'.FairyTal
Prior to . removal &om the
board OD July 26, Mr. Fobbs bad
been a board member at UCHC
for dwa ODe year (not S
years article daimed).
Prior to his poIition . WayDC
County eighborhood Legal
Service Mr. Fobbs was a
Te t OrpDizer Supervisor
. UCHS. Mr. Obbs· U
aware UCHC· a tclWlt
and homeless advocacy or
ganization just as the As
sociated Landlords of Mi�
(ALM) is a landlord a�cy
group. _
Mr. Fobbs is also aware that
UOIe, along . many other
neighborhood groups in
Detroit, endorsed DOT and the
Fair Rent Campaign. He has sat
getst ,. gh
aparthe·d
Africa - . th only three excep
tio . 1) strategic minerals cer
tified by the President essen
tial for the U.S. economy, public
health, or defense needs; 2)
publication; and 3) imports
from businesses owned wholly
by Black and non-white South
Africans.
• In addition, the legu lation
places a ban on II exports from
the U. . economic aid for vic-'
tims of apartb id and agricul
tural products.
As my colleague Ron Dul-
I lums . d on the House floor in
re poDSC to opposition claims .
th t sanction hurt Black
Africans:
·Yes sanctions hurt. But
apartheid kills and it kills
violently. "
The argu ent that South
African Blacks would be hurt by
nctions was just a smoke
screen by the oppositioD to stop
the bill ODe miiht where
re these same people over the
yeus, before $&Dctio .
c:oosiderecl, d Blac
bnat.1jzM d
by the repressiYe
South AfricaD fa nt?
But the locic is faulty on
othu grouads welL re are
9 million B . South A&ica.
It ] estimated only 66,000
b be their jobs a
resu of dioDs - or only
eight-ten of one percent.
Bac in the dark d.ys' of
American slavery, S uthem .
laWimalte.rs used to y that we
uld end very because,
fter all it ·11 cause Black
economic hardship. Tba false
argumeu . a ridiculous
it t n.
.. The House of Represents-
t yes ha taken bold action·
. t the South Afri� (-
heid. 0 it is up to the Senate,
d the president, to act on this
biD ich·n ring I ben of pe
and humanity for Black South
Africans yearning for Freedom.
I
.H.wId.
ed at putting eOOD
momic pressure on the
Republic of south Afri� passed
- the Housc of RcprcsentatMs
by a 244-132 margin. Th' was
the tr tact" n yet by the
House against Sout Africa's
cruel systeJD of racial segrega
tion, better aparJheid
The bill probi· all U.S. in
w:stment in th Africa, and
requi es those bu . esse with
curren South African· YCSl
ments to dWest (get rid of) their
- ho .
Th·
re dI·
1891.
in on IDOnthly meetings and
beard reports aod req IS for
belp &om DOT. NtMr once has
. Fobbs raised y tioos
regardi UCHCs endorse
ment of the Fair Rent Cam
paip. �r OD� has he s
pled that UCHC board or
the DOT board uld -=el
dIord�or·
gali izat ion. Mr. F first
public statement ap' the
Fair Real Cam", his UD·
succasful . to I"eIDOVe it
&0 tbebaUot
In addition to th· action
beiDg a surprise based OIl h·
board membership �d ctioas
with UCHC, it a also a
surprise based on his prior c
� support of rent coetro .
Detroil Mr. Fobbs has twice
beea -a leader in efforts idl
failed to put rent control on the
Detroi baUot.Is it because Mr.
Fobbs a leader in this
particular effort that be op
posesit? Or, does Mr. Fobbs
feel that organizations powerful
enough to change state laws can
better enhance his political fu
ture?
Your article ma refereace
to Mr. Fobb bringing a
Te tlLandlord Associatioa
OR:sadeat to a force meet-
regardiDg the courts d
bouUng. You Y Mr. Pobbs .
. the k force aNId
ke an effective deei •
. thout viDg a party there
that be directly affected
by . ". If Mr. Fobbs· relerria&
to the 36th District Court
ing "t Force, s�coalDUlttee
on the LandlordITe
then this is another
taking credi it .
The I..andlordro
mittee of the T
duded Reginald (Presi
dent of ALM), David Collier (a
major Detroit landlord) Sher
man harpe (an attorDe)'
has represented m ny
prominent landlord), and
Detroit �ousing Director
Tho Lewis ( . co-chaired
the ub-J,mmittee ithme).
J dge Ad m Sh koor and
Judge D -Curtis
did a fiDe job of pulling together
. penoas &om an sides to study
d recolllllleDd changes for the
court. They r tried to study
the iss es ithout all sides
pul.
Mr. Fobbs legal is of
. fJ Richard Kaufman's
�. to allow Detroiters to
"Ole t Fa· Rent Proposal
Id be an embarr ment to
hi employer Wayne County
. Ne· borhood Legal Sevices,
An is familar . legal
coacepts ell as th scpar tion
of po rs, tbe First Amend
me righ to free peecb, and
the severability of ordinances
can see t Ju e Kaufman's
ruling s based on sound legal
pri. Totheextentth t
Court or Appeals refused to
gran pr ptory reversal of
Judge K ufman's ruli they'
at least Iready agreed t
tho . not qu tion. Per-
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