meat inc
cord ."
Be
. u
come from the commissioo
appointed viJory com­
mit
fun to
ped "to h
ry Commit
·d the city
the Advi-
p by
xt onday.".
In re ted ction, the
COJ1!U1lissiOn roved p y­
ment of bills totaling 805,
462.
• On list was 600,
000 ym nt to the B.H.
Area Schoo
collected by the city in
December. ayor P tterson
could not y beth r the
ctually ailable
to e tb payment.
Acting Finance Director
Cr 0 need
r
of the Tre
t city hall for the eek or
o "to . t me in d ter-
minin the city' total
debt.'
Citiz n
receiver-
, e have tried to 1iIm
thin around; no 0
. enmg," Bop· and
promised the recall petiti
would tart circulating an­
medi tely.
Bishop led recall
drive that ousted Mayor
Chari Joseph in 1976.
In other bu· the
COJ1UD1SSl okayed a dance
permit for 363-67 Territor­
. 1 for Kellybutton, Inc.
company p to e -
pand . er ' elly's, 379
Territorial, formerly The
rooklyn T rn,' to the
ne location.
Co r
approved an ei t year tax
tement on $250,000
orth of improvemen for
e building t 145 aiD
o d by F airplain De-
topment Company. 'A
P omi.Ie to hire at Ie
10 percent minoritie on the
rehab ork cured by
e city frorn F airplain
before approval of the
break.
cre-
When the city commis­
loners finally made their
mo e Thursday to rue City
MaIlager Paul cCauley the
tion both qui and
quiet. But, the commis­
·0 er's conduct of bu .
prior to the firing
neither, .
By vote of 6-1 with
yor Joel Patterson
ab aining, the commission
ended cC uley' 366-day
tenure ith the city.
"I pport the com-
1lUSSI0Il d concur, but for
the record I abstain," ex-
plained Pat n, offe .
the only mad
durin the roD caD wte.
"For time the media
. tried to create a con­
frontation or the ppear­
an of a confrontation
be een myself and the
city Pattersoo
. be ted
the
.
job performance to the
m r prior to the vote.
The firing of cC y
to but three minutes of
the 1 �-hour ion marked
wi controrte�, criticism
and . tion of 0 citizen.
The rno vocal opo ition
to commission action fol­
Io ed the vote to discount
161,500 off the land con­
tr ct for the Ben ton Harbor
Fruit arket so d by
city three yean go.
For ready money, the
commissio n voted to accept
150,000 cash no in li
of the $311 ,5 00 balance
due in annual pay­
ments of $44,500 from the
pure r of the fruit mar­
keL
"Do not e this ction;
you e been ill ad· d
to sell out for Ie th
half of the kno
cC v. before
If you ere a Benton Hub city colnmliSliooer
hat ould you do to e the city prob
'1
I� .. �ORE - 331
ork to bring &bout job •
self-r t."
t BB.:
for
TO WILUAMS, - Bar­
ber, Fleming Barber Shop:
"I ould 0 k to ard more
unity amon the people of
Benton Harbor,"
JERRY REYNOlDS - former city re . ent:
e unity ith the citizens and e the ppropri te
peop runin th city."
00 rm - 275
r of Empire
OWE COLE - Betty's C - Empire A ..
I
"Basically going about it right. 0 overnight cu
prob em are decad 0 d. aybe they oold offer
major companies tax breake 10 e generate
tax base. The ide . to try peop If-
reliant. "
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