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HIGHLAND P - Highland
Par Mayor Martha G. Scott
told T6e Michigan Citizen that
Higldand Park uccessfully met
a final September 12 deadline
set by the te and handed in
e July, 1987 - June, 1988 audit
In a er to Highland Par
Mayor Martha G. Scott dated
A 30 of this year, Barbara
J. Sawyer, Director of Loan
Finaaee Programs in the State
Department of the Tre ury,
warned that the city eleven
months behind in submi .
the udit for date.'
She wamed if the au .
. DOt ubmittcd by Tuesday Sep
tember 12, -a preliminary_
revie will commence under
Public Act 101,- the first ep
toward puttiDg the city under
e receiverShip ADd to a large
extent a e takeover of High-
land Par �
However, the St te Attorney
General's Office noted that
after this step, there were a
number of other the st e
would have to t e before the
receivership ctualIy nt into
cCfed, ineludiDg determina-
. by (.IlC·lllO¥Cl1IOI'
e r the e this
po r i tb t Highland Park
received an emergency loan
from the state to keep aOoat and
since then, the te has been
monitoring city finances to
make ure the loan would be
re�dL .
Mayor Scott ted that part
of the problem in getting the
audit in on time was the
council's rejection of the audit-
ing fmns e reco nded.
S e ted that the council
Greg Terrell' finn,afirm
e considered too small
JUUl\jaK; the job. Sh dded
council rejected the . dea of
hiring a larger flnD to work
jointly . Terrell, Cooper '"
Lybrand, whic she called "a
" well e tablished municipal
auditing company with com-.
uter expertise.-
She stated that council mem
bers ted to choose Terrell's
firm, because ' he was local
resident of Highland Park, al- .
though llis busines is in
Detroit
The mayor deled that be
cause he bad no choice over
the auditor, she had less in
fluence OYer him. S� said she
contacted the firm everal
warning about the state's
timetable, but couldn't ge it to
peed up its work.
"I'm being held responsible
for somethiDg I had control
over, - she said. _
Scott noted that council
refused a request e made
shortly after becoming mayor,
for special audit, "so that we
would know Where we were,"
'There re records we were
ot hie to locate, - she . d,
Some council member
claimed it was too expensive to
have a scpcrate audit, hen 0
would be taking place ill June,
1988, b t Scott affirms if the
udit done' at the 51 it
would have been easier to com
plete last 1br's audit in a time
ly fashion.
"Anyo e who takes oYer an
organiati like the city should
take the opportunity of having
an audit and select an auditor of
their .choice, - me . d.
"Council hould realize it
must I' • the ma)'Ol': she
said. -It', not about per
SODabl' Je. s, mo· the city
forward for the young people
coming after 50 that there
will be • city to be proud of.·
Student arch for Educa ion
help passage of propo al
Vot to f
fuhdlng qu on
9 In In ovemb
S.RlGGS
The march organized by
a coalitioa of churches, busi
nes e , teaehers, chool
boardmembers and many more
who came together to p the
passag of the millage and bond
issue. .
Man_y adul turned out for
the march as students gave a
good show. Bands pl8yed, pom
pomgirla danced, chor sang
and cheerleaders provided the
spirit for the festive occasio
Detroit Public Schoo Su
perintendent John Porter ex
pre ed his excitement about
the �arch for Education." -
·I'm so thrilled to be part of
Detroit Public Schoo and see
the enthusiam," Porter . d.l-
We're re dy to march to m.e
certain that every student Can
get a quality education,"
All this and m e efforts on
_ be� of �e stude helped
the millage and the bo d i ue
to durios the primary elec-
Black
� students
DETROIT - Schoolchildren
assembled on Sunday Sept. 10
to teach the city's dults a lesson
for oeee.
they demon trated to the
public that their education was
nothiag to be tampered with, in
el ding the ports and fine arts
departmen .
Football players, bandmem
ber , cheerleaders, teachers,
and admini trator marched
from the Fox Theatre to Ken
nedy Square letting Detroiters
kno their stance 0 proposals
A dB.
Yelling to the aowd "Vote
Yes on proposals A dB!" they
waved sign repeating their
chan as they made the· way to
KcIiDcdy Square for the finale.
Almoa 'dL
Informing the p of the
status of the WSU' Depart
ment of African. Studies,
. Almon said I than SS,OOO '
. beiDa allocated for over 200
Malcolm X no after their million years of B ck . ory.
deaths, he said. D , Mc- WiDesbery, ho i also a
Kessen and Barfield ould be . WSU stude , told students,
upported during their thoup their de ire and at-
lifetim not after they die, he titude are changing white
. d. America's are
AImo a WSU student, also -Ameri· teQing us hoW it
urged tudents to be dive no, hasn't changed,· Winesberry'
t e notice of the ] u d . d,
vote i the primary eleetioes When former president
II regular election. Ronald Reagan cut programs
H you don't vote, you don't aiding the poor and hen Jesse
coun ,. he . d, Jackson lost the Democratic
love ting money in nd nomination, America was tell-
p tronizing Blac owned busi- ing Blacks that it has not
ch as Michigan' rust changed, he . d.
Independence banks, is some- • America played us like a
thing else students can do to sue er, - Winesbery said. "The
help build a stronger economic 'time com to end relations
base in the Black Community, • en we foil others blindly:
Winesbery said. .
Eurocentric America try to
piopagandizeAfrica simply
j with natives, t
African-influenced i�eol�
caD be seen everyday in t
United States, Wincsbery .•
Whites try to convince
Black by br.ainwashing them
that the African heritage· in
ferior while they continually
- use the continent' rich resour
ces.
"Those same people are over
in Africa raping the women, the
earth and the intelligence,"
Wioesberry said. Blac are
I t physically enslaved, b t
are being beaten by a
economic whip, Winesberr
said.
"Freedom (from thi
bondage) must be .earned and
fough for by any means nece -
sary,fI Win berry said.
1
in. hed audlt
es off s ate grab
tion, aid Rodeane urphy,
Detoit Public School Area
Chair.
"The students were great, It
Murphy said.
- With the upport ant endor-
ment from Detroi Mayor
Coleman Young. the local cler
gy the general pub con
vinced to e yes on S pt. 12.
During a Sept. 13 eeting
schoolboard Pr ident
Lawrence Patrick Jr. id his
board is currently a iting
recommendation from the
Detroit Public S hools
Superintendent' offi con
cerning their support of the
November . edu tion
proposals.
"We are working .
to support whatever ition
(the superintendent) takes, fI
Patrick said. Meanwhde the
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form . tea when parole has
been denied. ("They d their
famiJi are, after all, �g to
plan their future he said,
·Much negative en rgy is
per ted by this probl .It
Her report called on the
parole board to:
- - Immedi tely ado obj�
live paroleguidelines, inel ding
aiteria to be used in olable
life sente ces. )
- Define and develop
"meaningful, clear ... co istent,
[and] ... ccur to" stat! tical
data.
- Me ure untimely delays,
continuance and def rra s
making every effort to educe
them to near - zero leve ." She
sugge ted that this mi t re
quire "additional staff pro.
oedural chang or lezi tive
initiative It d prom' her
organiz tion would
easc:JDaIlIle cbaDge .-
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