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Kenneth Coleman Jr.
Detroit
NAACP suit
Continued from P ge A·1
David Doyle, chairman of the
Michigan Republican Party, was
stunned.
"My understanding is the attor­
ney general is supposed to defend the
Supreme Court. They take no posi­
tion in regard to the plan approved by .
the Supreme Court, and then pull
this. This is absolutely outrageous,"
he said.
Doyle said the two longtime
- Democratic officeholders were· try­
ing to disrupt the Aug. 4 state House
primaries and give Democrats more
time to find candidates.
While Republicans have candi­
dates in all 110Housedistricts,Demo­
crats didn't field any in 13 House
districts and one Democrat, Rep. Sal
Rocca, announced last month that he
was Shifting to the GOP. Democrats
now have a 60-49 edge in the House,
with onevacancy in a traditionally
Democratic seat.
Chris DeWitt, a spokesman for
Kelley, said politics played no part in
their decision. He said the separate
briefs showed the difference between
the official duties of Austin and Kelley
and their individual views.
Mark Brewer, an attorney for
the state Democratic Party, said it
asked Monday to enter the case only
it the three-judge panel decided to
order new lines.
"We've indicated to the court
that we believe the plan violates the
Voting Rights Act, but we do not
seek to participate in proving that,"
he said.
John Truscott, a spokesman for
Gov. John Engler, said the governor
believed the district lines should
stand. That's because as ecial panel
of three-judges worked on it for
months, then the plan was reviewed
by the Supreme Court.
The lawsuit challenges the re­
apportionment plan as it applies to
Wayne, Oakland, and'Kent counties.
It asks that the Aug. 4 state House
primaries for those counties be de-­
layed until new lines can be drawn.
In his brief, Mayor Young traced
the historic denial to African Ameri­
cans of equal representation, begin­
ning with the days of Slavery and
continuing well into the 20th cen­
tury,
The Mayor argued that the City of
Detroit has a special concern with a
situation in which African Ameri­
cans are. underrepresented in the
Michigan legislature.
HEALTH
continued from A4
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StK to pay aueful aaemioo k> our basic
poolic healthnceds. �twisc, the taskof
. kr.ep� childlen healthy m1 hea1th care
cos \.II¥Ier mntrol will be all but impos- .
SIble.
The current debate about nation­
al health reform is long overdue.
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REPARATIONS CONFERENCE:
Building A Movement To Win
June 19-21,1992
only ilver lining from 1..0
i e m y begin to ee
policy begin to move," Upton
, 'When you h ve con erv live
Republica like my elf upporting
it nd couple that with liberal Blac
Cauc members like CharI Ran­
gel of Harlem who upport it, I think
we can get it out of committee and
have the votes to pit."
Congre enacted enterpri e
zone legi lation in 1987, but no
zone have been enacted nd no
federal tax incentives have been
provided.
Thirty-six tat and W hington
D.C. have designated their own
enterpri e zones using local tax in­
centives.
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Govemm nt ill pend billio 0
doll over tb n t d eon pur­
c log everything from ene e -
cient light bulb and windo
ting nd cooling equipment.
My mendment will ensure th t
minoritie and women nd hi tori­
cally Bl c colle get ir piece
of the e huge Federal contrac ,"
id Conyers.
Individu I re e rch contr ct
moun will be determined prim ri­
Iy by the Department of Energy;
energy conservation contrac will
be let by virtually all agencie , ince
all m t undert e energy conserva­
tion me ures by the year 2005.
POWER __
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toward a pilot program. What have
we got to lose?"
Malone suggested that donors
who contribute to elected organiza­
tions be given larger tax breaks than
. currently given for charities.
He would not ay how big the tax
breaks should be, but "if! were king
for a day" contributors would
receive 100 percent tax credits up to
S1,OOO.
The head of a nationwide or­
ganization agreed.
Robert Woodson of the
Washington-based National Center
for a Neighborhood Enterprise, said
the tax-credit, direct-contribution
system would cut out bureaucratic
waste.
