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lJJeiJIIA D PARK - Opening
her State of the City message­
with the Psalms of David in the
Bible ('The Lord is my light and
rhy salvation. Who shall I
4ar?"), Highland Park's newly
Taugerated Mayor Martha
��Otl received enthusiastic ap-
lause as she' promised to work
ith community residents and
ked their involvement in her
administration's efforts to
"rebuild the city", "renew its
vitality" and solving its
problems.
"I want to work with the min­
isters, youth, senior citizens,
block clubs, civic and business
organizat ions to explore your
ideas to meet the challenges
before us." she tated."I want
the community to be informed,
committed and enthusiastic."
She announced that tarring
the week of March 7th" she
wo d set aside one half a day a
wee to hold meeting in her of­
fice to listen to community con­
cerns and recommendations.
Her audience at the High­
land Par Community High
'School gave Mayor 'Scott ap­
plause several limes during her
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If getting around town has been getting you down" get a .SEMTACARD. It's
good for a month of unlimited rides on a cleon, comfortpble SEMTA bus. And
you'll save UJ? to 20% over paying for doily fares. It's a great way to toke
advont�e of weekend shopping. And because SEMTA stops are convenienriy
located throughout the area, you're never far from where you want to be.,
The SEMTACARD. It's easy. It's convenient. And it's the best way to � .
around the high cost of getting around. To make it ea�, we' 'Ie arrangeO for
you to be able to purchase exod-fare tickets and SEMTACARDs at rriony area
bonks or at SEMTA's Transit Centre located in the lobby of the First National
Building, 660 Woodward, where yc:>u can also use your Visa or MasterCard. If
you would like t� order �y moil, call96�:5515 and we'll be �ppy to mail Y9U a
form. For more Information about specific SEMTACARD locations routes, fares
and schedule informa�on, coli 962'-5515.
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address, when she spoke of
"cracking d wn on crack", and
bringin ill businc to th city,
but they seemed most moved
when she spoke of how the ,com­
munity used to be 25 years ago,
"OUT tree lined streets, .a variety
of large beautiful homes, and
being able to walk to a number
of shopping areas, including a
full-servi e downtown busine s'
district, quality public educa-
tion, an attractive place for
.family life, where many people
were glad to call Highlan� Park
'Home'.".
"Well, the people elected me
-to renew the vitality anti rebuild
this cit r : " sh ' declared addin ,
"My vision ran not happen
without the cc mmunity's
peration."
Mayor Scott stated her ad­
mini. tration would h "action
oriented" and would c n­
ccntratc on five major area. :
- Crime, in .l ud ing nar­
cotics;
- cighborhood (mpr ve­
mcnt;
- Bringing l n Bu incss
Creating Jobs and Adding to the
-Tax Base;
. - Updating plaru for busi­
ness, commercial and neighbor­
hood development, including
land use, hou ing, tran porta­
lion, recreation and park
facilities and hi toric pre erva­
tion, and
. - City Services.
CRIME - Maynr Scott
staled that crime had gone down
by 4 per cent and drug raids had
gone up. In February, sh ' said
·13546 Woodward
I Highland Park
(313) 883-5948
14227 W.McNlchol
Detroit
(313) 835-7378
HIGHLAND
PARKERS:
HOT LINE'
FOR CRIME
In her State of the City Ad­
dress, Mayor Martha Scott
listed numbers that citizens
I can call for help in preventing
crime.
Anyone who . hes to give
information on e, includ­
ing drugs, without . ving their
name, can call an Anonymous
Hot Line number at 252-0116.
"We need your help." she
stated. "We can't do it al ne."
enforcement had b .cn stepp d
lip [r orn 4-5 dru raid. per
month to 7-10 drug raid. per
week. She st at e d that in
�bruary of la. t year. 5 drug
raid. were mad rc ulting in 15
arrests, while up to the time of
nter address on February 25,
there were 14 raid resulting in
40 arrests.
colt attributed part of the
effectiveness of th public safety
department to a new policy
mandating every squad car have
. t wo officers, so that an in­
dividualofficer d es n t have to ..
call for back-up in order to pur-
ue criminals.
Mayor Scott promised to
make other police innovations
and to set up a dep rtment
pro ram to prevent, as well as
fight crime, by such me ures as
Neighborhood Watch, estab­
lishing a Polic Athletic League
(PAL) program, where police
would would work with y ung
people in recreation activities,
and holding periodic meeting
with the business community,
block clubs, senior citizen or­
ganization and the ch J.
�ontin d on pat
. Dr. Gregory T.
Cesul
Chiropractic Physician
Fellow, American
�/1ege of Chiropractic
Intemists
6 Ea Grand
Av nue
Highland Park, Mi 48203
867-6323
By apppointment .
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