rally,:to aid clien
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for individuals as U as for
lfare legislation.
Goode says, "For instance,
when there e problems with
a particular. agency's policy
where everyone· uffering.
all rk togetherr to ge
that polic.ychanged. - She
tinued, -A one-for-aU aod all­
for-o e policy i upheld-
The WSMA offiee i 10-
ca ed at 1125 Oakman in
basement of the DoDD
Church. For more informa­
tion call (313) 883-0033.
Scott, e ,Community' Leaders
To Keep 'Edi 'O,rce In H.P. ,
Ad QC8CY
group cut
through red
tape
PO ALLLOW·INCO
After meetiag tber a
half dozed times, Goode says
the group decided that they
should represent not only
HIGHlAND PARK - High­
land Park M yor 'Martha G.
Scott and Councilman Dwight
Dowses are orking to stop
Detroi Edison &0 closiag its
Highland Par offICe l3953
Woodward on December 29,
1988.
Fred Farrl yor SCOU'S
dmin· tratWe istaDt, states
the yor. trying to . te
·th Detroi Edison to keep the
offICe open. .
Farr said yo!'. tends
to esta· a blue r com-
m·· �mposed of gOYem-
ment, te aad local officials,
bu ine s, church aad com­
aauDity represenfatiYes to dis-
coodi ,. for keepiag the
H· d Park o� open.
H�r, if talks ·th Edison
brea down, Farri . dicated
the mayor inle to -mobilize
citizens- aad i ready to do so -at
1 a moment's ice",
Both Scott and Downes sup­
port a petition drive by the
Highland Park Caucus Club in
otal pro est" of i calls
Edison'S "incon iderate
decisio ."
PETITIO DIVE
LAUNCHED
The petiti n tates -We to­
lly disagree with this unneces-
sary, t tless and inhuman
decisioD makiQg from Your or- "I realize that decisions are
ganization.. not always 'cut in stone" he
Those 0 . h information tated, expressing the hope that
about these petitions or wi\h to be could meet with an Bdison
return them, call W er Crider representatiYe-&o "further dis­
at (313) 868-2941 and Council- cuss thi serious projected
. man Dwight Downes at (313) move."
252-0090 during workiDg hours. Carla Gr in tbe media
Dowoes, • acttiYeIy par- relations office for Detroit
.tici tiDg ·th the CI Club Edison said tU at the time of
effort, . dicates • dMduaIle - th� writing the company had
ters to Edison uJd be e\'en not received Councilman
e effectWe. Downes' letter. Wbile ad-
S letters sbould be seat to mitted Edison had not talked
Ronald Klinect, MaDager, with every Highland Park olli­
Detroit Divisioli, Detroit 'cial,she ddedit dtalked .
EdisoD, 2000 SeCODd A\4enuC, some of them, mcluding the
Detroit, MjdI"n 48226. mayor.
Do ne him elf rote. Mayor Scott toldTbeCitizen
KliDecta letter earlyiDSeptem- about a conver ation ith
ber str· re· the Edison officials about sh ttiDs
Edison oflicle would be - dis- do the office, but . Dot
ter" for -senior citizeas, band- clearly specify at the time
"capped, I and moderate· - whether they informed her on
come families- I their own initiatiYe or �t
to travel a lon�r· ce to pay to them. She tated that she did
their b· �to a of a�- I express disagreemen with the
quate traDSporta� - de . ioo during the coeversa­
tion.
WOIDCIl OIl ee,
odIer low-iDcome womea
. W·· years, Goode
e realized that men
baVII"_ p'oble ·th
DSS d bepD at that time to
accept male me bersbi
weD. She ys COlIS· dered
ch . the name but had
pretty weD established it
so decided i ould remain
when, through her organiza­
tion, the State of Michigan
awarded a S60 clothing al­
lowance to everY 001 age
child in Wayne County
.. family 0 ADC.
POO ELDE :y HU
DowDes ted there "a
high concentrati on- of sueb
citizens • in the city.
Downe dded th t he
believed information about
ueb a de . . n -s ould have
been shared in joint meeting
with U the elected officials of
I Highland Par "
Goode tells how, in 1970
when Governor George Rom­
ney announced that he
planned to cut ADC grants by
10%, WSMA recruited a bus­
load of people and went to the
Capital BuiJding in Lansing
and OOo&ODted him.
Goode says Romney back­
ed down d agreed not to
allow the decrease. Goode
says the organizatio gre
rapidly- to a ·membership of 1
2m) by the late 70's, where i
Damerically stabilized.
VENDO ED
70% of WSMA's budge also
four ann = onymous churches
donate modest sums to make
up the remaining 30%.
Goode says the entire taff
is open five days a 'Nee d
each volunteer is on so type
of public assistance.
WSMA is a predo . tely
.. Black organization, y &l%
according to Goo e, and
membership . . by
payiDg a S3 monthly fe< and
cceptiog goal ofWSMA,
shieh· to act as an adYocate
The restraining order blocking r sale of all HU 0
owned properties remains in effect.
On September 6, two Detroit adYocacy groups,
the Coalition On TemporaryShel er (COTS and the
United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC) and
an unidentified ho Ie woman, went to court to
obta· a restraining order. The order granted
and stops all sales on properties owned by the
Department of Ho ing and �an Development
(HUD). . . .
The groups cla· HUD via. ted the M�n�y .
Homel Assistance Act e I refused to IdentIfy
family homes as surplus properties, useable
for homeless individua� and families.
The groups main in that ingle family dwel�
Id be counted surpl as well abandoned
warehouses. HUD d identified only warehouses,
saying ey were uitable for multip family elters.
The order was scheduled to be lifted on Thur day
September 14., ther resuming all HUD and
auctio at that ti . Ho VCf', Natio I Property
Dispo ition Man ger Jackie Campbell in
Washingto D.C. d Feder I Court Judge Oliver
G ch, residing over the case, h declined to make
a decis n OD the matter due to previo federal
obligati ns, but will render a decision at his e rlie t
convenience.
'-"4IL.LIII'J{.;U says �UD·· not executing any sat
contracts until further notice from the court
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CITE·COST SAVINGS
Grib stated that ·Edison
had decided to shu down the
H igbland P r office in a
loegstanding effort to keep the
cost of oPer ting down so that
we can kee p the cost of
de icily down."
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