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DET OIT - Sen. Donald
Reigle, chairman of the
Sen te B nking and Urban
Affairs Committee; an
nounced that a peclal he r
ing will be held 10 a.m.
Mond y March 26. at the
Huron Ballroom on the
econd floor of th M rey
Colle c Conference Center
to di cu . th pli ht of the
homeles and ways of olv
ing the problem.
Riegle indicated that be
tau e of limit tions in time,
tho e who do not receive an
invlt tion by the committee
ill not be allowed to speak.
but all can h nd in written
statement lh- 1 will be a part
of the tr nscript of the hear
ing.
R1CHMO D, VA. The
nation's fir t elected Black
governor L. Do Wilder
captured generally high marks
wee he closed out his
first . 0 of the Virginia As-
sembly.
While liberal in ords,
Wdder h dopted a brand of
rl$C81 conservatism . for all
pr ical purposes m es him a
fairly moder ted politician.
That posture has prevented him
from angering vested interests
in the teo The nearly S26 bil
lio budget adopted by the -
sembly, for example, contai
virtually no new programs.
Ob ervers have already
begun to debate whether
Wilder' current appro ch to
his office may eventually begin
to ger BI voter ho may
�·had expectations of grand
new pr and ideas from a
B ck goeernor.
D.C. yor r turn
WASHINGTON. D.C. -
W shington D.C. Mayor
Marion Barry re umed to hi
job in the nation's capital last .
week after completing six weeks
of treatment in Florida and
South Carolina for alcoholism.
The controversial Barry told a
cheering ero d of city worker
I never even thought about
resigning. "
Barry's troubles began last
Januarywh.enhe arrested in
an FBI . ng after allegedly
being lured to a downtown
I W shington hotel to smoke
crac -cocaine. B rry ha
p eaded innocent.
Despite generally upbeat
tone Barry refu ed to ay
hether e will seek re-elec
tion. Al 0 despite tho e
trouble, recently rele ed
poll howed him maintaining
solid upport among t Ie t
30% of the city's voters.
c
n
u fac
bene i
h ·Blac
communi y
.
borhood, city , county, and American areas in these Iegisla-
state? tures nd I of political
Here are the major ways eea- power.
.umbers are used, two of . GOVERNME
• are required by OG FUNDS - Billions
CAL of dollars in federal aDd state
Black commu ity's repre- govcmment . ce to com-
seDltab:' Xl in the u.s. Ho of munitics for a variety of locally-
RepreseDtatWes is determined administered programs are
by census numbe� . Equal distributed each year. By law,
.• cal repr for our . . these fuads usually are alIo-
com unity means that' cated OIl ce us pop -
e-veryoacm becountedinthe tioa,' age, housing, income,
1990 census. Missed people in poverty, and other statistics.
CCDSUS could mean under-. These projects include educa-
repre entation for African tioaal, h human services,
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�()-Year Fixed Rate JI.lIDA
. JlortRaRe: 33.250.
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and community development
p ograms that help everyone.
Each person not counted in
the census means a potential
dollar amount I to our local
gmcemment for those pr�
in . � it takes part.
PLAN I G OR
DEVEWPME - Local
government pl nners and
economic developers depend
on accur te census tistia to
plan for the future.
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traditi nal
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ts- Year n. t!d Rail'
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�(J- Year Fixed Rate
U4 Mortgage: '25,2()O.
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W1Jere the bottom line is you.
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