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BER 10-16,19 2
erry y
"City Venture came to ve us no
they're ing u to ve them," commen­
ted one citizen at the onday night city
commission meting of a City Venture
Corp. (CVC) reque t for aid.
"It· the city that is the ey element
in refunding p ckage CVC needs to y
another year in it five ye revitalization
effort.
The inne otis b d, pm te, for-
profit company h been paid $575,000
to d te by the State Department of
Labor. ith th t money, the city got
a atel)' plan for the city's revitalization
d me months of imp tation.
At the of the ye eve
n itt. an
By Terry eIIy
The Twin Cities Branch of the
AACP may be in violation of its Consti­
tution and By-law and may have to tart
its bi-annual election pro ess over.
ccording to State Pre ident Carl
Breeding there are two constitutional
requirements that the local branch has
apparently violated.
The chapter is required to notify all
member by mail at least ven day prior
to the October, ovember and December
meetings.
check ith at least five members
of the Twin Cities chapter reveal none
ere notified or a are of the October or
ovember meeting.
The AACP also requires a nominat­
ing committee to be selected in October.
That as not done.
The only kno n notice of any meet­
ing appeared in the 0 ember 4 edition
of the Herald-Palladium. A short arti le
on p e 16 of that pap r announced a
meeting of the AACP a to be held
promi d th t there ill b up to 1500
ne jobs in the city. To date CVC ha
ere ted 10 ne jobs ccording to Shir­
ley John 0, CVC staffer.
Fred Franklin Project -Director, y
CVC needs more time.
ednesd y, ovember 10" the Berrien
County Private Industry Council (PIC)
voted to give CVC S205,000 if certain
conditions re met, ccording to PC
Director, David May ·c .
The city must commit a minimum of
50,000 in cash or in-kind contributions;
the tate mu do r e ise and that .
cert inty ccording to My· ; CVC
raise $150,000 on "its own by Febru-
16
BULK RATE
U.S. POST AG E
PAID
B ton Harbor,
49022
Permit 0.50
25 cants
ovember 9 at Pilgrim Re 1 Chur h t
6:30 p.m.
According to th noti e the purp
of the me ting a to lect a nomin tin
committee a ta to be done in 0 tober.
e're not an underground group
e're not the ' commented Breed-
ing. Th greate t p sible parti ipation i
desired in the election proce he noted
and that is hy the pr e i de igned to
cover a three month p nod. I
At the ugust t te confer nc of
the CP, Breeding announ ed that
any chapter not follo in the boo in
conductin elections ould hav th
re Its thro n out and be required to
start all over.
" e do not ant anyone-per n
branches' Breedin ob rved in tele-
phone intervie ith The itizen.
ary De Foe chapter pre "dent
ould not be rea hed Tue afterno n
or ednesday morning.
Bre din prorni d to in e ti t and
t e ppropriate a ti n.
