HIGHLAND PARK
"land contract"
purchaser' paymen ere
$1,000 per month.
Unfortun tely, t 1 t for the pur
chaser, hard times t in and accord-
1987 Michigan ing to McDermott, of July 1, be,
However,
MCD
d lion, in' 1 t
came to the concl
ramifi tio m t weIy come
p and did not believe the Lio
Club could afford the le mi
Downes Manor tenants press on for quali y home
by DERRIC C. LEWI
StaqWriUr
heads, but some of their money i
till in e crow pending an out of
court ettlement with the building
management.
The twenty-two clien of attor
ney Rodney Watts greed to cancel
their June 26 court date, which was
to determine what was to be done
with the rowed rent.
Watts said the group wants to use
the money to bid out for carpeting
and painting of the building" com
mon areas. The tenal1ts also want
individual uni repaired which uf
fered water dam ge, tarting with the
tenants who filed suit first.
Currently, bout $27,000 i in
e crow at 30th Oi triet Court.
THE 22 TENANTS rent h
been in escrow ince Nov. 1990,
after tenants had complained about a
leaky roof for atjeast two years, c
cording to Wat .
He pointed out if 'a settlement is
not reached, the issue will go back to
court.
The issu are far from settled at
the apartments at 369 Glendale,
where a wheelchair bound tenant
was early electrocuted about a
month ago while opening her
refrigerator and pan of the ceiling
caved in after it had rained, accord
ing to Watts.
Watts said 20 tenants in that
building have had their rent in
escrow since Aug. of last year.
He indicated the tenants will go to
court at the end of the month, and
they a asking for repairs to be made
to the uilding and rcntalab tcmcn
to cover individual apartment
damage.
HIGHLAND TOWERS nar
rowly missed going into escrow,
until one 0 the 0 ners met with the
tenan to di c their problems, c-
cording to Wat . .
. Ten nt are up et over fire
damage to the building, which hap-
pened in M rch, Rental policy i
o t i u. Watts id the tenan .
will give the owner 30 day to ee
what aetioll will be taken before they
go to court.
r
Watts id for a very long time
people did not understand the powe!
of the tenant, but when people leara
their rights they move on it.
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retently v Ited tbe Highland Park Teen Health Center (215 H bland) part 0 a global tour to expand Soutb :
Africa' view of pubUc b ltb d mualty-bued' progra . The v It w ponsored by the KeDoa:
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by Carla Huston
Staff Writer
The ten nts at Downes Manor
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Mayor Martha Scott wants to
know why is the city paying extra
money for two city attorneys.
In essence, attorney Victoria
Abdella and attorney Darnell
Dickerson are both receiving a
budgeted salary to do the same job.
Attorney Abdella mainly repre
sents and advises the city council
even though she was not originally
hired for the job. Council President
Linsey Porter said, "Abdella was
the best move city council have ever
made ... she does an excellent job."
Attorney Dickerson initially
represented the council until "he
began to mislead us" said Porter.
Porter stated that it all began when by Carla Huston
Dickerson filed a lawsuit against ,S_t_aff Wl-"-·t-er--------
the council. Due to an act of good' Despite allegations made by
faith and to the Mayor said orter, council attorney Victoria Abdella,
council members took Dickerson Mayor Martha Scott was not fined
back. to personally pay $100 a day for not
appearing at her deposition and
providing various documents or-
dered on May 15, 1991. .
However, a progre report was
presented to council by Abdella in
reference to allegations made
against Scott but was never signed
by Circuit Judge Richard Kaufman. .
Even though Scott feels that her
character is being d famed, she will
continue to make progress for
the city. The Mayor said, "It's 0.1{,
cause I know different when people
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"DICKERSON CONTINUED
_ to show a lack of respect to council
and to the citizens ... he mislead us
on issues and legal matters ... we lost
all faith." Porter also feels that
Dickerson represented Mayor
Scott fairly and not the council.
Attorney Dickerson stated that
he has the utmost respect for coun
cil and the citizens. "Whatever ac
tions I take, it is in the best interest
for the city of Highland Park, the
municipal cooperation" said Dick-
erson,
Mayor Scott believes that the'
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only reason Abdella represents,
council is because she needs a job.'
Scott said, "Darnell is the city attor-.
ney and we are paying extra money:
for two attorney's for frivolous law--
suits." I .
The total amount budgeted for'
both attorney's this year is $94,501.:
Milton Hall, Acting Director of
Finance does not agree with paying]
extra expenses for two attorney's. :
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Mayor 'Scott,
'never legally
fined
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persecute me . .I know what I have to _
do ... my mission is to rebuild this I
city." .:
, Attorney Terry Ford who repre
sented the Mayor on this issue, said I
that the progress report which was
written by attorney Abdella " is a
tremedous waste of city resour-:
ces ... the entire purpose is to harrass I
Mayor Scott." Ford, stated that the I
Mayor with her busy schedule has :
always made herself available for I
deposition, :
Furthermore, Milton Hall, ac- I
ting Finance Director has always:
been available except one time
when he was doing payroll for I
entire city said Ford. '
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