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IJ int cn nu-ct Pc oot» h A F,f'(' People MAY 2-8.1993
er, Sheffield· moo
queationed by Dealbom
Police Chic Ronald Deziel.
"By the time 1 advised
(the etbal ult ind t
Sheffield aM • col ..
MQmbers of Save Our Spirit Coalition (80S) discuss alternative to Mayor Young's proposed 1993-94 budget
for the Community Development Block Grant Program. SOS members feel there needs to be a balance
between community needs and government needs.
r
By JENNIFER MOU
c. It.1 New. Service
The School and Taxpayer
Agenda for Reform (STAR) plan
will be on the June 2 ballot as
Proposal A.
If the proposal doesn't pa ,
several schools may not be able to
operate for a full year and property
tax relief could be seen without
reimbursement for school .
lANSING- Some school officials
and legislator are wishing on a
STAR for property tax relief and
school finance reform so Michigan
won't have to face the alternatives.
Th STAR Plan
Proposal A, or the STAR Plan, combin property tax relief and .
school fin nce reform, and it will go before the voters on Jun. 2.
Here are some provisions of th proposal.
Your Property tax r.form
Tax.. • Assessm nt increases for 1993 would be rolled back to
no mo than 3%.
� • Current school millages will be rolled back to 18 non-voted
mills. With voters' approval, schools may add 9 mills, to a
total of 27.
• Future essment increa e would be limited to inflation
or 50/0, whichever is less.
t Th. Kicker
• Includes a 2-cent increase in state sales tax.
These new revenues are to go to education.
However, the total plan re ults in a net tax
Your reduction and would save taxpayers $1 billion
Tlx.. in 1993.
School Finance R.form
• Each school that levies the 18 non-voted mills would
be guaranteed a foundation grant of $48001 tudent.
• Lower spendin� school districts would be brought up
to the foundation grant with 1 0% increa e /year.
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.............. ,,. Source: Michigan Auoclatlon of School· Board.
Li e many
five-poin ted:
-Property assessment rollbac
in 1 3 t no ore tban 3 percent
abov the pre-freeze value.
-School op rating millag
rollbac to a non-voted 18 mill .
Voters in individual districts could
levy up to nine more mills.
, - Limited as e ment in r e
in the future to th rate of inflation
or 5 percent, whichever i I
-A guaranteed foundation gr nt
per p up i] of 4,80 ,adj u ted
annually, with increas of up to 1
per ent p r year for a di tri t t
rea h that amount.
-An in re e in th . tate aJ ,
tax fr m 4 percent to percent. Th
revenu generated from thi and th
lottery would be constitutionally
mandat d to fund edu au n.
R . Propo a1 A doc
in June, orne . h 01
and legi lator th
con equences.
Tom Whi te , director of
g vernment relation for the
Michl an As ociation h 01
B ards, aid if Propo al A d n't
pass th re i pot ntial to r at 50
t 60 more "Kalkas as."
Kal kaska ended its chp I y ar
early thi year becau the voters
did not pas the millage in r e
r
•
I
'Mayor's plan
ignores.
neighboorhoods'
needed to fund quality education in
th Northern Michigan di tricl.
Rep. Glenn Oxender, R-Sturgi ,
aid if Michigan k p th am
system of funding for hool , mo t
h 01 will hay t k for Headlee
r llba and dditional millages.
Under th H dle amendment
to th c n i it u t i o n , local
See, STAR, Page 8-5
By WANDA F. ROQUEMORE
Mlchll1.n Cltlan
D OIT- Approximately 0
m mb rs ofth Save Our Spirit Coa­
lition (SOS) m t Saturday April 24
to d velop a gras alternative to
Mayor Young' 1993-94 propo d
budget for th Community Develop­
ment Block Grant Program (CDBG).
A cording to SOS official , the
mayor' propo ed budget for the
$56.7 million federal grant allocat
75 percent of the money for three
entiti -city taff, demolition, and
economic development which tar­
get the big ticket project like
Chrysler and Poletown.
. In contrast SOS would like to e
a larger percentage of mol!.ey go to
variou organization and block
club throughout th city.
Many 0 th group pres ing for
CDBG spending. reforms have re- •
ceived some of tho e federal fund in:
prior yea . In thi year' budget •
propo ec by Ma: or oung, they
have boen cut or eliminated .
"What we are doing here i trying
to collectively work to fr e up
money," aid Tim Phillip, director
of the United Community Housing
Coalition and a SOS member. "The
.mayor has set the agenda (with hi
.propo d COBO budg tJ, nd now
it' our job to ee what can b done
and pr ent it to council."
See COMMUNITY, A6
for
Ki n depo i ted p ronal papers and
m morabilra at BU in 1 4 at th school' urging.
Th papers included letters and other d cument
ab ut the early hi tory of the i vi l ri ht
m v mcnt.as well as King ' thcoric fnonvi lent
I I han e.
ing' widow
hu band'
r
ue
cord
Mr . Kin aid that the me nn J followed
r peat d invitati n from h r t meet with' II rin
tlanta to dl the paper and po vible
between BU and the Kin
tlanta.
See, KING, Page 8-5
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What can be
done to rei ieve
prison
overcrowding?
LEANDRA WEA VER- It has
to start in the home With
positive rol models. We have
to rebuild our family
foundation ..
RICHARDSON­
Build more. prisons. Howev r, .
there should be some
programs in place to help
detour our youth.
JANET THl)RMAN- We
have to start when our cblldren
are young by s p ir itu Ily.
molding their morals and
ideas.
EARL RHODES- We have to
start With the schools by
educating our children and
giving them choic s.