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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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