to non-minority
owned busine s and non­
re . dent of the city ho
are no compl tely out
of busine d U.CD.C.
h m e no effort to col­
lect the city' money. T
loan in def It are:
,
p
000-
(Editor' note: UCOC
is e city' offi ial local
deve opm nt company and
u city HUD fund. I
records ha n b­
poen d by thJ Gr d Jury)
and ho
that