THE CITIZEN JANUARY 27 • FEB. 2, 1988
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"custodial foreman" on priI
• 29, 1985. Piggee withdrew hi
pplic tion for maintenance
foreman on y 7, 1985.
According to the OCR,
the school board hired Black
man for the po ltion of custodial
foreman, thus negating any
claim by P' ee of r cial dis
crimin tion - and hired a man
3 yean Piggee' nior for the
maint nance forem n, thus
nullifyin any cl of age di -
crimln lion.
c rd OCR
findln
felt was
ge pre-
_'�l"'Ting minori y
iness going
Continued from Pa
that the fo ter e market
h r ch d point of tur
ation e ch of our four home
c n be con erted into four
unit partment hou with all
the nece f. cilliti for each
unit 'thin t
Dr" arth B. arfield, who
ha been therapi for 19
y ar and a teacher for 8,
(' Som of tho yeats ran
oncurrently," she smiles, op n
ed Kalamazoo Community
Coun llin Inc. on Gull Rd. in
1979. orne of the problems
unique to her busine began
with her x.
"I wa a 81 c female tart
ing out in white male domi
n ted industry." Then there
a the n ture of her busine
p ychology and the multitude
of I w and re trictions regul t
ing uch a rvice industry;
including 1 w again dver
tising.
Dr. 0 ddre d
an i sue to prospective
busine per on: "How pre-
pared are you to 110at your elf'
during the inevitable p riod of
time hen money i not flowing
into the bu . e T" Sh are
It tr um tiling moment
when I finally g ve up able
inc me to devote full time to
I immediately left for hi go
met with hi , vi 'ted his fran
chi , researched th indu try
and prepared myself to submit
formal application to
McDonald's. hen I met with
cDon ld's, I w s re dy for
what they an ted to hear."
I. S ott dvise that of
3600 formal inquirie received
e ch year by cDonald', only
one/twelfth of one percent of
the pplicant are awarded fran
chi . H admits: 'The odd
were .0 eli couraging that I
thought 'no w y will we get
it'. Sometime I pinch my If
today," he smiles "because we
got it. '
rl Scott give a lot of
credit to Je Jackson and
other Black le ders wh went
to bat against big business for
minority rights. But most
importantly, he reveal 'lowe
my ucces to my relationship
lth my wife. We did it to
gether.'
That cornmon theme trailed
the p nelists through diver
busine patterns until each re
turn d pointedly to his/her
m te a the cornerstone of
their ucce •
ometime I w ke Dorothy
up in the middl of the night, '
Tommy y nd y' t'
do thi!' She ys 0 y and
goes b c t leep. In the
m min I remind her f wh t
she bou ht into."
One y un m n, r to j in
the rank f minority busines
p pl in uthw st i 'hi an
nd red bout his bility to
u in th nthu ia
ne d d 0 r in vitably
uld b plannin
ho ton ,� I d
rom r
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judice. 'In my ca told
I as refused an interview
because I did not h ve high
school education. But accord
ing to the dictionary, an edu
cation is ill and ability
ttained through teaching study
nd experience. high school
diploma does not equ te to a
high school educ tion, per
It is prima facie evidence of a
high hool educ tion. But,
a diplom is only one item of
evidence, among many. y 14
years of on-the-job experience
i sufficient education for the
po ition I have pplied for. Mr.
Shurn said I did not have th
required education. I have to
a : How did r. Shurn re ch
that conclusion?' If I h d been
accorded an interview I could
have demonstrated my educa
tional attainments sufficiently
for the board to intelli ntly
determine my qualification f r
the job.
"The Civil Right Department
id there as no discrimina-
tion against me. I However, pri r
to thi job opening r. Harry
Miltibarger a white m n appli �
for foreman' position. Under
the sam board rules regulations
and qualifications, Mr. Uti
barger given an intervi w.
The bo rd w s ware that he did
not have high hool diplorn .
I do not question Mr. ilti
b rg r's qualifications. But I
fe I that hum did, in f ct
in m. His
It i
wh t ver the
o OW
eing Co
reedy ain financiall from the
compi x. Akin Ie al 0 id
that HUD could a O'Brien to
re ign hi po ition a deputy
upervi or and r i n hi po i
tion from th To n hip' plan
nin commi i n, or they may
ju t say he can't vote on the
i sues when they come before
the plannin cornrms Ion.
O'Brien h no vote and i n t
paid for his p ition as deputy
up rvi or. "H- deputy uper
vi or po ition i trictl hon
orary and hi nly action i to
Ch ir a m ting when the
up rvi or i bent," Akin al
tated. iel en aid t th
ovemb r 5th B ard m tin
that h ould follo ny dic-
tate HUD may require.
the Tru tee Collin al 0 char ed
that Supervi or iel n had
him elf named a the project
administrator and ould b paid
$30,000 to adrnini ter th
grant.
"Trustee Collin i so far off
ba e, it' ridiculous," Town hip
Treasurer Jame Boothby aid.
"The chief elected official i
always the certifying officer for
the grant and i alway the one