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By Ron elgel
HIGHLA, D PK. - Ben
Franklin noted "Nothing-is cer­
tain excep death and taxes." A
city official sugggests this is not
I necessarily so in Highland Park.
Highland Park Treasurer
Lucille Jones indicates th t the
city lost three-quarters of a mil­
lion dollars in the last few years
. because some Highland Park
businesse pay no personal
property taxes. .
Jones gave The Michigan
Citizen county records showing
that unpaid .city personal
property taxes amounted to
$127,404 in 1983, $125,087 in 1984,
$180,876 in 1985 and $280,903 in
1986. She states that figures will
not come in for 1987 until next
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he tes th t b
financial problems f r
Mayor Robert B. Blackwell h
to layoff city employee , cut s r­
vices and borrow close to $1 mil­
lion dollars from the tate. If
taxes were fully collected, she
suggests that this might no have
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r,' i, e. 0 mer �mployees
, sue Highland Par
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SPECIAL GE ERAL ELE�TION' TO
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TUESDAY, FEBRUA�Y 16, 1988 8:00 A. . to 5:30 P.
OTHER DAY� '( 0, • thru THUR.) 8:00 A. . to 5:.3� P.
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� JEA . GREE
CLERK OF tHE CITY OF HI�HLA D PARK'
De • Fet>nuu')' ,1988
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June.
Such figures come out ap­
proximately six months after the
year has passed. Although,she
states some taxpayers have paid
bac money to the city after
hese records were printed,
ones e9'phasizes this amount
has no �n �cant.
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mOHLAND PIC. - ine city
I employees dismissed by �­
land Park Mayor Martha Scott
at the start of her administra­
tion Jan. 2, have filed suit
against the city , charging fraud
and wrongful termination. '
The nine were employees
of former Mayor Robert B.
Blackwell, defeated by Scott in
... "1 years November, election.
Their attorney, Joseph C. Smith
states that some have served in
other administrations, including .
that of Mayor Jesse P. Miller,
who defeated Blackwell in the
70S.
Mayor Scott was not avail­
ab e for comment,.and Robert
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Willi m E.
Mill r, II
Cou elor�
Attorn At Law
, 2111 Wo dward Ave
Su 568 .
. Detroit, MI48201
313/867-7245
, 313/963-5981
Member:
chlgan, Mi ppi. &
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P.o. Box 457
Detroit, MI 48231
Gordon, Mayor Scott's Director
of Personnel, indicated she
would probably not reply to the
charges in the press for fear of
jeopardizing the suit in court.
The nine former
employees involved in the suit
are Luther Holt, who worked as
Recreation Director, and lower
employees of different city
departments, uch as Shirley
Hous worth, Mildred Com ,
Samuel MUDS, Bobbie Davis,
Kim Murray, Katreah Bey,
Thomas ardy and John Patter-
son.
As attorney for the nine
. plaintives, Smith charged the
city was guilty of fraud, claiming
Gordon, representing Mayor
Scott promised the employees, •
they could continue with her ad­
ministration, long they per­
formed their jobs, if they signed
undated letters of resignation.
Instead of honoring this
promise, Smith said the Scott
Administration used these let­
ters of resignation to terminate
them by making it appear they
had resigned of their own free
will. '
In addition, he stated that
general procedures used for
dismissing .them violated
provisions m state w. the High­
land Park city charter and court
decisio protecting employees
. from arbitrary discharge .
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