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September 25, 1994 - Image 4

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Michigan Citizen, 1994-09-25

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li Library i 10 t d a 122 Woodward
3- 542
By RON SEIGEL
III .H D P RK - Monday,
. ugu. t 22, at the end of th
working d y, a police officer of
h Highland Park Public
Safety Department walked into
olor Graham' office at th
High) nd Park R 1 E t Di­
VI ion, told h r h w u -
p n d d wit h 0 u t pa y u n til
furth r noti nd ordered her
out
h h m. ta d that the om­
fri nd of hers, behaved
u d no phy ical
RA TATE she has
a right' to know what she is be­
in h rg d with, and indicat
h h is hiring a lawyer to
en ure he doe. "They won't
tell me, but they will tell my
attorn y," she said. Although
W inwright said that the city is
not m in ining she did any­
th ing wrong, she states having
n offi r cort her out of her
o . lee was "in inuating" sh did.
"They have decimated my
h racter, made me look like a
criminal and haven't told me
Any hi ng," he said. "1 was not
secus , not charged, but 1 was
t r i ed , convicted, arid e n­
tone d."
Sh added that ince she was
n appointee, if the mayor
w nted her ou t of office, she
would not have minded ifhe had
rr d h r or asked h r to ign a
. lpt r of resignation.
"I h v been loyal to him ( he
Mayor, since I met him," she
id. "I have worked in the cam­
paign (for Porter' election) I've
n loyal to the community"
"I've n ver tried to do any­
hing but help him." she aid.
"Why wou ld th y try to hu rt me
hk thi ?"
,.1 a'h I add d that he also
bj ted to being suspended
without pay. Wainwright said
ince Graham wa an employee,
Porter has th legal right not to
reimbu her wh n he is no
working.
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o , T ay Por-
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council to i u personal serv­
ice contract to both individuals
for an amount over 2,000.
The city council turned him
down. Franklin said his efforts
to give -paymen to both men
under $2,000 was "his way of
getting around th council vo ."
MIry aid," ce th con-
tract w deni d, no exp ndi-
vote.
30 year differ­
en w n ," he tated. "1
have a lot more vision an? a more
ggr i attitude," he said. "1
ha b n in and around the
community more. 1 talk with 25
people a day. She talks with that
number of people a week."
Porter added that he al 0
tal with people from other cit­
i . Stating that he was trying to
introduce "n w ideas and new
po i iIi i ," Porter aid "Sh
n' know wh re I'm coming
from"
HOWE, id that
ther was a possibility that a
judge may order t city
urer and th city cl rk (who Por­
ter i 81 0 uing) to pay the
money and ignore the city coun­
cil' order. Porter said it w n -
ry to sue bees city council
members were 0 tructing im­
portant city ervi for political
r OIlS in fear that th mayor
would "1 k good. "
Franklin char that it was
U involv d
t council membe , i te d
of the city council a whole. It
did no invol Council P i­
dent Dwight Down , ho also
voted to with hold funds from
Hannah and Henderson. Porter
said the reason for thi w that
McClary, Johnson, nd Franklin
we 0 tru ing whatever h
mayor was tryingto.do, for politi­
cal reasons.
Por er aid Down an
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