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August 12, 1990 - Image 6

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Publication:
Michigan Citizen, 1990-08-12

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1 1
Eye
T e Democr tic nominee
for Congre in the 13th Di -
triet ill be Detroit City
Council per on Collin
preci et y bee use of the
failure of the other even
Democratic candid te to deal
itb her e t bli hed voting
record.
o THE
y
al
hite . upcrioriry
in cnoru ,!
-Tn develop ch: racier and
10 • om' tru. 1 orthy. nd to
dcv lop n undyin love for
our people,
- To e upright, inde­
pendent. fe ric. and in­
du tri us.
- To trive to become
economic lly Independent, 0
our r cc m y 100 to it If for
nctu ry in the future,
-To xpre in pr ctice,
prin iplc • v Iu '. 0 I, nd
mor I .
hard to
tru uvc
I n­
m
con-
• :R UTY poli tics
are the order of the day in
Detroit bee u e mo t can­
did tcs ould not no an
i ue if it I pped them in the
Co tlnued 0 e 14
p 'gn logan reaUya lap
at outgoing Congre sman
Croc ett,
But if Collin c n con­
tribute ju t one-fourth the in­
telligence that the 13th
Congre sional Di trict has
d these past 10 year, e
ill aU e inging" Am zing
Grace."
ediocrity begets
mediocre people in public of­
fice, so it hould not be
urpri ing that mo t of our
elected official immediatel y
reach their level of bject in­
competence. Mo t of them are
elf-oriented, meaning that
. their first priority i to m e
money.
Under tho e condition it
hould be under tood that
mo t inning candid te ho
run without legitim t com­
munity b e owe their ai­
le i nee to the union and
politicians ho funded their
camp ign .
you!
iumcri: m, opportuni m, and
dventuri m etc.
- Th t • pi dgc to m ve
hevond thc ob cs ion ith our
o ;n individui I economi 'uc­
ccs .. our 0 n pe on I gro th
and trive to project the im­
portance of collective in­
tc nty.
-That e or to
trengthen the BI c r mily
nd BI ck community so it
m: y a in ccomc i ntuar
for our r cc .. for our children!
I CO CLUSIO • we
ri tc thi letter a chs lien 'C
to African Americ ,Wc
believe that there re more
po Hive African American
role model th n negative
o ncs , That i hc rc arc more
'or 'I nu Afrrca n m . rlcan:
than un mplove d nne" That
there arc more Af'r: an
Arncric ns not In Jail: than
ther arc in jarts.
hat care trvi nu to sa I�
that c need to pull t gether
to or' for autonomy. 0 ncr­
ship. independence. �n our
n t gen r tion 'III not he
doomed to mere urvrval ,
to
dgr' ,
nd

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