•
Indian ViII 9
emp to
barricad
Detroit crime
Avenu , to fight crim , red
traffic, and p erve their his
toric neighborhood. Joining the
attempted ion i the R e
dale Park community.
Th barrie d idea i contro
ve ial, cau ung urrounding
communiti t cry racism. Th
area north 0 Ma k "i per
c ntBlack", while the neighbor-
hood rep nted by the W t
Vill c ociation the Indian
Villa Association, and th 1-
land View Association, "i
50 mixed", id Marion
Richardson, church board vice
chairman.
"Any time you put up ome
thing like that it nds a mes
age that you're n t wanted over
here."
The three sociations are
asking for barricades on Semi
nolc.Iroquoi , nd Burns tree
on th outh ide of Mack. Th y
also want to install new top
igns and to reroute bus traffic
_ from Van Dyke to Towensend.
Th North R cdale Park Civic
As ociation h been trying to
et precedent (or at least five
yea
BI ck 1
demand
investigation of
white cop ,
RA TON R UGE, lA-After
th rei eofa n w paperph to
depicti ng a white cop' apparent
choke hold on 82 year-old tate
representative, Avery Alexan
der' n k, Bla k tate legisla
tor are demanding ew
Orlean official investigate
what they believe might be ex
ecs ive force.
"They appcarto have a choke
h td on him, and that' ex
sive force to use on an 2-ycar
old man," said Sen. C.D. Jones,
holding up th photo.
Rep. Alexander was one of
many demonstrating against
redcdicatin the 100 year-old
Liberty Monument, a monu
ment ecn a ymbol of white
upremacy.
Th monument comm rno-
rat an 1 74 civil rights battle
which involved thousands of
people and left about 30 men ..
dead many f whom were anti
reconstru tionis , according to
a recent Detroit Free P . arti
cle.
WANDAF.ROQUEMORE
Michl .n CI-,-tlz�._n __
Ichlgan Ctizen
Citizens concerned with insurance redlining in Detroit, turned out to hear ACORN's a-Paint-Plan.
plc, join u in telling th people in I
Lansing how we feel. Th more who
come, the loud r ou VOIC ,"Walton
aid.
Citizen inte
. , .
I
Evaluat
'" I ,.
Y'"
to cret
for $1
found ub tand d poli w re f
fered instead of tandard h mcowner
insurance for low income 38 percent
of the time, 14 p rc nt f the tim in
high in me urban are , and not at
all in suburban areas.
The ub tandard P licy in mo t
cas covered only market value
rath r than repl cement 0 t of th
p rty..-.
AI 0, the lici tended to h4\v \
lower content coverag and high r
rat . Agents appeared to offer these
policie automatically to hom own-
ers in low-income neighborhoods, or
neighborhood where the property
value is Jow.
According to Erman. Walton,
A ORN ard mem r, there-i a
I t of upport in the communtiy for
the ACORN 8 Point Plan
"A lot ofpeopl have igned up to
go to Lan ing to meet wi th our State
Representative. If you are tired of the
y tern of redli ning against Detroi t
I m
acr
buy
$1.2 mllllon
tax break to
sweeten deal
the Commi ion, that etting Wayne
County to approve the deal in
crecy would allow the Oakland
County company to "move expedi
tiously to et a W olution (of ap
proval for leaving) from another
Oakland County community."
DROIT - Outrag at the high
homeown r insuranc pr mium
d with payin pproxi- D mand corr tiv
mately 60 itizcrr au nd � a com- companie not d quately rvin
munity forum March ponsored low income ar ,and d ny ap�)i a
by th As ciation of Community tions to companie for chan in
Organizations for Re orm ow busin activiti and rat incr
(ACORN). on th b i of community upport.
The focus of the forum was a otify community group 0
nation 1 three-month tudy con- pplications filed wi th th commis-
dueled by ACORN which revealed ion r by insurance compani to do
insurance rcdlining in urban areas. business in tbe tat. Createapro
The study, released February 4, ur- where these groups can file com
veyed Detroit and 1 other U.S. cit- ments and requ t h arings on th e
. ics. applications.
According to the tudy ACORN ACORN will try to galvanize
found th only temativ coverage community and I gi lative upport
for new hom wners in Detroit i to ena t these reforms into law.
Michigan Basic Prop rty Insurance, The A OR rudy found Detroi t
an insurance al tcmative mandated homeowners paid th highe t insur
by the tate. . ance premium of all the citi ur-
Under thi insuran e coverage, veyed.
the avera e rate quoted homeowners The tudy al 0 found that insur-
in Detroit is $35.10 per $1, of ance ompanies serving Detroit r -
coverage versus $10.41 per 1, fused to write tandard polic for
of coverage nationally. new hom owners insurin property
To addre rcdlining in Detroit, within city limits.
