Police officer defeats
ous er aHemp
HIGHLAND PK. - John
Holl y, of the Highland Par
Public Safety Departme d
elected member of the city
sdlooI board a fight .
aGIIUDUittalor to keep both
positions.
Holloway stated that public
ety offici claimed that he
nd fellow officer Titu Mc
Oearywere in "conOict of inter­
est" fOr serving on the school
board the same time that they
were employees of public
safety.
Hollo ay filed suit in Wayne
County Curcuit Court charging
harrassment.
"Public Safet y Director Mar­
shall Emerson stated he did not
know of any ruling that would
prohibit Hollo y from sitting
on the school board.
However, both Holloway's
lawyer and assistant city attor­
ney Diane Hutcherson con­
firmed that there w a legal
struggle over the right �f Hol­
lo ay to sit on the school board
d a settlement reached by
both ides in Holloway's favor.
abil Hazemy, President of
the union representing High­
land P r public safety officers,
the Police and Fire Assn, local
355 of th Fr ternal Order of
Police, stated that both Hol-
y d Mc Cle ry co ulted
him on this issue.
"I dvised tbem th t the ul­
timatem (to gi up one post or
the other] w totally
ludicro "he . d. 'They had
been on the school board a
number of years d there
never any conflict (with their
duties public ety officers].·
He dded that a precedent
s set ye r 0 by a case
ere an officer in the Detroit
Police Department on the
to be 0 the Detr . School
Board.
HoU ay emDlUlIaW::U
member of the
receiYed
candidate favored by Mayor'
Martha G. Scott.
Council Pr - ident Linsey
Porter st eel the cbon taken
. Ho y "another
CHlGAN CI11ZEN
u
Ci y, is ortc Associa ion to
renova e H. .home
. I
sell it. rehabilitated by conventional
Thomas Kelly, Director' of market forces, because the total
the Department of Community. repair cost well exceeds its
Development, noted, ",The present mar et value," .
project. will return a presently The grant mechanism was
cant eyesore to productive tax . required, he stated, "in order to
status' as an occupied bring the mortgage amount
residence." within a range � which a
'Kelly said the building financial institution will com-
important, ·not only be- fortably lend.·
cause it a 1914 bUDplo The association stated that
formerly owned by an e:xecutive additional funds will be
of the Anderson Electric Car provided by local lender and
Company, but bee use the the ne purchaser. Total cost
property is located on a highly of the project, including the
visib e comer. grant. from the city will be
The association noted, "The $74,(0).
present state of disrepair of the Councilman Frank Ros
structure represents a substan- abstained from voting on the
tial threat to our: neighbor- issue, stating that because of his
hood." role in the Historic Association
Kelly ed, -"I'he property (as a founder and an clive
been vacant for over two member), it migb inwlYe COD­
years and will not be fliet of interest,
. H!GHLAND P - The City
of Ktgblind Park provided the
Highland Park Historic District
AaIociatioa with Ml,(XX) from
the Citys 1987 Mi· Hous­
iDg Propam to reaovate a hB­
toric home 94 Colorado.
The usociation intends to
acquire the building from
Federal Savings and Loan
(which currently owns it),
rehabilitate the building. nd
y of disrujJtiag morale· and
ho ed "no respect" for
Hollowaysro inBlack . ory
"the first Black oflicct' in the
city 0 Highland Park. .
,
Council a .. .,.. .. ,
, h or ho
.G.S.?'
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HIGHLA D PK.
Shakespeare asked, "What's in a
name?" A good deal if its
pi ced inside the Highland
Park city emblem.
Months ago the Higbland
Park City Council refused a re­
quest by the Scott Administra­
tio to place the mayor' name
in sign welcoming peop . to.
Highland Park. .
Cou cilwoman Chri tine
Fr klin t ted that "mayor
come and go", but th signs
ere slated to �y up for years.
AdmiDistr ·0 offici ar-
gued th t the present mayor,
Martha G. Scott should have
pedal recognition because she
a the first Blac female
yor in Highland Par history.
The council turned the re­
quest down d the signs now
j y"Wel e."
Recently, ho ever, it was
revealed on new city trash
containers, inside the city
e ble are the letters,
G.s.·, are e initi
of G. Scott."
Franklin 0 has been
cbliIlDI18 the Scott Admini"r -
..... ,_.... 'WI the powers of
the city charter,
DUlttl· .. her iiU-
idea.
H�r, he claimed
.G.S.· r a Latin
moto," agnum Or tus Sum­
mum", which "roughly trans­
lated mean 'Mighty dood
Shoppmg.'" "
Councilman Comer He
stated, "The city emblem should
be the city emblem, nothing
should be inserted."
Franklin urged that the
Council should not approve pay­
ment to the Wayne Oakland
Landscaping Company .until i
removed the initials and
finished the job e way the
council expected i to be.
Council Attorney . Victori
AbdeUah stated that since the
company did the major portion
of the work, it should receive
$51,000, but that the council
could hold b c a 5% retainer
for "any necessary corrections."
She suggested that Kelly
should make "good faith efforts"
to get the Iaodscap. company
to remove the initials.
Franklin id, "He doesn't.
have good faith efforts, if he
authorized teart work [ini­
tials]."
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