eric.
Dr. Kin ' dream till i very
mu h live for m ny
W hington, D.C. young ters,
but for many thous nds of others
i is only a fant y. Th n lion'
pitat virtually remains two
tie ,on rich nd privileged,
t� other poor nd et by the
kind of d privation th t ought be
un-Ameri n in ny of the
nation' I rge citi but i pe-
ci lly unconscionable in the capi
lli of the free world.
• Th t is why tht: Children'
Defense Fund recently organized
a three-day program during
which we took 18 bright
Washington, D.C. teenagers who
a benefiting from Dr. King'
dream and gave them flrsj-hand
eeposure to their peers who have
been left out. We also wanted to
�t their reaction to what they
saw, get their ideas as to what
can be done, and hope the ex
perience would lead them to get
involved in improving their com
munity. We were not disap
pointed.
"I didn't re lize that the
_ P blems were 0 big in this
city," said a student leader named
Tamara at the end of the three
d ys. "If I tell peo le what I've
een, maybe we can come up
with our own elutions."
WHAT SHE and the others
saw included less-than-two
pound premature babies strug
gling to stay alive in a neonatal
intensive care ward, "boarder
b. bies" in a hospital room set
a ide for babies who were old
eROugh to begin crawling but
W 0 had been abandoned by ir
mothers at the hospital at birth.
These scenes represented at one
end of the spectrum a lack of ac
cess to prenatal medical care that
a pregnant women need but too
(i get, and on the other end the
tetrible hopelessness faced by too
J1l8ny adolescents and young .
�men addicted to drugs who
run from the responsibilities of
motherhood,
• The teenagers, who were
s ected by their teachers and ex
t urricular organization spon
sors to take part in the visitation
program, also toured food banks
for District of Columbia home-
I families, and youth services
nters for poor adolescents who
have gotten into trouble because
t ey didn't get the counseling
and other help they needed at a
younger age. And on the third
day they met to talk about what
they saw and discuss what they
could do to help tum things
around.
Some said they plan to talk
with their principals, other stu
dents and pastors about organiz
ing volunteer and mentoring
rograms. All said they will
write letters to the mayor and
other elected leaders voicing
their concerns.
"You can be a child advocate
just by voting.rsatd one young
lady. She made a good point.
It's exciting to know that .
orne of our privileged
youngsters have the will to
change the world around them (I
never doubted that they have the
power). Our youth and their
parents must understand that
privileged folk, whether Black or
White, cannot pretend forever
tbat our private lives and-our
neighborhoods can remain un
touched, by the dimini bed hope
of others. The children of paver-
, f.y and the children of privilege
share a common de tiny unfold
ing in Washington, D.C. and
every American city.
HIGHLAND PARK
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: Cut ppoin-
SHE ALSO FFEI..S that major
tores are unlikely to locate in High
land Park, beca e in the depressed
economy, there would be few people
to buy in it.
, In getting new housing, he
wishes to concentra on rehabilitat
ing old bo , well looJdng to
new ho ing. New development,
he dds, hould be comp tible with
the hom already in the area.
"You must bring in new people to
bring in new revenue," she said.
However, she adds that neither
businesses nor people will come into
Highland Park, unless the city can
guarantee safety.
She believes the "public safety
concept" combining police and fire
s . can work, but there must be
management changes.
While newer employees should
be trained both in police work and
flrefighting, older employees with
wide experience either a police or
fire fighter under the old separate
arrangement, hould work in the area
of their expertise, in order to assure
better protection of the community &
The head of the Public Safety
Department should have full ex
perience in both areas, he tates,
adding that the current Public Safety
Director, Marshall Emerson, is an
experienced police officer with little
knowledge of what it takes to battle
fires.
CHARLIt P. DAVIS: Use
Chrysler contract money to pay city
debt. '
COMER HEATH III
o
in the city by or a
clim te of er communica 0
be n t mayor nd city council.
He ould t more ho
city by informing citize
Ie of property 0 the
He would I try to improve th
Public S ety Dep ment by divid
ing it into two ections-on involv
in police, on involvin fire.
Former Mayor Robert B. Blac -
well, who combined police nd fire
ervlce into one Public Safety
Dep rtment, aid thi w legal
device to end exorbitant police pen
ion benefi , greed two years ago,
when the city was more prospero ,
but which w bankrupting it now.
D vi ay that his plan to divide
tbe Public Safety Department Into
two ection would keep the e
aving , but en ure police and
firefighters could adequately protect
the city ..
DWIGHT DOWNES: Use per
onal skill to bring in mall busi
nes , teach homeless to rehab vacant
home.
_ Councilman Dwight Downes,
now running for reelection, ay he
has already proposed re olutions
designed to cut the budget down to
size.
Call ing the admini tra tion
"topheavy," he wants it " caled
down", seeking the "freezing" of cer
tain deputy po itions, including the
deputy director of the Public Safety
Department.
He wants the city to concentrate
on mall busines es, which he claims
are "more viable than" large or
ganizations that stay for a year and
get out."
Downes tates hi background in
personnel and labor relations can
help small entrepreneurs. He recalls
he he personally introduced the
owner of a beauty shop to a retired
merchant and got them working
together to build the business.
Downes added he would en
courage fast food outlets to locate on
Hamilton rather than Woodward.
He would like to encourage fami
ly housing (which would bring in
children and mean more tate aid for
city schools) and look Into more
rehabilitation of vaqmt housing as
well as new construction.
SOME PEOPLE, he suggests,
can be old a home for lilde S1,
if they agree in a contract to bring the'
house up to code and live there. .
Downes adds he would Uke to
make this arrangement possible for
the homele who were removed
from all state aid after Governor John
Engler's decision to end General As
sistance for 90,000 people.
Downes wants to seek help from
private foundations for a projec� to
RE-ELECT
COUNCILMAN
COMER HEATH III
A PROVEN LEADER
Qua edt Committed
and Dedicated
City of
Highland P rk
# VOTE
Nov. 5th 1991
. SAVE
Serving Children 12 month
to 8 year
Call: 864-709&
s.tvIng HlghMnd Pallc 9Ii
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IN ADDITION TO cutting ex
penses, Franklin wants to rai e
money for the city through the Auto
Pound and parking fee, getting
tamper proof meters installed.'
She also calls for a fully trained
permanent finance director.
To bring bu iness, Franklin
would like the city to concentrate on
attracting mall busine es rather
than "waiting fo� a shopping center."
She fears that the only teres that
would be interested in becoming a
, part of the cen r and A&P,
w ch are alreadY in the city.
Franklin would like to see an ef
fort made to attract a large drug store
like Perry's" some nice restaurant,"
which would provide a "decent place
for family dining at nights and
weekends" and use of the old Ford
building at Manchester as a
"Trapper's Alley," if this is found to
be environmentally safe.
She would like to see housing for
working singles and couples around
the Gabrielle Apartments.
She wants to stop city policies of
working public safety officers 12
hours a day, which she charges
creates "burnout" in the face of the
city's high crime rate and many fire
runs.
She agrees that those experienced
in police andflre should work in their
old specialties, while new recruits
should be trained in both.
While willing to give the idea of
combining police and flre.services "a
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Service
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Excepted
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