ACORN ha d vel oped an 8-Point
Plan they will pre nt to the Michi- A ORDI G T D VI , in-
gan Legislat in the next coupl of uran companies in Detr it are n t
weeks. writing new homeowner policies,
and thinking about canceling xi t-
The plan call for: . li .
R .. . 109 po ICI •
• equmng msuran ompa-
ni to provid a 40 per nt di 'touff I J bomeowne , and we w r li
on �om ners l�urance po�c through our membership to t input.
residents of low I� . m ne.I h r- to find out if they h d any problems
hoods who participate In the .. . . .
ACORN N . hb h d d H getting insurance, exisung policy-
erg or 0 an orne holders were telling us that their
Safety P�gram. policies were being canceled," Davi
• Having the Insurance Bureau, aid.
and lor State Representative con
duct an in-depth inve tigation in
consultation with ACORN on the
pricing and underwri ting practices
of the 10 companie with the greatest
market hare in low income commu
nities.
• Requiring insurance compa
ni to report annually the number of
policies writt n, total premium col
lected, total coverage amounts by
cere us tract and number of agent y
county and census tract. Al 0, pro
vide copies of the rate manual used
by agent .
Nationally the ACORN rudy
$5.25
• iii
DBTROIT- The Wayne County
Commi ion voted at its March 4
meeting, to sell 30 acr of land to an
unknown developer for $ 1. Tied to
the deal i $1.2 million tax break.
The company getting the land and
the tax break will inv t $100 million
and provide 300 jobs with the con
struction of a research and develop
ment facility on the ite.
In addition, the company has the
right of first refusal over 70 ere
adjoining the property located in
Northville Township betw n Five
and Six Mile Rcadi .
The hastily approved deal w
cleared by the Commi 'ion' Eco
nomi Development Committee in a
pecial ion th day befor the
vote of th whol commi. ion. De
troit Commis ion r Ricardo Solo
mon chai r the Economic
Development Committee. rthur
BI kwell III, aloof Detroit. chai
the Cornmis ion.
NATIONAL FINDINGS
U H APPR VAL to leave i
neces ary before Wayne County can
grant the tax abatement.
De pite admitting they did not
know who they wer dealing with,
the Commi ion voted t approve
the. ale and tum all n otiations over
to tafL
Only. one Commi ioner voted
no. Andrew Ri hner rai d bjcc
nons a out th ecrccy and the po -
ibility of the county opcnin I el
to litigation y others interested in
get ti n land.
umin we do want to give
fr e property and tax abatements
houldn't there be competition?"
Richner asked hi fellow Commi -
S12.00 .• $10.41
Aver.ge R.tes Quoted
(P6r $1000 covertlgll)
DETROIT FINDINGS
. Average Rstes Quoted
... $35.10 (P6r $1000 coveragll)
Dtltrolt
By ALLISON JONES
Mlchlfl!n Citizen
upper Incom.
whit.
&Ranar ...
uPP6r Incom.
whIt.
.uburban ar ...
S8.00
S6.00
S4.00 ...
S2.00 ...
A
RDI G T
Elizabeth
SO.OO ...
Iowlncom.
mInorlty
&Ran ....
$15.98
•
$3.47
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UPP6r Income
whltll
suburban tlflltlS
Davi ,A ORN organizer, All tate
Insurance Company,' one of the
larger insuran e c mpani in th
area, doe not have one office in th
ci ty of D troi t.
"Just look in the tel phone b k,
and you'll ec II Davi tated.
In addition, A ORN reform
would:
• Requir all insurance c�mpa
nies to file and make available to rh
publi Community Support State
ments in which th y d cribe eff It
both to erve low in me communi
tie with their line. of in urance and
to rcinv t th premiums that they
olle t back-into th revitalization of
S40.00
S35.00
S30.00 ...
S25.00
S20.00 ...
S15.00 ...
S10:00 ...
S5.00
SO.OO· -
low Income
minority
urban lIf'tlS -
+Source: ACORN
Harri on 'ct d
----Ia '"k' Cau' I "hair
upper Income
whltll
cxblln NIIIIS
.... LJ·'-'& .... .&.:."'y WA ecc ary, Mi
chael Duggan, County Executive Ed
M mara' right hand man told
the Commi ion. Unl sc r y
could be maintained the' akland
County mpany requ ti n t deal
would take ut proje t t
W, hten w County or Ohi
an aid.
"ThiS pr je t pun Wayn
on the verge 0 • maj
I've een sin I've
Du an Id cxtollm
rican
e f