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THE EPTEMB
also exp roncern
citY: failure to provide h flow
pro' ion report by the month of
August, 1993. However, McNally
told th Michigan Citizen on Oc­
to r 5th that his office had 1"8-
ived the report.
A letter from McNally dated
July 26 exp concern about
contradictions in documents the
city council did give to the tate.
Wainwright id the reason for
this was that as time went on, it
was able to �t more areurate in­
fonnation.
However, according to
McNally' letter, in some cases,
there were differences within the
same document.
MCNALLY STATED that
page 5 of the Budgeted Appro­
priations for the Government
(BAFG) document for 1993-94
Highland Park City Council Pr Id nt D Ight Down a and
his wife Delrdra Down s a Multicultural Con.ultant for
Highland P rk School. enjoy th annual c I bratlon In
Downes' honor. (photo by Irk Hie .)
City work rare' hown here di tributlng pe­
cial garbage cans to be u ed by the city' new
tra h haul r.
o
By RON SEIGEL
Sp!cI.' to the Mlchlfl!n Citizen
IDGHLAND PARK-After some
qu tioning by critics during the
Mayo� Night ion before the
October 4 City Council meeting,
Highland park Mayor Linsey Por­
terstated that he was going to hire
a non-resident as Director of the
Public Safety Department, to re­
place John Maddox, who is retir­
ing after SO years of service on the
Force.
Aeeordingto the charter, before
the Public Safety Director can be
appointed, the Mayor's choice,
must be approved by the City
Council. Porter admitted that
during his campaign against for­
mer Mayor Martha 800tt he criti­
cized her for appointing an officer
from Detroit, and campaigned
that he himself would always hire
a resident.
Porter said that when he made
such statements, he was looking
at the situation from the perspec­
tive ofa city council member, but
now as Mayor, he has a greater
understanding of the situation in
- too Public Safety Department.
"I know what is going on in
public safety day in and day out, "
he said, stating that even council
members are not aware of the full
situation.
"I know what it takes to do the
a
y how
o
y
,0
job." ,
Porter added that because ofan
arbitration ruling in the 70s, bit­
terly opposed by th city at that
time, police no longer have to live
in the city.
He said 90% of all police are not
residents.
tting input from them.
Gladys Vernon
SHOP YOUR BLOCK
AT THE� MEETI G the
Mayor receiv d everal com­
plaints about crime. t One man
said t T8 was a hooting in his
apartment building.
"Somec>ne's going to get killed, W
he id, wif they killed, I'm
PORTER ADDED that "We going to hold you po ible. W
have to get new talent" into High- He added that while ronditions
land Park, noting that when he were dangerous, police do not
talked to high school niors, the "want you to live with a weapon in
first thing he heard was a student th house."
saying, "I'm going to move out of. Reverend Kenneth L. Whyte of
the city." Berea Saint Paul's United Meth-
Porter said the person he was odist Church poke at a previous
nominating had "great talents" meeting of crim in his neighbor­
and that his appointment would hood near the church and a local
provide "a new direction in the school.
public safety department", a "die- Porter aid these incidents
ferent type of atmcsphere" and howed there was a problem in the
"radical changes. " Public Safety Department, which
"Give me the opportunity to do the new director would solve.
the job," he said. "After four years, Critics of the Mayor in the past
if it doesn't work, vote me out. " charged that a large pert of th
Wanda Linsey Beatie, one of problem was the Mayor's own
Porters critics, charged that the policies oflayingoffpolioe in order
Mayor said he alone knew of ron- to solve the budget crisis, instead
ditions in public safety, but did not of eliminating administrato or
tell people ·speci6oa1ly what they cutting salaries the board.
were, what the talents Qf his ap- The city will be seeking a fed­
pointee were or how they would era! grant from the Justice De­
solve the problems there. partment to replace the laid off
She .charged him with talking officers.
"like a dictator", declaring he
should be allowed to run the city,
without informing the people or
ga bage
ob e 'getf g better'?
By RON SE\GEL
lDGlll..AND PARK - During the Mayor's
Night session of the Monday, October 4 City
Council meeting, Highland Park Mayor Linsey
Porter declared, "Things are getting better. You
can see the alleys are getting a lot cleaner. W
Porter was answering' critics of his program
to privatize garbage collection and remove city
workers.
Iris Edwards, manager of the Farrand Par
Apartments has different ideas. On the day of
the meeting she photographed an overflowing
garbage can to demonstrate conditions in her
area.
Lee Edwards, her husband, said the private
rompany the city chose did not collect the gar­
bage for three weeks and garbage was piling
high on some of the floors, because they could
not put it outside.
After calls to the .private rompany, he said,
garbage collectors came and took away the gar­
bage, but only out of one of the two cans the
apartment was given by the city. ,
The apartment is supposed to get three cans,
but the city has not given them the third oneyet.
Week of garbage piled up atthe Farrand Park
Apartm nt on October 3.
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