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 .