AT THAT POI
terrupted Sam and asked
m, "Why arc you 0 ho tile?
e Lion and the Pi ton are
ne and it soun 1 e
nt thi to be a y
'In a way I was playing
vii's advocate becau e when
i all said and done, I could
re less.
Sam said "Wrote. Dad blast
i . I am angry because the city,
t e county and the Tiger want
t e tax paying public to foot
t is bill but to my knowledge,
d if I &fl wrong, please
rrect me, they have not
ked what our site
eferences are.
"The mayor wants i�
wntown becau e it keeps his
am of creating a magnet
ive. Bi� bad Bo says
cessibility is his reason.
cNamara's concern is Wayne i
unty and Monagham wants
t rule the pizza roost.
, "They didn't ask me what
y site preference is. And yet
i I take a drinkof alcohol,
s oke a cigarette. pend a
ght in a hotel/motel or rent a
r, I VI 11 probably be taxed
an additional four or five
percent. And that, the reporters
are saying, is in addition to the
$200 million bond sale they
are going to ask me to approve.
"And to make bad matters
worse, I've yet to see anything
in print about creating jobs.
And jobs, if I am not mistaken,
are what this city needs.
, SURE. A new stadium will
mean bigger alaries for the
ball players but I wonder; how
many ball players own city
property? have bu inesses in
the metropoli tan area? Shop
t-he • A venue of Fashion'? send
their children to public schools
in this city? and participate in
the planning, restructuring and
betterment of Detroit? I
wonder Wrote. I wonder."
The que tions S masked
were food for thought. If the
city council can over come
their spineless attitude; at
least, a majority of them, why
can't we citizen do the same?
When I asked Sam that
question his replay was,
"Exactly. Let's play hard hall.
If we tax payers arc expected .
to approve a 200 million
bond ale, let', a .k: what' in
it for us? and if the answer i
baseball, heck! ba ebQIl is on
two or three cable channels.
And that Wrote. in the heat' t I
of a pennant race, i the
bottom line."
I
Claim mayor fails to
honor terms of court suit
y 0 IG
CtJn'egHHl!l!nI
Claiming that they were
pro ting illegal violatio of a
court order by Highland Par
yor M rtha G. Scott, members
of City Council voted to top
11 future meetings until the Scott
Administr lion paid council
la yers.
Councilman Dwight Downes,
who m e the motion, tated that
the two I wye ,Victoria Abdell
nd Robin Kyle were involved in
a cou il uit against the Mayor
involving administrative pi to
make ci ty orlee in Local 41 �5
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REPAIR
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DINN - SANDWICHES .
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FA T CARRY·OUT
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wor extra hou .
Do ne id tbe jUd e b
ruled in the council' f or
ordered the M yor to pay legal
(i • So far, he d, the m yor
failed to do so and w in viola
tion oftbe court order.
For several ye rs, council
members have ch r d yor
Scott with overstepping her
uthorlty ignoring tbe powers
of city council.
At council public se ion,
some critics of Mayo Scott ac
c cd her 0 ignoring tbe po er
of the CO\ll1S well.
Milton Hall, Actin Finance
Director nd the M yor' nor
ney, William Ford, could not be
reached at the time of thi dead
line.
RE .
CONFIDENC
IN CITY
GOVERNMENT
VOTE SEPT 10
CHARLIE P.
DAVIS
Former Councilman -1980-84-
E
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DODNEYWAT
P FOR MAYOR
Grand Rapid
Fr dom Rid r
honor d
cau e without people like him I
wouldn't be where Iamtoday," Drew
said. "We cannot fall into the trap that
some of do into thinking tbat
'because I've made It, anyone can.'"
Paula Triplett, 29-year-Old
Davenport College teacher who
recently spent a week tracing the
Freedom Riders IOUte, aareed the civil
rigb b ttle m t DOt be en a
faded i
"It' time for our
vanlze and the time· d.
Hig
vo
Y of
land Park
ORAND RAPIDS, Mi . (AP)- Thir
ty years 0 Walter Bergman was
recovering from vicio beatin at
the banda ot an � mob that ttac -
cd b es of civil righ ctivis in
Alabama. .
He was bca n unconscio in the
MAyA, 1$)6 , 'ojufte
caused a tro e that left 'im in a
wbcclchair.
Bergman, �w 92, was among th
Freedom Riders who te ted outlawed
segregation law by riding buses
throughout the South.
On Sunday, Bergman, of Orand
Rapids, was honored for hi civi I
rights work by the local National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored PeoPle chapter.
Attorney Stephen Drew, 42,
prailCd Bergman and said the fight for
hit oct tty conth\ue .
"1 y trlbu to Dr. Ber man be-
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