d
en
d Hou Bm 4335,
referred to
eneou
. n,"
ruction, W!l<*,lIlIe
, and new
ty contrac' .
An greem t been
ched bet n the Benton
School d
bidder mu
om aflldavits
minoriti or
omen awn, opera and
control more than SO per­
cent of the bu' e and
accrue majority of the
profits or 10 inorit
are defmed pe who
future
. to control bu .
t-up by
to the 10 bidder cap-
bl of providing good . or
rvices.
"The Department of
Civil Rights fully ppo
the concept of t-aside for
minority and femal -owned
busine," Ruth
Rum Department
director. "I t 0 that
th state' concerned about
ys to eneour and
stimulate the life of the
bu . In the long run,
their growth will strengthen
. chipn' ec omic main-
en ent of
ichigan joe
te ·th··
AY 13 - 1 ,1 81 THE CITIZE
P GE 3
be
I •
program
'The p an eliminate
racial iden tifiability
hoo and . es de
gre ithm an
ORTO
plan.
Parents ere no hap­
py ith either the Judge's
or the district' plan. will
"C yoo h stly tell
the ids will t a better
education?" estieaed
imp IS. Loretta Dozier, Seely- There
to cCord AdviJory Co cil. b ce of
d63%B
to . headed,"P School
. • By July 1 And Sa
S35,000, BH To A
Sir, I think that this
article uld more appro-
priately be headed, "
To Be I d Lice To
Steal By S te," If the
Ita Emergency Loan
Board· mg to e
ch action as stated in
this artie it will not
only be placing i If·
po ·tion of a partner in
crime with th City 0
Benton Harbor but will in
effect be granting ch
licen to the city.
good part of
city' indebtdne is due to
th diverting of monie
egally belonging to local
go mmental units and, of
course the hool district.
Ho ever, despite the
documented . stance 0
t can only be call
plain tealing the ate·
apparently willing to ignore
the °tu tion and by doi
condo city's act-
ions. I it the tax-
P yers of this area are no
e ooly victim of
depreda . n of out local
oftkia1s. They with
the taXpayen in the
next
ie
•
HULL - BARD -
throu&h
be
gil
fourth at Feed
hoo . c e HuD, Bard,
1, Seely, Boynton.
cial b ill be 2�
bite d 80 % Bla at
HuD d 18 % bite and
82 % B at Bani.
JOHNSO
BURG - Jo
fi thr
facility and
be a fifth
001.
from Boynton. Th racial
b ce will be 33 % bite,
67 % B at Johnson for
the ne t year. At . urg
it Will be 27% and 73 %,
hi -B
STE BR SO,
o TIIEAST, ORTH-
T, SORTER - In this
-4 d will be
. 1 - 4
10
•
Senator Harry G , Jr.
p . LadS �y
Enclosed yoo will fi d a
clipping (rOOt the y 5 til
of Herald-PaIlad-
iwn. The uti
I am calling your attention
o
Bym ruled the city
o e the 001 district
242,447 in delinquent pro-
perty e II
52,289 in in re . If the
city cannot P y the $260,
()()() upon by July 1,
it mu th pay the full
294,737 . equ in tall­
ts on JUly 1, 1981,
82 and 83, Judg
ru
Th debt ar
city f: d to tum over
to the 00, property
mo y collec d by
the county 0 er the p
time ye .
City offic· reportedly
wm obtain the 260,000
ling for ° aight
d ys, the Benton Harbor
rea School Board develop­
ed its de gregation
plan for the di trict and
dopted it Tue y, ay
12.
That the deadline
irnpo by Federal Jud
Dou Hillman on the
district. If they didn't ha e
plan by then, y oald
be forced to e the
Jud '. p
"In dequate, deficient
and b on tiquated
d ta; too costly," h
Superintendant J
labeld th
go mmental uni is not
just a matter of idle specu­
lation. A report covering
limited ·t conducted
by e Local Audit ... n
of the Department of Trea-
ry, d ted Oct. 24, 1979,
clearly estab· the cul­
pability of the city. A
copy of this report
ot to the Attorney Gen­
erals Office yet o thing
happened. fe months
o the dtverti g of �onie .
due the Benton Harbor
Library, by th city ,
m e public b t here ain
nothing happen d.
In th report co
the udit m ntion d 0
ch pter and ver ere si ted
concerning the city' viola-
tion 0 tate in with-
holding and u . m
due the hool district.
Ho er, this apparen tly
meant little or nothing to
the Attorney General. 0 ,
much to my d· t, e
are confron d :*h
l-don't-care ttitude 01 the
Emer ney Lo Board.
See particular p ragraphs
ed in this article.
tu y going
to hat? The t -
payer obviously not
to anything.
t the going
I don't
p.rten
grade
Sorter.