Council
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taxes
Highland Park ity
Coun il un nimou Iy d
n ordin nc ex mpting
Manch t r Place Residen
tial Deve lopment/Mc or-
mack Barron iat, th
dev loper of the new Man
ch ter PIa Housing Dev 1-
opm nt pI nned for
construction a Mench ter
and econd, from all prop
erty tax tting them to
pay in tead a rvioe charge
of 4� of he rents coIl ted,
not unting the t of utili
ti
HPwater
quality
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Coun il unanimou ly agreed
o hire th Snell Environ
m nt Group to conduct a
study on corrosion control of
wa r r quired by the Envi
ronm ntal Protection
Agency
Th company would be
paid ,400.
The tudy would involve
sampling th water to deter- .
mine its water quality and
finding It rnatives for
water treatment, which are
reliable.
To sue
Cable
Th Highland Park City
ouncil voted in support of a
r solution by Council Presi
dent Pro Tern Christine
Franklin 0 ask City Attor
n y Eric Dani 1 for instruc
tions about getting a new
cable company to provide ca
ble TV to residents, and sue
the finn pr ently providing
uch s rvi , Telemedia Ca
ble Corporation, for back vio
l tions.
Citizens h ve been com
plainingfor a longtime about
poor rvi ,poor transmis
ion, and ri ing pri
On r id nt charged at
th Monday Nov mber 15
meeting that they bill a
month ah d of time.
HP to pay
The Hight nd Park City
Council unanimously voted
to approve a $17,500 court
tl ment in the Dewberry
V. ity of Highl nd Park
suit.
Wh n a. ked by Mamie
Coop r, a r ident and union
I d r during public s ion
whether the e involved
th police, 'ity Attorney Eric
Dani I id, "I'm pretty sure
poli "
h. aid, "They [the po
lie ] did something wrong
and w h ve to p y for it."
Under the terms of the
gre m 'nt , 8,250 will be
p i before D mber 31 of
hi y rand $8,250 will be
P' id b fore F bruary 28
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-By Ron eigel
The Sixth Annual Eve-
-nlng With The Men's
Forumhonored H.P. stu
dents: (TOP) Sylvia
Looney (second from right) with
family; (MIDDLE) Victor
Thorn as with parents; and
(BOTTOM) Terrell Jackson
with family. (BELOW)Cremo
nia Davis, the widow of the
late Charlie P. Davis, re
ceives a plaque from Mayor
U nsey Porter.
"WE LO E ABOUT 66% of
every 9th grad c) in High
land Park to this problem, " Cain
id.
Cain id tati tics show that
8 % of first time offenders are
dropouts and that this is a 20
billion-dollar-a-year problem.
Beside the dropout rate,
Cain said there's moral and so
cial decadence issues facing the
community well. He listed
the profanity and explicit sex on
some airwav .
"Do you these same nega-
tiv images portrayed on chan
nels that target white youth," h
asked.
Detroit i losing a good
amount of social capital, he said.
"African Americans have
been sold a false bill of goods,"
Cain said, noting youth base'
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own, no what th y accomplish.
I n order to fo M,
Cain said, "Change must come
from young people and us by
using the ACE prinicipal which
is Ability, Capacity, and Effort.
Dr. Cain challenged the audi
ence to give of their time and
money to help youth.
Before Cain's address, Mayor
Linsey Porter presented awards
to Highland Park students, Ter
rell Jackson and Victor Thomas.
Jackson received the Charlie P.
Davis award and Jackson re
ceived an honor's certificate.
Safety Director: Communtty
effort needed to protect kids.
By Ron Seigel
HIGHLAND PK. - Highland
Park Public Safety Director
Ridley Robinson is asking for a
community effort to protect
kids.
Robinson stated that a child
at the Barber Elementary
School was recently accosted by
a man in a car.
The child refused to get in and
got away, Robinson said.
At a public session after the
Monday November 15 City
Council meeting, Robinson said
he is responding to this problem
by encouraging community ef
forts to protect children.
He said he has:
Gotten Highland Park
School Superintendent Eugene
Cain's agreement to write let
ters asking parents to warn chil
dren of the danger of talking to
strangers and getting in stran
car . [Robinson emphasized
that such warnings were not
only n ry for elementary
school students, but teen-a
as well.]
Is supporting the id of
tablishing a "buddy y tern",
where children would go home
together, rather than sep
rately, uring gr t r aft ty
and pro ion.
I uggestmg fri nds, rela
tiv ,and concerned citizens
should w tch out for children go
ing home from school.
Is considering a safe hou
y tern, which would help
youngsters in danger.
Robin on later told The
Michigan Citizen that young
rs should be told if they are
accos d by tr nger , they
hould run hom .
Pa n th n should look out
th window and try to get a d -
cription of th u. p eel crimi
nal. h car nd h license
numb r.
continued from A7
Act. Mc Kay said that changes in
Federal law might reduce protec
tion given by state statutes.
JOHNSON SAID the city
only got $30 million out of the
deal. Both Johnson and Franklin
expressed concern that provi
sions in the contract would elimi
nate the terms of past contracts
with Chrysler, and could elimi
nate HP DEVCO, which was cre
ated as part of the 1985
agreement to stimulate business
development in Highland Park.
Daniel denied this. Harriette
Saperstein', Director of HP
Deveo, said she was confident
that the agreement would not af
fect her organization or its fund
ing.
In the light of Chryslers "mis
leading" use of words in the late
80s, Franklin said the wording of
the agreement should be care
fully studied for any loopholes.
Marian Crammer, who led a
picketing against Chrysler and
was active in the effort to keep
Edison in Highland Park, and
works with the Highland Park
unemployed. in the Welfare
Rights Organization and Up and
Out of Poverty, said sh wanted
th city to "call hrysler' bluff."
"HE (PORTER) SHOULD
take this mess to the street, in an
11 out organizing drive." she
said.
She added he would "be a
h ro", getting people from out
ide the city to support Highland
P k, because individuals in ar
" like Detroit were affected by
wh t Chrysler did and were an
gry about it.
"I hope Linsey [porter] will
have some backbone." she said.
Wanda Linsey Bostic, a critic
of the Porter Administration,
said, "If we ettle for that pa k
age, they [Chry ler 0 eials]
definitely getting th last laugh
at Highland Park."
"For Chrysler to sit t th ta-
ble sho we'v got something."
he added. Bostic said the city
should hire another a mey.
"You don't Send a r man to
ne tiate with a rich on ." .
Franklin raised the sugges
bon that Highland Park might
to get Chrysler tock as a
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