Community activists, rather than
government workers, "share the
same zip code as those who are suf­
fering from these problems,"
Woodson aid.
The federal government would
d ignate some inner-city areas as
"empowerment zones," using
statistics on crime, poverty, drugs
and other variables, according to
Malone.
Nonprofit groups in those zones
would apply to the Internal Revenue
Service for "empowerment" status,
and donors to those groups could
receive tax breaks for their contribu­
tions.
Malone touted the proposal,
which he admitted was in "its
genesis stage" as an alternative to
enterprise zone plans, in which com­
panies locating in inner cities receive
tax breaks in exchange for their in­
vestment.
The treasurer said he would dis­
tribute information kits on the
proposal to state and federal agen­
cies, Gov. William Weld's office,
large companies and nonprofit
groups.
Youth
Essay
Contest
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includ-
• DO D Riegle, D­
Mich, met with Jac on and other
city offici lIt wee and intends to
use Benton Harbor in the national
debate over the value of ent rprise
zon .
Pre ident Bush expres ed support
for enterprise zone after 1..0 An­
gele re idents rioted and destroyed
property after the acquittal of white
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Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
HI d
have to offer ome tax incentiv
b in to go into an rea
might be dep d," Upton
•• Can you imagine what it (Benton
H rbor) would be Ii e after goin
through thi rece ion? It would
have been a d ter."
To the residen ,it i .
N Olr ctory Of African
Am rlcan Print Cr
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David Alak. Bak.r1 LM. Publ Ing
1553 WoodN.d M202 • Box 711
(313) -4247
The United Generation
Council will be hosting a
city-wide Essay Writing and
Oratorical Contest for youth
between the ages of 10 to 14.
The contest will occur on
Saturday, June 13, 1992 at 2
p.m. in the Joseph Walker­
Williams second floor con­
ference room, 8431 Rosa
Parks Blvd. (Between Euclid
and Philadephia).
The purpose of this con­
test is to increase the aware­
ness among the youth
population of the need to
"SAY NO TO DRUGS."
Prizes for our youth par­
ticipants will include a $100
, savings bond. Also, a
speaker telephone and a per­
sonal calculator.
All youth participants will
receive a certificate of par­
ticipation for their involve-
ment. .
For more information,
please contact: Joseph G.
Leavell, Sr. by calling (313)
579-6989 (day ) or 965-8828
(nights).
ing John Ive on, the Dep rtm nt 0
Comm rce zon li on claim th
creation of 7 jo .
tuallyonly job h ve en
created in the zone, according to
B ere And 200 of tho e n be
attributed to th relocation of Heath
Company from St. Jo eph, aero the
river from B nton Harbor.
Unemployment and welfar
rate haven't improved with the
creation of the zone.
"The residents have not par-
cipated in the commercial in­
dustrial rebirth. We're fighting very
hard for that," Jack on admits.
"Residents are frustrated and they
. have every right to be 0."
"We're halfway up a hill. We
have to now get the residents' hous­
ing stock up to where it's decent. The
residents must participate in
economic growth or you failed, Jack­
son said."
Part of th problem is that while
jobs have been created in Benton
Harbor, more jobs were lost in neigh­
boring communities. The area has
had a net loss of jobs, according to
Jackson.
u.s. REP. JOHN Conyers, D­
Detroit, say enterprise zones can be
just another form of trickle-down
economics that he believes doesn't
work.
"The tax incentives must be very.
carefully crafted so they do not be­
come a windfall for rich people or
large corporations, and there must be
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Friday Evening All Faiths Holocaust Memorial
At Emanuel A.M.E. "Denmark Vesley" Church
Early Saturday Momina Tour of Hiltoric: Sites of Enslavement & Raistance
Workshops: REPARATIONS - WHAT ARE TIlEY? WHY WE ARE ENTI11_ED .O\NI) HOW TO WINI
Evcnina Concerts with Afrikm Drwnmen, Dancen, & RellK
SWlday Morning Intergenerational Relay: A Pusina the Torch Ceremony
N'COBRA Business Meeting
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