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co Inu
Commin
ing
I
uch p vent pta
form from coming convention vote.
imilar rules . t in the R ubU
P rty.
Mildred Stallin , chair of the
Democratic 14th d' trict, ys that be-
ce 0 IUles, the Ie "igoo
COlX:Cms" of Detroi
One te party employees <lefe
the practice, noting that the Resolutio
Committee corsi f:ed of represen
of the party, lnee it had people elected
by all the distri by all the distri •
Meadows �d that the make� of
the committee did not reflect the
population of the different districts or of
the party membership in the district, but
imply had one man and ore woman
from ch area, giving mall the
me vote those with more people.
IN THE LAST presidential elec­
tion, Sta1Un� said that 14th district
was resporsible for getting out IOOre
votes than other areas and Wayne
County w responsible for Bill Clinton
winning Michigan.
Re olution Committee members
defend the idea of sending issues to the
Policy Committee, roting that anyone
who is coneerred can be a member of
the committee and people can easily
"pack it" and get their issues through.
However, this involves waiting a
full year for the issue to be considered.
Policy Committee meetings are in
Lansing, out of reach for poor people.
Some rank and file members are not
aware of the ins and ou of these rules
critics add, allowing greater power by
some who are more knowledgeable.
Jenkins tated, at th convention,
t tB peop
� tesw
them once the
n i depeooent
t ra and erer­
, chie anal t of
Wan aid 9,437,000 lived in
Michigan t year, and the net migration
1 of population . timated at l,(XX)
individuals for 1992. That' compared to
1982, when many Michiganians aban­
doned the ta , creating ret I of
157,(0).
Wang said that while these numbers
are promising, he belie that a change
in two factors will make Michigan's
econoIllY do an about face, and scoo it
marching b 'into al ing ttle akin to
that 0 the'
"IF, IN 1lIE NEXT TWO years,
interest rates and energy cos jwnp, our
economy will suffer," he said.
Wang said that during the height 0
the oil embargo of the early '7 , and the
ecooomic doldnuns of the early ,
energy costs and interest rates soared.
Although the prime and other in
do rot vary from ta ta:. Wang
id their increases have . orically
re ulted in p rticularly negative
economic outcomes for Michigan, nd
win likely do the in the future.
t are 0 component of
i dlecek id. "If th re
. one ignificant prodcction t, it i
property . As forinte t rat ',they're
t uch a low point, wc'rc- t wh t Y u'd
call an intc t rat wind w."
TIle prim rate i urrently at per­
cent, and has not been lower ince 1 72.
Kadlecek said be would be urpri cd
to any major in in energy cc 15
in the near future.
Wang, the tat derrograph r, is
responsible f eking h w many
people exi t in Michigan, who they arc,
wh re th yare, wh rc they are going,
what they aredoingan . why. He id that
changes in energy IS and int rest rat ,
to th r, have n urate indicators in
the past of wh ther or not jo ,therc[i rc
people, tay d in the ta� •
"If energy ( � and interest rate in­
crease, we will return to the same itua-
tion (as in the early' )," Wang aid.
"8 Y, m 0 in-
distry is heavily reliant upon 00w easily
peopl can buy cats on credit," Wang
'd.
He 'dMichigan' extremedepeoo-.
enee on the auto makers, their uppliers
and oiber'manutacnmng ind tri i a
negative factor when it is cxpersive to
borrow capital.
Justin Moran, 8 po man and con- .
sultant for the Michigan Bankers �­
soci tion, said President Bill Clinton'
economic plan will detennine what p­
pens to interest ra .
"If the Qinton administration and the
Democratic Congress don't do anything
tupid, interest rates aren't going
anywhere," Moran said.
CRITICS ADMIT that in a two
day convention the rank and file party
members canner deal with all the
resolutions that every individual
proposes, but by making it "nearly im­
possible" for a ICSO!'ption to pass the
Resolution Committee, "the leadership
locks up the convention." •
Meadows urges Democrats and
other concerned citizens to call Gary
Corbin, the chair of the Democratic
State Central Committee at (313) 961-
0148l? protest party rules.
He also urges people to contact party
leaders and elected Democratic offi­
cials.
"If you're not peaking up (against
- these conditions)," Meadows said, "it
looks like you're agreeing with them.
If you don't make noise, nobody's
going to listen,"
However, in contacting some
lead rs, Meadows said, people should
be expressing praise, appreciation and
upport, not critici m.
In contacting Stallings, he said, 14th
district hould expre upport for her
efforts to get wtder participation for
Detroitcrs and in contacting Con­
g�man Conyer' office, they should
praise his efforts to get resolution on
Haiti out, despite the problems of the
party. rules, and ask what they n do to
help.
