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ture here," said Manning. and, "I
owe it to my family, who didn't
to come here, no to have to
put them through six months, a
year, f unemployment, starv­
ing, while I'm tying to find
therjob."
Manning said the employee
that was fired had told him that
a city-owned vehicle, a 1981
Plymouth, that w located at
the public wor s site was
beyond repair and he wanted
to use the car as parts for oth r
vehicles. The exhaust system,
front end nd brakes were gone,
and the engine w not in gocd
shape, witha lot mileage, Man-
Co tID edo "6
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Ya"rbrough
not re Igning
ByBem
Correspondent
BENTON HARB R - Berrien
County Commi oner Glenn
Yarbrough annou ced Monday
nigh , September 1 that he will
not be" resigning f m the Ben­
ton Harbor/Bent n Township
Senio Citizen bo d he had
planned. -
. Yarbrough who erved as
chairman of th-e board told th
commission that he had
planned on resigning at the ne
bo rd meeting, but he had
received a number of calls fro
enior citizens asking him to
ay.
In a tter, dated September
5, 1989, from Yarbrougb to Loi
Owicki, Berrien County Com­
missioners Chairman, sta ed
that "someone in the community
concerned about possible
conflict of interest for him being
a Berrien Count,. Conimi -
. oaer and serving on the Senior
. Citizens Board," I
"After reviewing the ruling
that requested by Commis­
sioeer Wenze� d examined
by Attorney Tho K. Byerle , ,
Wendzel tated h could n t
find anything pr . lyon point,
pertaining to this m tter being a
conflict of interes " the letter
ated.
Yarbrough . d long no
one sees it a conflict, he .
pia ning on st ying on the
board until the Michigan Attor­
ney General's office tells him its
conflict of interes to serve on
both boards.
arbrough ccused May,)t
William Wolf of plottiDg to have
him removed fr the board,
but told Wolf, '1 will not be
re igning so you can make
other move in an er direc­
·on.-
Wolf denied all the
tions.