Blae Ie survival:
doing some hing o.help
byJ
ROYAL OAK-The elected
upervisor here gain d more
control of . indebted
to ip April 29 following
ruling by 0 d County 6th
Circui Court.
Judge Hilda Gage reduced
the authority of Royal 0
Twp. Superintendent Patrick
cGannon, and returned
chief po r to u-
ruoor!.,.�n .. G. McRjp y.
Gage's ruling modified
earlier court order by limiting
the perintendent's duti to
purchasing agent and manage­
ment assistant
The court also instructed
cGannon to serve inform-
ant to the court 0 township
eompli ce . a 1984 court
o der and provide recommen­
dations to improve township
finances.
The ruling gave cRip y
uthority to . fir& and
police chic perform 13
other manage t functioas.
"I think irs abou time,"
cRipley said ':'I think I am
deserving of a chance to sho
that I can run township."
cRipley, elected in 1984
to the township's top e cutive
office, said . have unfair­
ly "thwar ed and scrutinized
his admin.istration.
cGannon implied tha he
no for or against the
decision.
"the judge wanted the su­
pervisor to have his duti
back, he said "He
(McRip y) claimed that he
was ham strung.
The small> chartered on
Detroit's northern boundary
. being sued by the state 1»
cause of deficit spending and
has tried unsuccessfully to ter­
minate the uperintenden ap­
pointed by its Board of Trus­
tees to one-year term ending
A L
ee is an issue in the suit
against the township and its in­
ability to fire McGannon, ac­
cording to Royal 0 ad­
ministration sources who re­
quested anominity.
The township of 5,000 and
its leadership are Black while
the lawsuit's plaintiff and
McGannon are white, the sour­
ces said
cRipley admired that the .
municipality has been suffer­
ing financially for many years.
To correct the problem, the
ownship treasurer, Aubrey
Dunn, said Royal 0 Twp.
has hired the financial consult­
ant Pierce, Monroe &. As­
sociates.
The township's coffers are
drained because of mis­
management by former "un­
auplous politicians," said
Seymour Hundley, Jr.,
township defense ttorney,
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EFIT FOR HA
DICAPPED
BENEFIT-Corporation fOI
Artistic Development (CAD)
will co-sponsor a benefit, Crea­
tive Living for Haadicapped
Children, on Sunday, May 24,
at the Riverfront Ballroom,
Westin Hotel, in Detroit, at 3
p.m. Above, at left, is Regina
Mack, founder and president
of CAD, who said that attor­
ney Elliott Hall will be the fea­
tured speaker. With Mack, are
(l-rt) Angela Kobane, student;
Joseph Aike music ar­
ranger; and Benjamin Carr,
drama student and music
a ional Blae
WASHINGTON (NNPA)­
More than 5,000 African
Americans are expected to
gather July 24-26 for the a­
tional Bla Economic Sum­
mi Conference.
The three-day event spear­
headed byformer Con­
gressman Parren Mitchell and
a host of business and finan­
cial experts will advance solu­
tions to the problems of how
best to control the $218 billion
Black economy.
Mitchell, recently retired
after representing Maryland in
the U'S, Congress, is no
devoting full time to the effort
of Black b in development
and empowerment
The Summit, the first ever,
is being sponsored by the
Su
mit 0 eo
e ·e
Majestic Eagles, a
Washington-based, Black busi­
ness development organization
that seeks to redirect the
Black dollar by emphasizing
Black ownership of land,
goods, . businesses, and ser­
vices produced in the Black
community.
"This Summit is open to all
persons concerned with
economic development and
financial empowerment in the
Black community. Our focus is
to show BI peop how
they can regain control of
their communities," said John
Raye president and founder
of the sponsoring organiza­
tion, the M jestic Eagles.
Upwards of 5,000 par­
ticipants are expected to at-
director. According to Mack,
some of Michigan's "most high­
ly esteemed public officials,
media personali . es and com­
munity leaders will be
honored at the benefit For
ticket information, call (313)
864-4664 or 526-7347.
tend the three-day event All
persons with a business, an
idea of starting a business, or
with financial interest are
urged to attend the con­
ference.
The Summit begins on
Friday, July 24, with two days
of financial and business
development seminars led by
George Trower Subira, author
of the best selling boo Black
Folks Guide to Making Big
Money in America. "
Some of the nation's top
business and financial experts
will be on hand to discuss sub-
jects ranging fro str t .
for starting successful busi­
ness to capital acqui itian and
investment decisions.
