ent,
attic th t you
to get rid of! , the
time . now, the city- . e
ual Spring Clean .. up .
y.
t thing put out
for rem al that normally
the regular rubbi ere
ou d not pi -up,"
ouch Whitfi ld, director
of Public Service. For
e amp , t of old new
papers, refriger tor, and
couches. The first
dul folio s:
ilton
Bro d y to
arion d Thur ay
Br d ay to Colfax.
. Whitfield urge all
ity resi dent not to t
tr out too far in advance.
Finally, Friday the
rap-up day' for stree
mentioned abo. The
cr pi -up will b tr
Berrien County Circuit
Court h once a in enter
ed th turbulant politics of
th city.
On
Che
of Commissioner orval
d yor Joel P tt-
onday night city com
. ·0 rs ppro ed the hir
ing of 0 consultant firms
and by t ction unl ed
s te's Em rgeney Loan
Fund for the financially
trie en city.
en the Emergency
Loan Bo rd mee Friday
it is e pected
to ppro e the first install
mot of 1 million dollar
loan to thi city.
The pprov part
of an agreement orked
t in Lansing, Friday be
een members of the city'
Ii It committee and the
te T Force on Ben-
ton Harbor.
For 55,000 plus
4,000 expen s, Cooper
d Lybrand, a national
fum with office in Detroit
d Grand Rapids, ill re
rgan.ize the city' fmance
department and map fIVe
year fJSCal plan.
th
only once. Re -
encour ed to
APRIL 8 - 14 1911
,
ter n till f
s an elec-
tion,
G vin id he un-
certain hether th ruling
on the recall uld be
appe d.
Recall organize
len Gr y, Annie Rob· n
and Arnold Smith . they
ere 'elated" t the ruling.
They face one more
court te . the r of
Commissio r Arnold Bolin.
Lottri disqualifed
enough si ture there too
to thro out the peti .
Thtat s befo
Jud White, y 12.
dent
meet deadUines
The
Annual Clean-up starts
April 14 - 16th.
Stree du1e : on-
day, Pipestone and Broad-
ay; Tu ay, Oxbow
Cr and Colfax; edne
day, Fair and Vally Drive;
Thursday, Riverside and
Highland.
Finally, Frid y is wrap
up for the are. r.
WhitfJeld indicat that any
tr put out after the
deadline d te ill be tb
respon ibility to
remove.
Futhennore, he s re .-
den ts no to over stuff
plastic b gs beyond capa-
city, tie up 1 P per �
Finally Whitfi ld . d dog
o rs tie up vicious dogs
or tr will not b re
moved.
Whitfield indi ted the
d for volunteers and
appealed to th public.
ccording to Whitfi ld
th group already help
ing are Bloc Club, DSS,
the American uslim i'
. on, CET A ere , and
The Citizens Organized to
St y.
of the
The petitions had been
filed July ith the
city clerk - then, John
Lottridge - who qualified
only 516 of the 721 sign -
ture gathered for Patterson;
and pro ed 521 of the
710 signer for ei ou er.
Lottridge bad b d his
disqualifICations on 0 re -
ns: either the signer ere
that order and noting this,
Byrnes . d he ould alIo
City Attorney K. orris
Gavin 15 day to enter
y order on the recall
ofP tter
"The in triquing part
of this," the Judge
an "iif th Coo'rt of ppe
"administrative conven- re er this court, then
ience", the Judge ob rv- this recall election goes
ed, d id there .... ht ah ad H I
J.�" e... e 0
no legal thorlty f � treat- by winning d by
in tho voters differently. I .
osmg.
The present acting city If the Court of Ap-
cleric, argaret Adams, ho peals uphold his" ruling
departments represented orked under Lottridge last that the election of ovem
include the Off tee of July when the petitions ber 1979 invalid, P too
anagement and Budget, were pr nt , plai d,
Comm rce, the Trea ry "John (Lottridge) simply
and the Department of forgot to 100 in there (the
Labor. inactive fit) to if any
In other busine on- of th peop ere ther ."
day, commissioner · bro e T Judge indic ted the
ith the policy of grantin ord r would be signed Tue -
only 4 year tax abatemen d y by 5 p.m. and the
on m chinery purch city cle ould be given
They a arded an 8 ye 48 hours to complete
b tement to Harbor Graph- �rtification of the petit-
ic on $395,000 worth of . IOns·Th
machinery e county clerk w
Harbor Graphics pro- then dul the recall
je they will hire 11 peo- election.
ple within a year, and 48 Only 538 valid �gn-
by three years. ture are ded to p
Objections to the eight the recall of Pat r and
year abatement came- from We· on the ballot.
Commissioner Charles Yar- It Judge Byrne
brough who noted the com- ho in February ruled the
pany had already received 0 ember 1979 election of
a . 25 percent reductioo in Pa tterson invalid d order
its d evaluatioo from ed a ne el ction held this
the Boatd of Revie meet. fall.
not registered or the signa
ture 00 th recall petition
did not match the signature
on city record book
Judge Byrne ·d the
cler s not a handwriting
expert and not qualified to
compare ignatures. Citi
an earlier Court of Appe
, the Judge ld under
ichigan la the cler w
only to match nam .
Judg Byrne also ruled
that tho signers ho ere
ruled by Lottridge not
registered had been listed
in an inactive file - they
not voted for the
prior four years.
Such file
Three Rivers - Fourth gre and do my be to
Con ·onal District Re- repre nt every per n .
publican ominee Sil- the 4th Distric , 'Silj der
jander will propo . d. reco ry of
economic reco ry p for
Benton Harbor he opens
a campaign office in that
city on Friday, April 10.
Siljander, a third-term
te rep ntative, will
ou tline his plans fo r .
liziog Dentm Harbor's
ging bu . e ction
De conference schedul1ed.
.for 3 pm. in fr t of .
est h quarter at 153
E. ain:., Benton Harbor.
"1 ant to go to Con-
thur Ander and
Co. of Detroit will evalu
and re ructure the city
of
Commissioner orv
We· , chairman of th
city' finance committee
and member of th
n committee orking
ith te officials
the consultant will begin
ork at city haII next
onday, April 13.
ei . d the city
e pee roughly $250,000
to be pproved by the Loan
Board on Friday. Proceed
will be u d to meet cash
needs for the next 90
days and pay for the con-
ltants.
City official h ve been
meeting with te repre n
tatives since February to
prepare the city to qualify
for the 1 million. State
..
ing in arch .
The city ha appealed
e
intere
n liVing in M1Ctwt�lD
cially in Berrien Cou
ty.
(, beli e my propo
a common- n ppro
to bring bu . b into
, and I am confi t
can do
. to to help tum
d .