Race I
scholarships . I
backed by
Appeals Court
WASIII TON�A Federal
appeals panel unanimously
voted to uphold a lower couru
di mi al of a law uit by even
white tudcnts wh contend tha1
ch larship for pe pie of color
violated the 1 Civil Righ
Act.
The tuden ,who are being
rcpre ented by the Washington
Legal Foundation, believe tha1
rftce-based scholarship awards
d prive white tudent . of
cholarship money, according
to a rc ent articl in The ew
Y rk Timc .
Th appeal' p nct main­
tained, however, that th ,tu­
dents c uld . till su individual
college and univc Hie"
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60,000 +-��--+---+--+--+--�I--t--4'::
80,000 +-� ..... -+-..._-+--�-+-+--.(,.:
40,000 +-��iIr-+--+--I-...._+--�--f
Capita' • Servtce
Graphic by Todd Wittoughby
Source.: U.S. Buteau of the c.n.u ,
M:chigan Dept. of r.d Budget
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New offr ers elected tQ
CivU Right
Detroit Metropolitan Orchestra Board Chairperson Ramona Jenkins and member 8yrdell Kendrick,
State Representative Q.avid Pomts and Hudson's Pul;)lic Affairs Director Sue Kelly enjoy the special
preview of "Perfect Duet" at Hudson's Northland. The play combines music and dance to reflect on
the problems of our time with the turbulence of the sixties. It runs Feb. 23 through 28 at the Fisher
Theatre.
I .
By KRISTINA MARLOW
Caplt.' N ws ServIce
I
d , '
'lrl h,�::» n:>fr. H m I
a degree 10 phil pny. She recei her
Juri Doctorate from the University of
Detroit Sch I of Law.
The Commi sion Vice Chair; .
Reverend Edgar Vann, Jr., has served
pastor of Second Ebenezer Bapti t
Church incc 1976.
He i a member of the NAACP and
Wayne County Task Fo on Infant
Mortality, nd vice presid nt of lhF
Council6fBaptist P to of Dctroit
Vicinity, Church Comrniu Chai
of Met Detroit' United Negro Colle
Fund and director of the Natio
Hapf t Convention.
Reverend Vann attended th
Canadian Conservatory of Music,
University of Detroit, graduated rrortt
Wayne Slate University and received '
Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from t
Urban Bible College.
Commis ioner Berlin i co-own
and secretary-tree urcr ()f Weig*
, tchcrs Group, inc�esIHn j incd t •
Comrni i n in 1 5 and, earlier
. m nth, G vernor Engler re-ap intCli
her t a third term n the Commi ion.;
he i president of the Kenn�
R.E.H.A.B. Foundati n, member of �
Salvation Army hoard, vice president qf
the Michl an Protection and Advocacy
rvice. chair 0 the Centcr for Ind�­
pendent Living, and member ·of ttie
Mar h of Dime' South ast Chapt r
a�. '
of G sc Poi rue
Farm. and Laura Rcye Kopaek of
Livonia have been re-elected .o-chairs r
the Michi Tan Ovil Righ Comrnis i n
for ]993.
Detroit re: ident Reverend Edgar
Vann, Jr., Willi elected t hi tlrst term a:
vice chair and ndra Berlin r W t
Bloomfield will. IVC an unpreccd nted
.ixth term ( secretary -trcasurcr. Of­
Fie r w rc ele ted durin J the
Commis ion' publi m enng Monday
in Detroit,
Co-chair Lombard h been dean r
the Detroit College of Law ince 1987.
he wac; a member f tOC Wayn State
Unive ity Law h I fa 'uJly from
1 t 19i)7 where he. nt even y rs
H! � iate Dean.
Commi. ioner Lombard i a mcm r
of the Am ncan Law Institute and serve. ...
on the hoard f ih Institute foe ntinu­
ing Lc al du ati n. He graduat d
Magna Cum Laud from the olumbia
•
Unive ity, and earned hi Juri Doc-
t rate rom Harvard Law h l.
-chair R 'y' l<J pa k' an au mey
in claims and liugation forthe Detroit
Edu on ('f)mpany. She i on the board 0
c mmi ione for the State Bar of'
Mi h: an, and is a m mbcr 0 the
Arncncan Bar A ..... (elation and the
Detroit harnbcr ofCommerce.
ommi '. i ncr Rcyc Kopa k, who i.,
fir t vice chair of the Michi an
R 'puhli 'an tate ommittc, j..., .t
fa uatc o!'Wa n' tate Uni\'e�lty with
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I
ions and .... too nt hfe at
atbringin
ing id."
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