I
Ferri ed that the mayor
. also looking into hether
Edison' tatistics bout the
high pereea of aJS rs
who could ctually e the
mo ey e are really cearate.
He indicated tha the money
ore by another oom-
pany co d not access �rtain
customer erviees, beca it
d n have equi or
terminal that only Edi on
employees are uthorized to
provide.
ee erri dmitted that some of
Detroit the prob caused by the�-
ed e- . ing of the office: u1d be met tiy.
The ne ving a mo yore.
o calls f its of- The entity oper ting tile
d flee to nother corpor tion mo�y store . ould.pay taxes to
. d provi partial ser- the aty, ensurmg HIghland Par
to casto This idea would not lose a tax base.
h s been referred to s the Employees of the money store
ey s 0 e" concep ould pay a city income
Ferri ed that according However, in the past the
to ney tore plan mayor also h d CXJ?ressed �n-
ould erviee approximately cern that the Edison closing
19 to 20 000 of the 21,000 ould have a serious effect, on
, cu'stomer that are currently Highland Park business. She
,n : thud- ing the present Edison office, noted . that many people from
in; Court He deled, ho ever, that the Detroit �d nearby areas �e
e�s; fifth- . oJ • yor concerned abo e t� the Edison office 1? pay their
ing, D - 1 000 to 2,000 people wh ch . bills and ould tay in town to
Net)()n. D iel Edison dmits u1d 0 be r- shop at local stores. She
cas.sanora d d Tali viced. Ferris stated she claimed they ould op doing
-gr P . - belie d they ould be in igh this if the office closed and this
. • grou like eniors and the would discour ge developers
poor, whose elfare depends on from building a long awaited
ving such an office. Co Unued 15