'.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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