Ilu;IIL.'\NI> P,\RK
Tbe pro lem ulted when the Stat
of eliminated aid early I t,
year k social rvice aid and
to y eliminating th Gereral Assis-
Mr. P ident-el t, I w tance program, making it difficult, if not
thank you very mu h for reeo wle for m clien to pay their
that children are a bottom-line en rgy �il!.
eeoromlc issue and that preventive Taylor claims many people have had
in trrent in all of our children is rot '. their el tricity totally hutoff and some'
only a moral imperative, but ntial
" to ving our national economic kin;
and that dilldren are � y to our
future productivity and work force
development
As communism is collapsing all
around the world, the "Am rican
dream" is collap ing all around
America for millions of families,
youth and children in all ra and
classes.
We are in danger ofbeeoming two
natiom--one of first world privilege,
and another of third world d priva­
tiOn-8truggling against increasing
odds to coexist peacefully a a
beleaguered middle class barely holds
on.
While the middle class lost ground
over � last decad and-a-halt, th
already poorbecame poorer and more
desperate, hungry, homeless and
. hopeless. Today every seventh
American is poor, as is every sixth
family with a child under 18.
Children: The Real
Bottom Line
EVERY FIFm CHILD is p_oor
and every fourth pre-schooler is poor.
Arx1 one of every three Black and
oro n children in America is poor.
There are more poor children in
America today than in any year since
1965, despite the net 88 percent
growth in our gross national product
(GNP) during this period. And con­
trary to popular myth, the majority of
poor children are not Black, not on
welfare and don't live in inner cities.
The live in working families and
in small town, rural ard suburban
America. Between 1989 and 1992,
reany one-quarter of the 1.7 million
children woo fell into poverty.lived in
two-�t white families.
I think it's a great human and
moral tragedy that thousands of
children and adults are starving to
death in war-tom Somalia, with an
estimated GNP of 1.6 billion.
But it is a human and moral traves­
ty that 143 million children are poor
in the richest land on earth, that an
estimated during the month, and eight
million lack health care in a country
that has a GNP of $5.9 trillion.
WE NEED TO ASK ourselves
whether.this is th t that America
can do and why the are more poor
childreninrichAmeri there are
citizens in famine-stricke Somalia;
more poor children in Los Angeles
and New York City than in the so­
called developing nation of
Botswana.
.
It is particularly hard for young
families with children, white and
Black, in all parts of the country.
They have seen their incomes plum­
met by 32 percent since 1973, though
tbey are working harder.
We must begin to, invest in our
children, with particular attention to
young families.
AOO let me suggest two things that
1 koow this great country can do in
1993 under your leadership.
THE FlRSf IS to make sure that
every one bf our children is born heal­
thy and is immunized against prevent­
able diseases. The other thing that I
know you committed to doing is to see
that every child ge read for school.
And a down payment on that' to
see that every one of our children gets
a head start b fully funding Head
Start, ,making it full day, full year,
taking it down to earlier ages.
J '
n policy mp
for tome 62 aIX1 older
during the winter months between
ovember and March 31, 1993.
He . ntTh Michi anQtizen te-
rn nt from Detroit Edison tating this
policy in writing.
�n ked, he agreed to personally
examine the cas .of tbe nior citizen
Taylor described if Taylor ed him.
Taylor, in tum, agreed that sh would call
him. -
T ylor said Edison refused
partial payment, but demanded the tal
urn, The woman did rot have it aIX1 �
company hut 0 the electricity, Taylor
stated. •
Taylor also tells the story of one nlor Simons described the case of a
citizen fr7 years old, woo lives with two woman in Oakland County named
female. relatives, who have rren - Deborah, who fit the description of the
pairments from Dowrs Syndrome. y
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By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
Among the programs Edison says can
be used by people with low income or no
income to prevent shutoffs are:
.,_, -Winter Protection Plan, where cis­
toiners avoid shutoffs from Nov. 15 to
March 31, when they pay at IC$t 7 per­
cent of their estimated annual bills and
make regular monthly payments on any
Detroit Edison bills that were overdue as
of Dec. 1, 1992. Overdue payments are
divided into equal monthly amounts be­
tween � time the customer requests the
plan and ov. 1993
-Detroit Edl on Settlement
ADl"eelm,tnt Detroit . ndeve in-
dividualized payment plans geared to �
customer' ability to pay, the size 0 the
customer's previous balance and the
customer's payment history., The
primary objective of the program is to
keep the electricity on during the Winter
Protection Period. . .
-(Jetting special consideration by
reducing use of electricity to levels
agreed to during borne assistance visits
by company representatives. Customers
must then make an agreed upon payment
every month. If customers successfully
reduce usage below the agreed upon
levels, the difference will be applied to
their previous balances.
. -An erxrgy management program
in which Detroit Edison energy
Specialists visit low-income customers in,
their homes to advise tbem how to reduce
electrical usage to levels they can afford.
_..Edison installs devices to cut
electricity bills, such as energy-efficient
light bulbs and electric water beater in­
sulation wraps, replaces defective
prim.aJ¥ refrigerators at a oominal charge
for customers identified during visits that
company representatives make to
homes.
FAison stated that starting this month,
Detroit Edison customeJ:.lCPresentatives
will visit all bomes wbereelectdcservtce
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HIGHLAND PARK- The aty of
Highland Park will host its Second An­
nual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. �h
on Saturday, January 16, at 11 am. .
The March will begin at treHighland
Park City Hall, 30 Gerald, and will end at
Highland Park Community College,
Malcolm X Blvd. between Secoril am
Third Streets. An Observance Program
celebrating th� life arx1 times of Dr. King
begins at 12:30 p.m, The program will
also feature guest speakers, singing am
poetry.
The march, organized by the aty of
Highland Park Arts and QJItural Enrich-
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'1:11' '0",' \0,.
SHOE
REPAIR'
is shut off for nonpayment �tomers
woo qualify for erergy assistarce will be
advised at that time about the utility'
payment plans and the vario� energy
assistance programs available.
For assistance or more information,
customers can call Detroit Edison toll
free at 1-8004n-4747.
Those woo feel the Edison programs
do rot work fairly to meet their problems
can get an outside advocate by calijng the
Welfare Rights Organizations.
Detroiters and Higliland Parkers can get
further information by calling (313) 831-
1040 or (313) 868-3660.
Day March'
ment Committee, is expected to attract
over 3,000 people from throughout the
Metro Detroit area.
For more information contact Ea,rl
Wheeler, city ombudsman at 252-0028.
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