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VOL XV NO 20 All Infolmed P"('/)/c If; A F"'I' PeOI)II' APRIL 4 - APRIL 10. 1993
By TERRY KELLY drium, po esp rson for HigblaIXl
Mloh n CIttzen Parle cbools, 'Ibis figure includ
• fun<1ing for both -12 and Adult
HIGm..AND PARK - Riding the Education.
fant y of the poor that a dollar bet Benton Harbor, which is the
can transport them from rags to tate' only Enterprise Zone and
riches, the state lot ry games are t collects fewer local property t
draining $21 million a year from dollars, is budgeted to receive $155
Michigan's two poorest communi- million in tate chool aid funds dur­
ties: Highland Park and Benton Har- ing this chool year, a pokesperson
bor, reported.
According to documents obtained For all of calendar year 1992, the
under the Freedom of Information state collected $6.5 million from 10t­
Act, during the three year period tery players in the same zip code as
from 1990 through 1992, lottery the Benton Harbor district, 49022.
agents wi thin zip code 49022 and No figures are available to how
48203 rang up $65 million in ales. what sales revenue or income
Seven percent of tho e sales -or taxes are also being generated for
$45 million -went into the pockets Lansing by these ame two zip
of the party store, gas station and cod
. es.
comer candy store owners as theu
commi ion for dealing in dreams
selling lottery tickets.
Lottery revenues are divided up
five ways: 38% to education; 49% in
prizes; 7% in ales commtssions: 3%
in am rcla uch
pltnttnglI
. D, a lot
According to the data, in 1992,
lottery ales in zip code 48203 to­
taled some $16,049,221.
THAT AME YFAR the High­
land Parle school received approxi­
mately $13.2 million from the state
chool aid fund, said Greg Byn-
This information com the
Legislature, Wednesday-under the
guise of chool funding 'reform­
p ed a package that hits low
income renters the bard t.
Th Ito
I
hilc offering property
relief and tying it I to promi of
education funding reform. The legis­
lation ignores the is u of education
equity, otber than promising a mini­
mum fuoolng of $4,800 per pupil. .
�
"I HAVE ALWAYS felt it is
immoral for government to prey on
low income people by pushing the
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By TUREKA TURK
Mlchl(l!n Cltlan
U.S. Attorney Jan t Reno's call for
the resignauors of U.S. District At­
tomies may not be color blind.
One DA pecifically, Alt. John
Smietanka, currently in pursuit of an
alleged Black street gang, The EI
Rukrs, appears to have an extended
term on his job as DA.
"He, along with some other DAs,
have indeed resigned but have not had
to set a resignation date" said Smie­
tanka' ecretary.
Smietanka has a long history of
prosecuting and dirtying the names
and reputations of innocent Blacks in
�c,',,�"'l"',<1 Would you
upport a
tax on oda
pop to
support
state parks?
or
Western Michigan. Although aDA.
for Western Michigan, Smietanka's
investigation of a group of young
Black men in Chicago i th explana­
tion for his extended term.
SMIEfAN
could not be
De pite merous attempt to
reach the U.S. Justice Department to
confinn or deny the length of Srnie­
tanka's term no official had returned
phone calls to comment by pres time.
According to a publi bed report,
hi investigation of the alleged youths
will allow him to retain his seat so that
th gang probe will not be impeded.
lottery," 'd Rep entative Joe
Young Jr. (D-Detroit).
Young ridiculed the legislation
t eting chool fu . reform,
ing that it offers no equity. "If you're
erious ut equity, you bring the
bott m up," Young aid. "Every
child' guaranteed $4800, but in De-
troit that $4800 has to be ed for
ecurity, for maintenance, for drug-
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5 DRAIN, B8
BLACK PRESS WEEK
W hlngton, D.C. ayor Sh ron Pr tt K lIy performed ribbon cuttir:lg honor during
. c r mon m rklng th grand opening of the n w headquart r of th NNPA, th Black
publ h ra a ocl Ion. From th left: Chris � nnett, 5 attl ; Bob Bogle, Philadelphia and
NNPA pr Ident; John Seng tacke, Chicago Dally Defender and Michigan Chronicle pub­
lI.her; Mayor K 11y;. Chari a D. Kelly, Michigan Citizen; and Tom Wat on, New York Dai�
Chall n . .
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pri on
ujctdo
K tau
TUREKATURK
"#Chlpn CltlDn
Five W yne County inm
ho ed in an Alpena County
Correction I f cility due to
overcrowding in W yne
County have filed a uit t
the Alpena County Sheri
Departm nt, a correctional 0
cer, and two white inmat
th Alpena County Correctio
facility.
The five plaintiffs allege that
on October 31, 1991, they were
verbally h ed by the two in­
mates named in the uit and t
least one of the correctional of­
ficers.
Allegedly, two correctional
officers, Lori Bouchard and
Bonnie Rernbowski, released
the white inma , Mike Pace
and Tim Shupert, from their
eel and allowed them to wan­
der the facility freely.
Pace and Shupert d ed
themselves in all white, one a
KIu Klux Klan member and the
oth r a mummy or one who
t l ... .._,,_ __
the whit
In t.he part egre
cility that allegedly held the
"Black inmate from Wayne
County."
THE INMA TFS houted,
"We are the Klu Klux Klan, rug­
gers go homel" while Bouchard
S KKK,B4
,
By contrast, Reno critics have de­
scribed her call for resignations as an
attempt to postpone the inv tigation
of Daniel Ro tenkow ki; chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee, a
committee crucial in helping Presi­
dent Clinton' economic package get
through Congress.
Rostenkowski is under inv tiga­
tion for improperly taking Federal
funds and violating Federal election
and tax law. .
The DA for that inv tigation, U.S.
Attorney Jay B. Stephens, has bee�
forced by the Clinton Administration,
specifically Att. Janet Rem, to tep
down. Stephens aid Friday, April 2,
is hi I t day.
CLARENCE MILLER .::_ As
long as it hel�s th people I,
would support It.
RUCKER ROOSEVELT
Yes, I would 'support the ta
Our parks are running down.
JAMES E. MACLIN - Yes I
would support it. I have grand
kids -and they need th ir
parks.
J.SMITH - It's not that I
wouldn't support it. However, it
seems unfair since the
Majority of pop drinkers are
kids.