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in Atlanta, Georgia ani this city
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troit i having." the R 00
id, ''That' why we call . We
trough! you might be intc � in
knowing that HUD is threate�
take b k me grant money
from Atlanta "
"that doesn't swprise me," I
id. "Detroit isn't treonlycitywith
i mpe nt people. Nor is it �
only city with an antiquated
gov mrnem that has antiquated
ideas."
"But!" Be ie said. "Th
kinds 0 thing;; bouldn't be hap­
pening. Especially when so many
people are in reedof bo 'ng."
"But what you have forgoten,
ie," I said, "is the people in
need of boising are not the people
who are getting big salaries to ad­
minister programs."
"That' right, Brother Wro .
That' right. The Reverend said. "A
lot of these so called administtam
don't have any moral senples. �
onl thing trey care about is them­
selves, how much tax-payer
morey trey can take and their
cronies."
"BUT!" BE IE SAID.
''Thin are going from bad to
worse. Last year D.C. W� the mur­
der capital of the world aOO three
weeks into the rew year, Detroit is
n a record setting violence pace. I
mean 00 one is being spared. Men,
women and children are being sbot
aOO killed."
''lbat's right, Bessie. That's
right," I said. "But the cesspools that
contnbute to, am most often are,
the reasors behind the violem:e
goes unclr.cked."
"Amen, Brother Wrote.
Amen." The Revereoo said, "We
are living in a corrupt society. It's
down and dirty and the dirty is
gctnng down." .
"Getting down, my foot!" Be-
i said. "Tbey are getting t\4>id.
But what I don't wx1erstard is:
what are the police doing? Oh! I
know. They chase people for
hwxlreds of miles, kill teenagers,
get caught in sting operations am
cost the tax payers 8 lot of money
. in out-of -court senlerrens. But
what are they really doing'l"
"Doing?" the Reverend asked.
''They are doing what th:y have
always oore, Exactly wbat their
bosses 1Cll them to do."
"Bosses?" Bessie � "You
don't rrean people like Marion
Barry, the ex-mayor of D.C. do
you?"
''That guy is sick, Bessie," the
Revererd said "He is sick. But the
d thing is be W� electod to plbllc
office.'.'
''Yeah!'' I said "He did get
elected but til: really sad thing is
people elect public servans for the
wrong reasors."
''What do you mean?" Bt3ie
�ked.
"I mean some voters get
qualifications mixed up and instead
of voting with their � tlJ:y voe
with their bears," I said. "Believe
me. When priorities are in tn:
wrong place, cbeos ard destruction
will be the end result, and that is �
bottom lire,"
HIGHLAND PARK
to it."
Although m to lci could n t
be ch d t th time of thi de d­
lin , one council member called it
" n e cellent id ."
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