Editor:
In ref renee to your artie reprding
e Benton Harbor Hou· C:omlllWlIIo
d Alpho Lewi , th re are
point ith ruch I mu t e i e.
1. A reference to Circuit Court
m on e i brought by r.
o be alf of the Housi Commission
on F' y, October I, J 982 revealed no
. Judgment. refore, referen
to the court fll ould t, and did
not, en me anythln further.
2. The Court 0 der entered on
Ii. 23, 1982 i a denial of the Tern
porary Re rainin Order. It i no the
Jud nt.
3. Judge Hughes granted a Sum
mary Judgment again the Hou' g
Com . . . Therefore, co trary to the
informatio ttnbuted to r. Le "
the matter is not set for trial. The
matter' d in Berrien County Circuit
Court. next ep ould h e been an
peal, no a trial.
4. Although I am by profe n
ttomey, I -do not in any fashion re
pre at the Bento . Harbor Hou g"
Commi n in a ity, I am a
member of the Commission for hich
lutely oocomPellSIU
S.HUD
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Editor s Re me:
Attomey Randall luerg, en' letter
confu d.
F,. t of all, hIlve printed :Ju�-
tter in its entirety he requested.
Attorney Ju e au to look
the court file in t of t How ..
Col1'U1lilsion VL GenUd Heppler. but
obvioruly lungemm not checked
thefiJe.
In point number of tim of his
kiter, luergen 11 stat t ludge grant
ed Il SummllTJ' ludgeme1lt. TM docket
eel as checked by this paper 4S it
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"litigation," e ntially the entering into
of lawsuit. Attorney Le ., suit on
behalf of the Housing Commi "on
"litigation." Attorney Peterson' legal
work on behalf of the Housing Com
mi "on has for th most part, not been.
Attorney Peterson's repre ntation in the
Sammi Smith c nndert en ith
HUD approval.
6. The Housing Com " . on al
retain' Attorney Gavin �d pay ruin
e ery month for hi rvice
1. References such a "Le
B1 .Pet fIOD .; . bite". _ rve " 0
di mabie purpo . In th p The
Citizen has p id lip- rvice to th p're�.
en! to p , October 13- and there is
.. no Summary Jud. ement. There is only
the August 23 denial of the Raining
Order as reported.
TIm, we wiD stic to the truth of
Attorney Alpha Lewis- tatement to
this paper that the CIl is t for trial.
nt , in many
e yet to be
Accommod tion Act, d they over-
came the denial of their political rights _
through the 1965 Voting Right Act.
So f: r ho ever, no comp b economic
mo emen h re lted in le al deci ions,
. tion of program to open th fee
enterpri sy em to Bl American .
o only . opportunity de' to
Bt but corporate America's r 1.
"onship ith Black America· 10,
do d negative 0 . After all, it
t the government th brought BJac
peopl to America It w the
private ctor. It
th t m e mo y through t - e
tr de and, after the a e ere here,
forcibly explo "ted their I or. The
government is implic ted becau it
tio d and protected ery, but the
prime mover the Driv te ctor.
PEOPLE prefer priv te bu '-
ne trade d job to public assIlStaDCe
depe ency and humiliation. But Bl
never been b to get their fair
are of private tr e and to h v been
pu eel to reeei public aid from
10 nt· ad.
land .
tere t
drivin
South and into the
urvan America.
are he viJy concentr ted in urb in-
du rial are in both th orth and th
corpor te Am rica, not th
th t is repl - in or er
bite, ith m chines
using e I bor abro a to undercut
organized I bor at home.
of our time, energy and focus
i ent tyd ying reportin on th
govemrnent and th ghetto. The 0 ner
of both the ghetto and the go emment
- corporate Americ ldom di
cu d or even 0 n. 0 peop
in the ne med' , ho full-time job
it . to analyze public " and edu te
the American peop ,kno th opera
tor of the poor order but Id not
name fi e top corpor
the economic order.
be
be-
pm te onomy
profound pub
otke '
ecilliOllS in
are inc y ha .
lie and IOCW consecue
that hiring ould be done ithout
reference to r ceo It ppen to be
unfortunate f ct of life th t r ar f
BI in Berrien
ould reque t th t if thi
etter b printed, it b printed in it '
entire . ] ould further t..tlt t a
reference to the Circuit Court fit might
h produced more cur te ti 1
th the on provided to The Citizen
re ers. Rand 11 L. J uer n n
Lewis told Th Citizen that h hod
as ed for a Summary Iud f!mDZI, but
Attorney Donald Dettman refused to
sign one" Lewis "he could e ,on
straight to appeab court if a Summarv
Jucig, ent hod been p ed.
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job the environment d entire com-
munitie bein affected - often
disrupted d dey ted - throu
the imp of priv te dec' 'ODS m de
completely ithoug pub" input d in
ithout concern for th
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