DETROIT - In the 19605 it
egro, In the 191 it
i\fr� rican. In the 1980s it
B In the 1 it still is
Bia
At le t for an ccurate
coun ·th the u.s. Ce II
African-Americans must
t Black Am rican on the
prt
By Li I t rop
Capila/ Ne 'S Service
LANSI
c
census form race question, said
Betty Appleby, a Cen us
Awarene War op Coor­
dina or.
During Neighborhood
Builder Alliance and Detroit
Complete Count CoiDmittee
wor hop held March 21 t
Veteran Memorial BuildiDg
neighborhood leaders received
information concerning the
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in fronl of the television in hi
own house watching game
ho .
He's like regular citizen in
most respects, except th the',
wearing a sm att chment to
on of his ankles and he can
leave the house at certain times
for certain reasons.
That scene might be part of
tb answer to Michigan' prison
overcro ding problem, accord­
ing to Department of Correc­
tions m nagers.
Th electronic tetherin sys­
tem already is expanding by an
dditional 1000 people per
month, id Paulette H tchett,
a corrections er,
T number of Miehig n
prisoner tethered t • year will
re ch 2.200, H chett said.
Electronic tethering is cost­
efficient - about S8 per day
compared to SSO per day of in-
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Tax prate
t rescne
otown
DETROIT -Suburban.
properly owner "have cap­
tured the medias potlight and
th attention of poli tician
with their loud tax prote t .
Yet until now, the (ate'
mo t highly taxed group -
innercity.resident - h ve
been mum despite carrying
the heaviest tax load.
Perhap the inner city i
bout to be heard.
The Detroit Region of the
Michigan Progre ive
Democratic Organization
(MPDO) is ho ding Town
Hall eeting at 7 p.m.,
Thur y, March 29, 1990, at
AU SaiD Epi copal Church,
3837W 7M·e.
Th purpose of .
is to give Detroit.
opportunity to shar their con­
ce about the r J property
tax increases. _
The theme of he Town �
eeting will be Pr perty Tax
Inere : Do The Repr ent
A Form Of Econ mic InjUS-\
tice?
The Detroit Region of
MPDO' po oring this event
as th fir in a serie of meet­
ing designed to ncour ge
debate and dialogue on imPOT­
tant i ue effecting our lives.
This initial Town Meeting was
prompted by the large number
of homeown rs who are p-
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