DETROIT
. The city al 0 nticipate that big
b ine will cause an incre e of
about 5000 job for the wor force
by by the year 1995.
THE CITY'S deficit estimate
range high $300 miUion while
revenue continu to hrink. Much
of the public dissatif ction with
what Detroit residents charge is in­
competence due to "political
payoffs" that have placed inap­
propriate individual in positions for
which they are not qualified.
The City Council will begin hear­
ings on the Mayor' budget plan
April 28 and deliver its vote May 18.
While the Mayor was introducing
his budget plan last week, two op­
posing group were expressing dis­
satisfaction.
ACORN (Association of Com­
munity Organizations for Reform
Now) displayed prote t signs and
passed out "demands ... for our neigh­
borboods" releases while the Mayor
addre d the council.
: ACORN's listed concerns were
better police protection; rehabili� ..
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WE THE PEOPLE - Th
R form Now) demon r
council.
tion for house ; lead poi orung; top­
ping th flow of dollars into th
Victoria Park/Homerama Develop­
ment and the discontinuance of the
former Police Chief William Hart'
salary.
determine how Grand Prix revenu _
are used. .
SOS recommends that the ci ty'
1992-93 budget spending be ad­
mini tered in even area: Ad­
ministration and city staff, ten
percent; demolition and boarding
preservation, ten and five percent,
respectively; economic develop­
ment, ten percent; low-income hous­
ing, 40 percent; upper income
residential development, five per­
cent; public services, 15 percent and
rehabilitation of public facilitie ,
nine and one-half percent.
(Photo by N thanl Soott)
A POINT OF VIEW - Ann Sand' r. and Jo . P lua pa
out SOS (Sav Our Splr r comm nda onal bud plan ..
ANOTHER organization, the·
. Save OUf Spirit (SOS) Coalition
released its "Community-Ba ed
Recommendations for the 1�93
Detroit Budget."
SOS's budget pla calls for
replacing police officers in clerical
positions with civilians; consolidat­
ing orne departments; maintain. �
health-care clinics that provide
health care for low-incom residents
and others in need; merging D-OOT
and SMART; better accountability
in housing; maintaining and re-e -
tablishing enior programs; improv­
ing treet lighting and giving
contracts for orne city property to
non-profit group to generate in­
come .
SOS further call on the city to
reduce its number of uperviso ;
remove the up-keep of the Mayor'
residence from the recreation depart­
ment; research the cost and of the
recreation department and who it
erve ; explore different avenue .
that will cut departmental cos and