DECE BER 16 - 22, 1985 THE CITIZEN
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ould no longer 0 e any
income tax .. Under the bill, the
amount of money a family of
four could earn before havin
to pay income tax ould be
raised by more than ,700 ---to
'14, 75 in 1987.
CORPORATE PAYS
The reductio in income
tax burde for low and middle
income famill are financed by
an incr in corporate taxe .
Und r th la , the level
ould be returned to 1980
level, the Center' analy is
tat .
The analy . finds that under
th bill, corporate � ould
con titute an estimated 13� of
federal tax rev u in 19
rou hl the me level in
SU . Pre id nt J hn
DiBiaggi h pproved the
c n r nc, hweitzer id
and ill b it featured luncheon
p ker. The confer nc ill
b gin ith a tfm rna ry ," h t
'v Done Thi Ye r," and
nd n ft rn on di cu ion of
her Are e Going?", he
dd d.
The followin profe rs ill
pr nt p per ,Schweitzer aid:
oci t Profe or of Art Peter
Glendinning, Richard Thoma
(Hi tory), Rich rd Hur t
( ci logy), Kenneth Vurburg
(P litic 1 ci nee), C ndr
immon (Education), John
c mara (Criminal Ju tice)
D · Bryant (Community P y­
chol gy), Terrence v tt
( rk tin Studie).
''I'm tellin the p opt to
boil it (th ir pre ntation)
do n, 10 minute i the m x­
imum they can do. In th ir
paper, they can rit more. A
ingle rep rt might cover ix to
eight proj ct ith bigg r ne
getting more," Schweitzer
id.
The ymp ium ill include
te nd fed ral government
offici 1, ch itzer id, ith
Governor J m Blanchard
po . ing napp nc.
Benton Harbor political
officials, Univer ity official,
and busine people are al 0
exp cted, he added, estimating
that 200 ill attend.
ch eitz r id that chang­
ing Benton Harbor means
chan ing th re ident' tti-
tude , and organizing tho ho
still feel th ir city can be
h lp d.
"If you can chan e attitude ,
you can do orne amazing
thing ," Schweitzer aid. "Peo­
ple ay, 'it' dog eat dog: 'it' a
jungle out there: all thi crap .. .1
don't believe that. Human
nature i b ically good. Lit is a
matter of giving and getting, not
ju t taking. It' a helluva job,
but it' po ible."
1980, hen corporate taxe
comprised 12.�% of federal
re enues. In the aftermath of
large corporate tax cuts enac­
ted since 1980, corporate taxe
fell to j t 8.� " of federal
revenues last year.
The Republican majority in
the Senate OPPOS the HoUSe
Way and eans le . lation
because of bite on cor-
pora '0, poke persons
report.
DID YOU K OW . . . that
drinkin nd walking don't mix.
Accordin to the tional
High y fety Admini tration
40 per cent of the teenag and
dult p d trian kill d by car
in 19 w r I gaily drunk t th
time of the accident.
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for uni .
sioners plead
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ByDe e eller
BENTO HARBOR - In a
regular meeting of the Benton
Harbor City Comissison held
onday night, Dec. 9, there
ere some questio by the
citizens of the city
an some re ponses by city
manager Elli Mitchell.
In the absence ot ayor
Wilce Cooke, mayor pro­
tem Charl . ckey Yarbrough
and commissioner Arnold
Bolin, who are in
Se ttle, commis ioner Norval
We' chaired a rela-
tively calm ion.
The commissioners ac­
cepted the report of Harold'
Anderson, actin finance
director.t and oted to p y the
accounts payable ar­
rants in the total amount of
62,630.98
There were no reports
from staff officials.
In the citizens comments
portion of the meetin,
commi ioner-elect
George Wy inger aid,
"The citizens, taxpayers
and bu ine people of
Benton Harbor de erve p0-
lice and- fire protection.
They deserve to have the
streets plowed, ept and resur-
f ced, and to ha the I ves
picked up. They are not gettin
th e services."
Wysinger contined,
"The citizens of Benton
Harbor do not de erve to
pay $2,000 to th city
manager to hire consultants to
tell him how to run his job."
Accordin to Wy Inger, the
city manager has lived in Ben­
ton Harbor five or ix years and
. paid .�0,000 per year., "Yet,
ju t two or three eeks , 0 he
'found out' e have a $2.2
million deficit," Winer
d,
"The mayor runs allover the
country," Wysin er continued,
"leavin the city to thieve and
thugs. What doe he expect to
gain for the city 0
Benton Harbor in 1 ,
Washington? Ir I a it-
tion for the taxp yer of thi
community. The citizens av
to
protect themselves the b st y
they can --- byu rmin
them elves and taying off the
street. It is not the taxpayer '
fault," Wysinger declared. "It is
the f ult of the city officials."
Roger Lange, 118 West
Empire Avenu and chair of the
local chapter of the Guardian
Angel (GA) id that last ee
GA national founder Curtis
Sli a was in the city. According
to Lange, Sli a and hi
organization received le than
a arm elcome from city
officials.
"The GAs are only trying to
help," Lan e declared "We
attempt d to meet with th city
commi ioners and the city
manager. Mr. itchell told Cur­
tis Sli a and me that he didn't
have time to meet ith u ,"
Lan e said!
"Later e ent to Lansing
and met with an aide to Gov.
Jam Blanchard He told us the
state had loaned money to Ben­
ton Harbor before and stood
ready and willin to do 0 again.
All Benton Harbor has to do is
adk," according to Lan e.
Mitchell responded to
Lan e, sayin, "When you
came to ee us e ee knee
deep in pap r ork tryin to
put together a plan for gettin
the balance of the million dollar
loan we applied for."
Lange "Was it just
t ek hen you found that
such a loan ould be n c-
e ary?" •
Mitchell an ered? e
pplied for a million dollar
emergency fund loan from the.
tate in June of this year.
received $350,000. We ar no
orkin on gettin the $650,-
000 balance," h said.
"Benton Harbor started
oing bankrupt years ago hen
the tax base started hrinking
and busine started moving
out of the city. Income drop d
drastically, but exp ns ere
not cut accordingly. 0 we
are facin the consequences of
tho e failure ."
Holiday
Hours
All Cltlz n n paper
offlc • will be elo ad for
th holiday from 5 p.m.
"day, Dec. 20, 1985
until 9 a.m. Thursday,
Jan. 2, 1 86.
Happy Holiday to 11Th
Citlz n r de,..
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Ent rpri
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