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During i Monday Jun 6 m ting, th Highland P r City
Council ov rturned Mayor Li Porter' veto of money for th
Council Contingency Fund. Th City Council uthorized
3,4 6 for th fund.
Port r toed th appropri tion, but Council P iden
Dwight Down joined Council Pro Tem Christin Franklin,
ouncilwoman Greta Johnson, nd Councilm n Titu McClary
in vo ing to ov rride th v 0, making th vote unanimous.
Councilman Frank nt.
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Highland Park Mayor Linsey Porter u fully vetoed an
attempt by Highland Park City Council to hire a general office
clerk for McGregor Library at a 008t of 19,341.
I n his veto m age, Porter tated, "We believe that at this
tim we nno increase staff at the library."
During h city council's June 6 m ting, Council President
Pro Tern hristin Franklin Councilwoman Greta Johnson,
and 'ouncilman Titu McClary voted to override Porter's veto
and hir a clerk. However, Council President Dwight Down
voted against i nd Councilman Frank Ross was absent.
our indicate that because a four-fifths vote is necessary
to override the veto, the Mayor's veto was sustained, and the
clerk will not be hired.
Mayor vetoes
co ctl c ts 'for
ftnence . staff
Highland Park Mayor Linsey Porter vetoed city council
efforts to cut funding for the Finance Department below his
recommendations.
The City Council has until the meeting of Monday June 20
to try to override the veto.
Ohe of the Mayor's vetoes involved city council's attempt to
reduce the finance director's salary by 4,000.
The second veto involved eliminating one of the two addi­
tional accounting assistants he recommended, at a salary of
$20,894.
In his veto message, Porter said, "Given the needs in or
finance area, we cannot agree to the change you have made in
the finance department."
However, Porter congratulated the city council for its "pro­
fessional deliberation:" in presenting "a solid budget."
"Again, you have demonstrated that we can work together
even with some differences on approach," he wrote.
Attorney to study
taxicab ordinance
Highland Park City Councilwoman Greta Johnson re­
quested the new City Attorney, Lolanda Johnson, study
whether or not the taxicab ordinance city council approved was
legal.
Highland Park Mayor Linsey Porter had vetoed the ordi­
nance on the basis that it might bring legal action against the
city.
In his veto message, he stated that when the ordinance was
under discu ion, Diane Hutchinson, who was then acting city
attorney, had requested the city council table the ordinance
until she could review it.
HI VETO message, Porter said that if he let'the
ordinance become law, it could "bring legal action against the
ci y" which could not be adequately defended in court.
"1 suggest we review this ordinance before we act in a way
that could r u'I in liability to the city," Porter stated.
Council Pr ident Pro Tern Christine Franklin said that
outgoing City Attorney Eric Daniel had already examined the
law, and the city council believed at the time that further
examination of it was not necessary.
City Council members have to act on the Mayor's veto by its
Monday, June 20 meeting or it will be impossible under the
charter for them to override it.
The City Attorney promised the council that she would
provide an opinion by that time.
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Some 0 ervers suggest that
the Mayor putting the city
council into a bind by eeping
her working and leaving council
with t choice of paying her or
amount.
However, Council President
Pro Tem Chri tine Franklin id
that· if they did not pay her for
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there was favoritism in her being
hired.
During the public s ion,
OmnlBank Mlchlgln Week conteet winner Merku. Wood. (center) hold. prize-winning $100 dollar cl.hler.
check presented by Admlnl trater Aa I tent LI.a A. Hodo (left) and Account Sp clallat Mlch lie Joyner (right).
A 26-year-old Highland Park native. Wooda won the conteat 'by correctly gueaelng the amount 01 candl ..
d'.pllyed In I Jlr. 173 plec a. A etore min ger at the all-new PlcWay ahoe atore at Hlghl,nd Park Pllce on
Woodward, and a recent cUent <>1 QmnlBank, Wood •• ald he plan. to depo.1t the check Into hi. account whll.
looking forward to a long-atandlng relatlonahlp with the HP brlnch, "The staff here at OmnlBank I. great,�
eald Wood., "and you can take that to the bank," (ph01o by J.ryl"8.rgln •• r)
Free poetry
cont t 'op
to HP poet_
A 1,000 grand prize is being
offered in a free poetry contest
sponsored by Hollywood's Fa­
mous Poets Soci ty, open to eve­
ryone in the Highland Park area.
There are 25 prizes in all, worth
over $2,500.
Says Poetry Editor Martha
French: "Michigan has produced
great poets over the years, and 1
expect !his contest to yield excit-
ing discoveries. "
The deadline for entering is
July 1,1994. Winners will be an­
nounced on Sept. 1 at which time
all prize will be awarded and a
winner's list sent to all entrants,
To enter, nd one poem 21
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
Michl an Citizen
21. At that time the late Sena­
tor and Stallings were the only
democratic candidates.
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpa­
trick had filed but withdrew af­
ter Sen. Holmes decided to run
for the seat he had held for 20
years.
Following Sen. Holmes'
death, Kilpatrick decided she
wanted to get back in. So, a bill
to reopen the filing time by one
day was orchestrated. It passed
the Senate and the House of
Represeritati yes.
However, Stallings main­
tains that bit of shenanigans
not only violates his rights but
IDGID...AND PARK""':'" Declar­
ing that the reopening of the
state's political filing deadline
violates his constitutional
rights, Henry Stallings II, the
only democrat who had filed
within the prescribed time be­
fore this legislative change, has
filed a suit to overturn the leg­
islative action and vows to take
the fight "all the way to the
United States Supreme Court."
The political fracas started
when Democratic. Senator
David Holmes from the 3rd
Senatorial District died on May
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also the Voting Act of 1965, and
on Friday, June 10, Stallings
said his attorney, Elaine Car­
lis, filed a suit to overturn the
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