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nate!' candid' tes discuss is
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Cudidat � for
the' pecial February 23
Democratic primary race for
DiDth . senate district
cd by Tbe Midtipn Citizen
they coDsidered to be the
tllree 0 t impo aDt i
f· the area's reaidcDta
they would deal •
if they were elected. CUddllea
are • ed in alphabetic8l order.
aWAYNE COUN1Y CO
10 lAC I. CUR·
RI . ed (I) EDUCATION,
(2) JOBS aDd (3) CRIME.
She ould deal with
education by atartiDg •
trainiDg earlier, in the 6th grade
rath r than the nth, so ·that •
hen they finish high 001,
they can get a job th pays them .
more money.�
She ould support more
goYeI'1UDCnt help for pre scb 1
progr ams, ·wor king with
. chiIdreD' miDda earlY', trainiDg
them when they were \1eI')'JOUDI
to listeD, read, aDd obIenel
She would k to get pareDta
more inYOlved with the 1CAl00II
nd try to deal with over-
crowded c1M&rooms by biriq
parenti para pr®esa'oullw
kiDg teacber· S
te this ould give 'maDY
adults money to go back to
school after avinl thi ex-
perieaee, they uld be able to .
create better schools. She adds
that lottery money hould be
. UICd to bclp the schoo are
most need and since Wayne
County CODtributes of the
money to the lottery (43"),
m of the lottery money ould
be used to deal with Wayne
County school problems, for
that reason alone.
Commis loner Currie
. would deal with ploymem them role mode • She ex-
by attradiD& .ore industries in-' pre sed concern that many
vohed with hjgIl technology into teachers wear b jeans, ud
the regioD. Icc this doe not provide a
She would deal ·th crime good example.
by setting up prevention •
prOll'amsfor of enders who DAVID POINTS, court
not "hard core" criminals, ia- admini trator and magistrate
chMliDa reh8bilitati programs . for the 30tb D' riet Court listed
rk with their ea-:: ·the issues (I) EDUCATION, I
(2) QUALITY OF PUBLIC
SERVANTS (3) UTILIZING
'THE AREA'S GEOORAPHI-
CAL LOCATION. I I
Points would im� the
- educational em by getting
the state lottery to provlde
money for the school em.
He wo d also enable the public
to be sure that the mone� was
spent more effectively by iIl
'formiag them what going on.
Points expressed concern that
the schoo are losing students,
but "the dministration' top
heavy."
Points ted he would be a
public servant that th t the in
dividual citizen "could can up
and peak to," and would try to
inform area residents, so that
. they would Imo what going
: 00. He es that po 'clans are .
oriented to the old ways of
doing things," and declared that
there is a necessity for "new
creative one open to new
methods, ready to go foreward
into the twenty first century."
Points urges that the state
utilize many of the geographical
features of the district, such as
the railroad and the I 75 ex- '
pressway 8I)d its unique loca
tion clo e to plants, so that busi
nesse could save time in
developing he e.
He feels it is possible to at
tract busine es. "promote in
dustrial growth," and "provide
jobs."
Po' nt would try to get
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Ing n th City of High nd P rk,
DOl..... quallflcatlo of In ector or
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SPECIAL GE ERAL ELECTIO TO
FILL VACA' CY OF SE ATOR IN
2nd SE ATORIAL DIS I RICT I
WAY ECOU TV·
ARCH 15, 1988
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TUESDAY, FEBRUAR 18, ' 8:00 A. • to 5:30 P. •
OyttER DAYS ( 0 .1 ru T UR.) 8:00 A. • 05:30 P.
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governmen entities to ablish
this area "enterprize zone",
encouraging business, providing
grants for co�ercial are ,
and incentives for bu&iness and
manufacturing plants.
However, he opposes using the
concept of enterprize zones
origin 11y conceived by the
Reagan Admini tration, in
which busine ses in certain
areas would be e �empt from
government regulation , be
cause he feels that weakening of
such regula . ODS might affe� the
health and etyof workers and
residents.
\ ST. RE • JOS PH YOUNG,
JR.listed (I) EDUCATION (2)
voura EMPLOYMENT and
(3) HOUSING.
Y oun ressed that
through education "our com
munitiea are strengthened an
believes it' necessary for the
e to insure t the Highland
Park, Hamtramck and Detroit
school systems are solvent, in
order "to take care of our
preciou resource, our
children." He indi ted that in
our sehoo it was also necessarY
t stress 'basics", uch "read
� writing, and counting." be
cause if people "are not able to
do that, they will be hustled by .
fhose who don't care."
, Youth employment, he
stated was neces ary "to give
young people understanding.
knowledge and awareness of the
relationship between employer
and employee" and the' ract they
have to be responsible, ac
countable and make committ
ent to deliver quality service,"
that "when they become older
bey will become I productive
itizens," .
Y oong ates it is neces-
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