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. " , i· I . ,- L. � , =� . .- . �11 7'. /""l � J '. rr " .. '= 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 Volunteer Name: __.__ :-- __ Addr �Ity, tate, Zip ...:...-.;_ ---------- Phone: (Offle , , .(Hom') _ __.__-'-- __ ---- Have you parncpated in Paint th Town previou ly? . ") How would you categ?rize your expenence : Novice (little or no painting experience) ----- M erate (om p inting experience) _---- Skilled (good experience with me advanced kill) - . This form will be used to assign you to a team that will be re�nsible for a h�u or par tho r b Thursday July 14 1994 to ensure a ignment to a ne that me t Pleas return 1 rorm y .' ' your kill lev 1. N ·ED YOUR HELP!!!! ( 00 tc 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