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By ESTHER WALLEN
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LAN ING - As Gov. John
Engler' school fmance refonn
plan' prepared tp take bat in
th Mhrch 15 ballot, Detroit's
Personal inoome tax
ould decree. from 4.6
pe1'08nt to 4.4 percent.
No change in the Sin­
Buain Tax.
• Property tax A884B8S­
nta would be capped t � -
. percent or the rate ofinfla­
don, whichever is 1
.A new state rea tate
transfer tax of 0.75 percent
would be created.
The tobacco tax would
iOOreaJ!Ie from 25 eel) to 75
cents per pe
I PROPOSAL A FAILS
Mrican American legislators are
doing everything in their power
to the plan stri out.
The proposal would use a
al tax to reduce property
taxes. But Detroit legislators .
said it is a regressive plan. Stu­
dents in the public school system
would be the ultimate losers,
said Rep. Nelson Saunders, D­
Detroit.
"I am unequivocally, no ques­
tions asked, without a doubt
against this proposal," Saunders
id. "It is a regressive plan and
everything it will do will benefit
people with money."
Rep. Joseph Young Jr., D-De­
troit, id his constituents have
made it clear that they do not
upport. the proposal.
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Minister Malik Shabazz and member of the group Stop M rchants SeHlng Food In Filth (SMSFF)
took their fight for anltary condition in city grocery tores to the City Council. (photo by Craig HilI)
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P raonal income tax
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By CRAIG HILL
Michigan Citizen
D rr - Five &to .
n closed in nt in :
Detroit due to unsanitary condi- .
tio found by i pectora, . d
Gera d Rotjala, field .. ,l"I.....,.itImo
for th Detroit Regional 0 Cor
the Michigan Department oC Ag­
riculture (MDA).
This bit of toniahing
revealed at recent Detroit
city council public hearing with .
Min, Mali Shabazz, founder of
the New Marcus Garvey Move- :
ment and president of Stop r-:
chant Selling Food in Filth :
(SMSFF) and two other MDA :
officials itting before t coun- I
cil.
"It should be more Ii 160
tores closed in p troit,·
Shabazz, id after the hearing.
Food inspection t' e
at th m ing due to Shabazz,
W oup h 1 1 -'
conducted i ionS oC .Mll�-
in th city often bing m
ttention with revelatio of
filthy conditions. 8MBFF' Celt
the Michigan Department of Ag­
riculture and Department of
Health were found 1m to­
tally ineffective in feguarcIiDg
the human rights of the B
community.
HABAZZ SAID THAT
food is a number one human
rights issue that ca aging.
headaches, hardening of the ar­
teries, mental problems, and
death.
"It doesn't matter about any­
one's political spectrum if they
are right wing, left wing, or mid­
dle of the road. We must all have
food to exist," said Shabazz.
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country for over 400 years from
slavery to the prejudice and in­
human
"We have a country that is
spending between 25,000 to
$43,000 dollars a year for each
Black male that is incarcer­
ated," Cleveland said.
Go over on Ryah, Mound and
Davison roads where there are
prison facilities that cost $80
million to build, he said. There
are 1,000 prisons in the oountry
S DAY,A4
City recognizes N'COBRA
By CRAIG HILL
Mayor Dennis Archer's,
Executive Assistant, Emmett
Baylor, Jr., was at the Na­
tional Coalition of Blacks for
Reparations in. Amer­
ica(N'COBRA) National
Reparations Awaren Day
celebration at the Harambee
House to read a proclamation
to the group on behalf of
Mayor Archer.
Archer's proclamation
read: On February 25, 1994,
National Coalition of Blac
for Reparations in America
(N'COBRA) will host its sec­
ond annual National Repara­
tions Awaren Day. At this
time the core of the repara­
tions movement will be the fo­
cus of the event. Attention will
be brought to the continuing
S N'COBRA, A4
By CRAIG HILL
Mlchlg.n Cit/an
rations Ray" Jenkins and Cicero mation to N'COBRA on'behalf of
Love a� th� Haram� House on . the Detroit City Council, Coun-
yommg in Detroit. oilman. Clyde Cleveland said,
Mayor Dennis Archer's Ex- "Now is the time we demand the
ecutive Assistant Emmett Bay- reparations that is due to us
lor, Jr. was there to read a since the Japanese received
proclamation to N'COBRA on reparations for their part in
Archer's behalf. World War II."
The proclamation declared
February 25, 1994, N'COBRA
Reparations Awareness Day in
the city of Detroit.
Before reading off a procla-
i your
vote on
propo al
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DETROIT - Black men,
women and children came to­
gether to celebrate National
Coalition of Blacks for Repara­
tions in America (N'COBRA)
National Reparations Aware­
ness Day.
The celebration was con­
ducted by N'COBRA Detroit
Chapter co-chairpersons, "Reps-
CLEVELAND SAID THAT
what happened to the Japanese
doesn't begin to measure what
Blacks have gone through in this
Chimba Omari peaks at the
rep rattene celebrations.
Barbara Pre ley sing
Every Voice and Sing·.
Councllm n Clyde Clev land
r ad proclamation to
N'COBRA.
Mary Gr y - "No. I don't feel
its fair. Also, its confusing the
way its written.·
Helen Luck y -·1 have mixed
feelings about this proposal but
I'm weighing both sides before
I make my decision.·
Dolor Sheph rd - "l'rn not
sure yet because there are too
many components on the vote.
Personally, I for a sales tax
increase but I have to read
more into the proposal."
John J ck on - "Yes. I don't
think property taxes should be
raised but the cigarette and
alcohol s les tax Should
increase."