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August 18, 1991 - Image 16

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Michigan Citizen, 1991-08-18

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person had a car, h mo t
Ii el would n t on DSS. Cobb
aid c. plainin the impracticality of
the 0 dire tive. There i a limit on
et a P on can own and till·
receive i tan ,he aid.
Mo t p or people do not have
tran p rtati n, Cobb arc. They
hav little re on to go to Secretary
of State' office.
Regi tering them to vote when
they find a ride to th DSS office i
an opportun time. There are 4,000
farnilie on aid in Berrien County.
There ar 21.000 food tamp
recrpien in Berrien County. and
half of tho c live in the Benton Har­
b r area. C b aid. They are lined
up at the DSS office, Cobbs said. and
"we jut want them to have the
chance to exerci e their Constitu­
tional right to register to vote."
He id it i against the law for
deputy regi trars to campaign and
the only thing NISE is trying to do i
to regi t rpeople to vote. "We're not
a king for anything. We're not cam­
paigning [or anything, " Cobbs said.
Poor people hi torically have not
voted and it is poor people who stand
to gain the mo t from participation in
the electoral process, Cobbs said.
He aid NISE is in contact with
the ACLUand until uch time as they
have a lawy r to a ist them, they
will not ri k jail to te t the DSS man­
date.
"If they (DSS officials) ask us to
leave. we will," Cobbs said.
CONFLICT
continued from Page 6
before the new administration takes
office.
HOWEVER, FRANKLIN
stated that Scott did not ask for this
audi t until April, 1988 and necessari­
ly believed it would be an unneces-
aryexpense.
The June, 1988 audit, Franklin
aid. howed no problem with the
drug forfeiture fund.
Ford contradicted council char­
ge that the Mayor was violating
court orders to give council informa­
tion about the city.
"The Mayor was as responsive
she could have been," he said. "We
tried to comply wi th them (the court
orders) as be t we could and narrow
the i sues down."
City Council al 0 criticized the
Scott Admini tration,(or failure to
pay council lawyers Victoria Abdel­
lah and Robin Kyle for legal services
in a ucces ful uit against the
, mayor:
HAR(,I WAS
violating a curt order. Council
Dwight Down ot a motion passed
taring that council would hold no
meeting until the Scott Administra­
tion paid their anomies.
Ford said. "It i my understanding
that no court ha ordere it (paying
the alary)," ut he added, "Mayor
Scott ha always been a supporter of
doing what i right. I never have
een her oppo e anyone being paid'
who i entitled to anything."
He ugge ted that th administra­
tion"ha justnotgottcnaroundtoit."
J "1 haven't en paid yet either."
h added, "hut I haven't com­
plained."
Franklin aid she is not buying
thi .
"It (failing t pay th council at­
tornies)" he said. "i deliberate."
e t year, it will f on other
countri . South Africa bought $24
million in Michigan good in 1
making it the tate' 33rd lar t e -
port partner.
• "Political chan pidlyoc-
curring in South Africa and that'
chang oc u it i appropriate the
tate plan to take advantage of the
increased d mocracy in freedom,"
Reichardt aid.
w. 0 OTED that "Oon "
can weaken SOB program, d . d
ORD n, the Conyers office anted to et up
ucce ful bidder on the job will be criteria where only b' eer-
penalized in "liquidated damage" tified Co tIt one year prior are
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