, which
G c e I n
d, "the more it costs
"IT'S TRITE to Y thatj tice
I CO PRIG Michig n'
ppellate court nd its New Yor
counterpart, wh re between 12,000
and 13,000 were I 0 filed in
1990,62 judge handle the c elo d.
"Even if I h ve my judg do
twice much they're doing now, "
which Doctoroff id is impo ible,
"it would e two to three years to
solve the b cklog."
Neuhard id the backlog of
criminal case on appeal i in p rt
caused by the great increases in fund
ing for law enforcement, while not
"IT'S DONE out ofignorance or
arrogrance, and it' not fair," Doc- ,
PLA
Continued from A6
LOCAL BUSI ESSES, he
charged, were not being ellCOUlJged
to the shopping center for expan-
on.
Harriet Saperstein, President of
Highland pm: DEVCO dmit1ed that
she received similar complain from
other bmtnesses.
Last week Sapexstein announced
that First Commercial Realty was
chosen to do the commercial part of the
development after speaking with nine
f:irJm that expteSSed interest in it She
admitted tbatMr. Stallinp was not one
of those who had been contacted, ad
ding that she could not temembCr what
proposal he made or the reasoning be
hind it
She said that both Highland Park
DEVCO and the city were looking at
f rms hich d "extensive ex
PIOmce" in pllDJliDg larger dewlop
ments, in orocr 10 make sure the cen1er
would be successful.
She said that Stallinp' experience
was in handling single stores, but ad
mitted he was impressed with his
ability in this mea.
WHEN ASKED whether mote
comideration could be given to local
firms, who bad not been able to develop
a ttack record, she said, "PeIbaps we
should have." Sapersnen added that
DEVCO and the dty were in a "very
difficult situation." In their
philosophy, she'Said the priorities wtze
to get the development "moving up
VOTER
ContinUBd from A7
FAR TOO MANY Octroiters
never demanded an end to the
mudslinging. Young and Barrow
tossed verbal jabs at each other while
many of us turned the other way.
I want the issues that face
Detroit's future to be discuued by
any pelion who wanta to be the
mayor in January 1994. Small bUll
nca development, crime, and im
provement of city services, arc iuues
that must be dealt with next summer
and fall.
Will Detroiters treat the· Archer
candidacy. like many treated Tom
rapidly" aDd make sure the developer
hid enough capital to make it success
ful.
She added HighlaDd Park Mayor
I...insey Porler bad seen the list of those
who were consideICd.
�tty Wainwright, Executive As-
istant to the Mayor, said the city had
consulted busin� who had ex
pressed an in rest in developing the
commerdal center of June or July,
1992, including one local Black firm,
but he was UDaWm that Stallin� had
ever gone to the dty expressing an
interest in it
When asked why the city did not
dvertiseforbids, Wainwright said that
this would be too time consuming, be
cause UDAG Insisted bids be
evaluated in 20 �ys.
BE ADDED THAT in choosing
the residential developer, the city asked
Mi<�'lDD Housing Development
.A.1l1A�l¥-Ql�HDA), 0 they
reco"""""'ed
When asked '!Vhy the city did not
recommend giving local firms a
chance, even if were currently without
experience, Wainwright said that
MSHDA tegulations required busi
nesses with a track !eCOid.
Tbc proposed residential developer
is a Missowi-based firm, McCormack
Baron & Associates (MBA), which;
DEVCO literature said, bas developed
and managed a variety of mban hous
ing devdopmm1S, in such cities as St
Lom., Day1OD. Louisville, Ceveland,
and New York.
Though MBA is an out of state firm,
SapelSteJn said that if they get contracts
. CUTS
continued from Page 1
Barrow's? It's only November and
I'm starting to see political de ja vu.
. Archer h8s a track record. He '5
been an a associate judge on the
Michigan Supreme Court and
directed a Coleman Young mayoral
campaign. He's respected in Detroit
and suburbia. But in spite of those
aocompUahments, I get the feeling
that some of our leaders and common
citizens wlll suggest that Archer is a
"oreo." I certainly hope that I'm
wrong.
Kenneth Col.mln Jr.
Detroit
in the cards, he said.
But students at Michigan State
University learned this week that
their tuition will go up by 3 percent
for the spring seme ter, a plan an
nounced last summer.
MSU' Board of Trustees ap
proved a 9 percent tuition increase
for the faU eme ter, The additional
3 percent brings the overall tuition
increase for the 1992-93 school year
to 12 percent.
University officials said the move
was needed to combat lower state aid
thi year. All of the state's publtc
universities raised tuition this fall.
IN ADDITION to the increase,
the students will have to throw in $25
in extra fees for infrastructure and
technology improvemen bringing
the total to $50.
MSU student Tracy Robinson
said while she was shocked to hear
I .
on two other developments they may
open an office in either Detroit or High
land Park.
SHE SAID for the residential
development, DEVCO checked out
and researched approximately 12 dif
ferent finns, including ones in the area,
but she chose MBA because of its track
record in making successful projects,
the fact that their reputation and con
tacts would get financial backing and
trength for the development, and their
interest in urban development.
Saperstein said how design of
resldential development designed
would be determined by. the TIF A
board.
Saperstein said both the business
and commercial developers have made
a commitment to recruit, train and
make an effort to hire local individuals
in construction and management of
their projects, though she emphasized
that "local" did not neces5flrlly m�
"Highland Park.
Because MBA was an out of state
firm, Saperstein said, provisions were
put in the contract specifying that MBA
would not bring in managers from
Saint Louis. However, she added that
it was impossible to set up a Highland
Park residency requirement, as city
government is able to do.
will give its land to the 11F A, who will
give it to the developers without any
cost
Bill Watch, President of the First
Commercial Realty, handling the com
mercial section, said that 4O,<XXl quare
feet of retail pace would be ed.
Although there were no definite
commitments for firms to come into the
commercial project, Watcbsaid his
firm Was negotiating with a good many
companies and was optimistic about
these negotiations.
SAPERSTEIN SAID she wished
to emphasize that there will be other
projects in Highland Park, where local
African American firms will have a
chance to gain experience, including
the Monterey Hotel sight.
"There are other opportunities in
Highland Park and we will work with
African investors and developers, " she
said.. "This (shopping and residential)
project won't Highland Park. It
only one step forward."
She noted Mayor Porter' st iement
that he wanted African American
developers.
She added that local businesses will
be encouraged to move into the com
mercial development in order to ex-
pand.
It is the calm
FIRMS IN THE commercial sec
tion of the development will be re
quired by �AG and Community
Development Block Grant (COBG)
programs to engage in affirmative ac- '.
tion,shesaid. water that
lbc entire development will be 18
acres with 14 going to the residential drowns a man
section and 4 to the commercial on the .•
old DSR site, Saperstein said. The city -Af,lc.n proWl'"
and silent
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about the 3 percent increase, at least
he saved money on the fall semester
by baving only a 9 percent incre e
initially.
"It's very frustrating," Robinson
id. "You save up and and then you
find out it's not going to be enough
and you don't know where to tum."
Robinson said she was equally
upset to learn that MSU has et up an
electronic mail system for students,
which is paid for from a technology
fee. She said mo tstudents probably'
won't use the service, and funding
should come from a user fee.
"I don't think they even need it,"
Robinson said. "Those who do c
cess it hould pay extra fees instead
of charging all of us."
And while Truscott aid Engler
has tried to support education during
his two years in office, legislators
said colleges and universitie hould
no! expect any incre e in help from .
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