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,
a unanimous
OOIltmUsaoD, qu are
railed by citize
t the of the
, finn of Small, man
Dettman for e city's
general l.
Three of concern
are bei d:
inegularitie sur·
rounding the bid openings; I
- Dettman's role
penonal ttomey for ayor
bC e jn hi y
d costly court battle to
1979 yom
e1ectio ;
- po conflicts
Dettman firm in
both the city
ton H
the ad t1Uldy opened", from
th the fum of RobinJon, Ford
S anson.
Though City r
Gerald Hepp r told Coo e
at the bid opening, that
ccording to bid procedure ,
the Small bi ould be
thrown out, Cooke id all
bids ould be received.
A y, 1980 propo-
sal bmitted by Qu tin
Fulcher, ho did not bid,
abo produced by
t the . ollday
"0 •
e told The
Citizen, ''You kilo I
reaDy wanted Quent, but
e have to go "th the
10 bidder, if are go
to the unions for a
renegotiation of their
tract."
F r under co
. eration for the prosecu­
ting 0 •
OBJECTS TO OPE I GS
Commissioner Arnold
Bolin submitted a prepared
tement at the onday
afternoon inte "wing
sio conducted by the com-
. '0 meeting a com-
mitt of the ho .
"I un deeply distre
the totally inept �
ner in . bids for
nices has been handled,"
Bo . • "I refer specifi­
cally to the "inad rtant"
of bids by
or, and his sub
arbitrary announce­
e Will co .
an b· � thou
improperly p
md/or ).
emlbUI ... nent to the city
d the city co "
Cooke had prod
sman and Dett·
- &beadY opened -
at the end of the bid open­
Later he had produ-
c
c
o 0 ga
•
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City Venture Corpora­
tion (CVe) director Fred
Franklin convened a meet­
ing, Tue ay, January 5
10 aJn. to propo
formation of a B BuR·
AaIOdlWOn.
Invited by Franklin
and pre t at the meeting
ere Percy Carr, Fa '0
For AD Se ns; Charle
Sanden, C 4 R Products;
Jame Rolling,.E S·
Furniture; and Bill- Lacy,
Bibco.
Also in att dance ere
. S. II
C ptain Jame Turner, no
a consultant for CVC; and
Duane eriweather, evc
industrial development
co tanto
The group agreed to
e formation of ell
group and Franklin said
he will prepare tentative
by by next ee.
Th group will rve
organizing committee.
, e need minority
repre tation from the
minority b' commu­
nity ," Franklin told th
businessmen.
"You don't that
repre ntation hen you go
to the city commission
meeting," hi continued. ''In
the . (Benton Harbor) Busi·
A . tion, minority
ntation is me r t
. the chamber (of
ree) minority repre-
•
US n
es
r t b �,
"T ther e can forge
an element of unlimited
ength, CVC director
continued.
Franklin e . d to
the group t -the proposed
Small e" lion
"503" program planned by
the South m MiC�Ul
Regional Planning ASII()C).a'
tion needed minority repre-
ntation.
Fr
ed for
SBA
from
bu·
The gr p related to
F . efforts of minority
bu . peop e to organize
in the p . They explained
that "ou . de" econ
forces ept minori .
and divided.
Lacy expre the fear
of putting too m ell em
10 to minority
. He explained
busin