State News
mayor pro
Th City Council lloca
11,327,000 in order to fund
It11, tion, edu tiona I
and other public rvi , well
public cility and housing re
habili tion proj , ccording
to Council id nt Maryann
Mahaffey,
The City Council lao pro
vided full fUndin for citizen di -
trict counci , lected by urban
ARC HED TO cut
off funding completely for two
mining di trict council -
Med C nter nd Woodbrid .
The City Council dded
931,800, providing to I of
1,850,000 for all the 16 district
eounci , including Med Center
THERE W SO E con-
cern among citizen district coun
cil for the city council
announcement that next y r
th organiz tions would hay to
"apply individually" and be
evaluated "on the basis of their
accomplishments" "all other
community groupe do."
They contend that citizen dis
trict councils represent govern
ment bodies tab1ished by tate
law to rep ent grass root citi
zens and chall nge polici of
public officials.
To allow these me public
. officials to "evaluate" them
would be to undermine the sys
tem of checks and balances and
turn them into "tubber stamps. "
they state.
One observer compares such
an arrangem nt to giving the
Mayor the power to d cide that
some city council member
would not be paid, if he di ap
proved of hat they e do'
To th dltor:
I would lik to than you for
th tory don on the cuts for
citizens d' trict councils. It was
factual nd help the CDC a lot.
I only have one problem with the
article, that being the tatement
that id I thought the admini-
tration of the city may have
been influenced by complaints of
- white people, that our CDC is
dominated by Black people and
my entire taff is Black, is incor
rect.
First of all I am sure that you
may have heard something
about Black/white issues in the
community and the council i a
Black council because of some of
the issu and concerns in the
i hborhood have pretty m h
tdI".t- t cial unbalance of
ftN .. .-ncil. _.aiIL
My staff is not completely
Black. So if you could do a retrac
tion of that portion of the article,
I would be very thankful because
I am getting calls asking, "When
did our staff become Black, What
ha ve white people done, and
what and when was the council
considered to be dominated by
Black people?"
Please correct this matter so I
can get back to working on our
projects and staying off the tele
phone. Once again, thank you for
your concerns and �hat �t ar
ticle, and any consideration you
can give my reque t will be
greatly appreciated.
MINNIE PEARCE
AdmInIatrator
Woodbridge CDC
Ron Seigel Replies: "While
there are white people on both the
Woodbridge District Council and
the staff, Ms. Pearce said she was
told by people in the Archer Ad
ministration that there were
orne individuals who made com
plaints to the city suggesting the
opposite. She said that while
these charges were fal e, they
could have influenced the ad
¢iry.�nto cut off all funding
,. t e Woodbridge Di trict
Council, "
COUN IL RE IDE T
aryan ha ey tated th
increase in money for the com
munity was obtained by paying
2.5 million of the ttlement
payment owed to Saint Jos ph
Hospital from capital reinvest
ment money, rather than block
grant funding. More savings
were achieved by reducing
Archer's allocation for demoli
tion to $12 million.
"Past history tells u that
twelve million is an adequ te.
amount for tearing down dan
gerous abandoned buildings in
one fiscal year," Mahaffey said.
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Volunteer Registration Form
On Saturday, August 20, 1994
Paint the Town will be coming to the Highland Park Community!
s· 1988 the Town voIun ers have cane frau aU over the Metropolitan area to plllnt and repair over l,CXX>
= in Deaott. In 1 , mere than 1,300 volunteers painted Sl bcmea. In 1993, mae than 8,SOO volunteers
inted mel repaired 244 homc:s in Detroit., 2j home in Wester and 10 heme. in Ec:ase. This yrM t the firtl tune
: ghIand Park ocnd ucts i Is own Paint the T It IS antic ipated t1 t we will pam t 10 to 20 • and e up
Jllrk an the Highl:md rule Southeast Heights arca.
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM
Please complete and return before July 14, 1994
Pamela Davis, Paint the Town Volunteer Servic
c/o Omnibank
13814 Woodward
Highland Park. Michigan 48203
Phone: (313) 865-8770 Fax: (313) 865-8263
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By RON SEIGEL
S".o'" to tIN ""ch'p.n Cltlz.n
city did not find creative ways to
rei rev nue and reduce expen
diture , "the future could grow
cloudy again." However, he also
id that thi budget would "re
ward the long-standing inequi
ties of our appointive staff."
ford it with all the debt."
Johnson admitted orne of the
appointe sincerely believed
they d erved the increase. She
id one of them, who was lated
for a $3,000 incr e, told her, "I
didn't get a raise in 21 years and
it's time I did."
I'm not attacking the mayor
or his departments." she aid.
"It's just I feel thi is the action
the council has to take. J'he
council has a right to advise on
the budget. "
"They <administration offi
cials] feel the money is here from
Chrysler and there is no r on
not to do it," he id
HIOmAND PARK - At it
May 16 meeting, the Highland
Park City Council passed a
budget with certain amend
men to the Mayor's proposed
recommendations.
Some, however, charge that
the budget give too many wage
increas to appointees at a time
when the city has budget prob
lems.
In his budget message, Mayor
Linsey Port r said that funds
coming from "tough negotiations
with Chry ler" prevented the
city from being aken over by a
tate river and losing local
control, becau of failure to bal
n its budget.
H dd though th t if th
SCOTTY WAINWRIGHT,
the Mayor' Administrative As-
istant, said that the salaries of
some appointe had not gone
up since 1992, and it was consid
ered necessary to raise alaries
to make some adju tments.
He aid because of contract
negotiations, union wage were
"ere ping up" to tho e' of ap
point
Councilwoman Gre a
Johnson, who with Councilman
Tit� McClary, yo ed gainst
he buds::! t, noted, "We can't sf-
LA TYEAR admini tr to
told the city council to ake wh t
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