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By Terry Kelly
BE TO HARBOR - It i
e peered that the city commis-
ion will be ked to fire three
members of the Do nto n
D velopmentAuthoritywhenit
me onday, y 12.
The three DDA member -
Chri Brook , Connie Irvin and
Cath rine Doddin ton - rec
eived I tters last ee from
ayor Wilce Cooke king for
A V 11 - 1 7, 1986
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asked where is it? What is it, we
were told to 'go look it up: tt
Doddington . d.
The Square Consulting Plan
would allocate '195,000 to the
Vincent Hotel block. Dod-
dington aid the DDA anted to
know which building would be
demoli hed, hy ould th
DDA want to buy th Vincent
from the city, what would b
done ith it.
"We haven't been given th
inform tion," she aid.
Both DDA member al 0 y
th y cannot find out who i pay
ing for Square Consulting or
how much.
All of th improvemen in
Square Con ultin plan ere to
b paid for from the proce ds of
a 2.1 bond ale.
The DDA board rej t d th
nd ale at the April 2
m ting.
B ard memb r que tion d
th DDA' bility to r pay the
2.1 million. That bre down
to paym nt of $1 ,000 a
m nth, ev ry month for 15
year ,Irvin aid. An extra tax
ould b 1 vi d on prop rty in
the DDA boundaries to repay
the bond. Estimate re that
only $16 000 a month could b
rai ed by the dditional tax and
that ould not be received until
1987, th board member aid.
"We're trying to display fiscal
re ponsibility and accoun
tability," she added.
Doddington noted that
there are now two case before
the courts rai ing the question
of the co titutionali of an
appointed body levyin such a
tax.
Doddington said he felt the
DDA "was running into a con
flict of intere t." Sh noted
Alex Little has hi office at the
Phi Beta igma conference
e for Lansing
Regional Director, Carter D.
,announc The 64th
s R gional Con-
Phi Bet Sigm
Frat rnity Inc. May 22- 6 at
The Iari n H t I in Lansin ,
ichi an.
Over 50 ttendees re e -
p cted from thr ughout th
region which nsists of the
t s f i higan, Ohio,
Indiana Illinoi a, Minne
sota, i nsin and entucky.
reception will be held in
h nor of Director om c , an
A on City oun ilman on
Th ay y 22.
riday morftift, 23
f tur a . of
for 150 Lansing uta high
hool m sponsored by the
their resignation ..
According to Irvin the letter
came from 685 W. Main, Cham
ber of-Commerce office , where
DDA acting director Ale Little
has his offices.
In hi letter Cooke accu d
the three of breaching their
"fiduciary duty" to the board
creating "confusion" and con
tributing to the re ignations of
two board memb r. .
Doddington aid in ph ne
int rview she fe Is the real cau e
of the att mpt to remove the
thre i th ir vote on a prop d
bond i ue.
On April 24, by a 5- 3 vote the
DDA rejected a planned 2.1
million bond i ue.
The bondin i ue part
f pi n drafted b quae C n
ultin of Grand R pid and pre
ented on F b. 20 to th DDA.
Printed on the co er th
t t ment, "Prep red by th
DD .. nd" approved b th
city commis ion arch 24,
1986," Doddin ton aid.
ith r tatem nt tru ,
Doddin ton aid, lth u h the
cornmi ion did pprove th
plan in arch the consultant
pp rentIy kne it would.
The DDA had earlier pr
pared it own plan Doddington
id.
She aid the Square Con ult
ing plan was not detail d. It i
the attempt to find out th
plan sp cific , that has led to
the attempt to oust them, D d
dington id.
"When you ask que tions,
they becom ore ubjects, and
th ans er (from Little) is
alway, 'put your tru t in me,"
Doddington said.
Both Irvin and Doddington
Id one que tion bout the plan
involves On To n Center at a
co t of '120,000. "When w
Sigm Beta Club the official
youth group of Phi Beta Sigm .
Th t pic f the or shop
includ health, leadership de
velopment nd the Bla k male
r I re ponsiblity.
Frid y con lud s with ' un
and Fantasy ite" with musi ,
arnival g mes, and priz .
On Saturd y ay 24 the
conferen e luncheon theme is
Salut to Black ducators" .
there will be busine
m etings, If-improvement and
flnan ial planning rkshop
a fashion show for wive and
friend , the Region tep Show
compe-tition and the Co e nee
Orchid , a Sun y worship
mce, ba etball nd tennis
tournament and a scholarship
golf tournament op n to the
public. onference activitie
conclud with the' All Mi higan
ree how and Dis 0", featu -
ing fraternities and r rities
competing in ep and s n
on unday night beginning at
7:00 p.m.
, e re very e cited ab ut
coming t the gr at st t of
Michigan for our c nferen e"
omack said. ' e hope the
entire stat will join us in the
gala festiviti ."
For more information about
th Conferen , cont t .any
member Phi Beta Sigma
Frat rnity . write P.O. Box
8053, Akron, 0 44320.
Jac son . tate receives media
ISS - J ck n communic tion department to
teach n writing nd report
ing cla s. The j urnalist-in
r iden will al rve a
communi- student advisor and a . st with
th JSU tudent newspaper.
urnali - Th grant is exp cted t
b st th University recruit
ment 0 stud nt intere t d in
udying print journalism.
J cks n St t i on of two
ran
hist ri ally Black colleges and
univ rsiti in the country to be
ac redit d nationally in both
print and broadcast j urnalism.
The University is also one of
6 institutions of higher edu
cation in the .. to b accredit
ed by the A cr diting Coun il
du ation in Journalism and
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Ir
Commerce,
IS HE OR ISN'T HE - Alex
Littl ,director of conomic
d velopment for th city of
Benton Harbor, i in th
middle of a controv r y
with the city' Downtown
Developm nt Authority.
Despite signing document
and alledg dly r.ferring to
himself a "acting dir e
tor" of th DDA, Little has
not obtained a bond a
required by law for his po i-
tion. Board member
alledg Littl h s d nied
being a director of the DDA,
Ithough acting a Me
r tary, writing b dg t and
ndlng I era a king for
, on tion of tit,
DDS ret u
D moer ic BI
plans H . m
LA SING - The Michigan
Democratic Black Caucu will
hold it May meetin in Mus
kegon Hts.
With 19 6 Politic as th
DID YOU OW... that
you -can avoid costl refri er
at or repair bill b re ul rl
va uumin the condenser coil .
Du t build-up an u th
unit to overhe t and even shut
·DDA vo e
adds to
ity deb
c Caucu
ting
chi f agenda item, th DBC'
will me t S turday, ay 24, t
12 nat th Chri tian Com
munity C nter, 540 E.
H ckl y.
down.
DID YOU