VOL. XVI NO. 51 An Informed People is A l rCf' People NOVEMBER 13 - 19. 1 �)�.·l
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By RO SEI
Ich g n CltIz_n
HIGHLAND P - Li ey
Po , th Mayor of Highland
P r i uing City Cler tti
Carter and th city council
memb - Council Pr ident
Pro T m Chri tin Fr n in,
Cou ilm mber Tit cCl ry
nd Councilmember Greta
J 0 on - to block their d 0-
Both Porter, t Cl r
Council members are bein
r nted by ttorn y ou
th city la department.
City ttorn y Yoland
Johnson id that s i th at­
torney or all city official and it
would a conflict of inte t to
A3BC, t fr n" .. Ii ........ � "" .... �
Contractors, dl cu d th
M'lchlgan at It. recent m Ing. Mayor 0 nnl. Arc
dr ed group on opport • for doing b .
o t oit. Above: (I·rt) Rev. Jim Holley, P.stor of Uttl Rock
B ptt t Church, who hosted th me ting; Ann Worthy. CEO
of St. Augu tin Foundation; and A3BC director Charle
Beckh m. (Photo by Ed Rober on) ,
rep nt one of th m in court
fight agai t any other.
According to Porter' attor­
ney 1 Kari Mitchell, the city
council failed to give notioe of
the election required by the city
charter.
Thi , he aid, prevented
many ho wished to run from
circulating petitions.
VOTE APPROVED the
id of having a ne charter
during the primary election of
August 2. The City Council
D8SSE� a resolution authorizing
the election three weeks later on
August 23.
Franklin said there as short
notioe, but blamed it on 0 true­
tionism by official in the Porter
administration.
Porter vetoed the resolution
on august 24th. However, city
council failed to act on the veto.
Porter argues that according to
.the charter, this should invali­
date the resolution and stop the
election
Attorney for the city council,
Michael Sharpe, said that once
the people approved the idea of
the charter commission, state
statutes, which overrule city
charters, required that the elec­
tion be h ld November 8.
mo , putting pr n ti
on the charter commi sion
• friendly" to his vie
Councilperson Tit McClacy
charged the mayor was using
questions about the deadline for
the elction as a pretext, because
he was against any changes in
the charter. I
" However, Mitchell said the
Chronicle b tr y African
hop' , 0 the critics y
She said it is "common knowl- Women'e Political Caucus, a bi­
edge" in Detroit that if an Afri- partisan organization commit­
can American aspires to ted to electing progressive
political office that he or she women candidates and men who
must go through the Chronicle. support women's equality ·to
She added "while attention is public office, and an affiliate of
focused on this is ue we the National Women's Political
houldn't forget about Hitler in Caucus, said ·We are outraged
the meantime. tt to learn of the Michigan Chron-
MacPhail also expre ed a . icle's endo.r ement. of .John
concern that the Chronicle may Engler, particularly ince in the
have struck a deal with John st we have counted on the
-Engler. he vowed to get to the C�ronicle_to offer.a� alter�t!v
bottom of th matter 'and said view to D t ro it s majo r i ty
the African American commu- press."
ni y need to boycott the adver- ·We find the Chronicle's en-
tisers who adverti e in the dorsement unacceptable, not be- .
Michigan Chronicl . cause. John Engler i a
She contend the Chronicle's Republican, but becau he h
readership is almost totally consiste�tly violated t�e princi­
Black and that the paper should pies which th Chronicl as a
adher to the needs and the member of th Aw-ican Am r�­
wish of th African American can. p and ,,!,e as an _argent-
it zation advoca mg th righ of
communi y. women espou e," Jack on-
lie said.
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By NATHANIEL �COTT
Mlchlfl!n Citizen
DETROIT - An angry crowd
of approximately 400 gathered
in front of the Michigan Chron­
icle New paper Thursday, No­
vember 3 to protest the
newspaper's front page editorial
endor ement of Republrean
Governor John Engler.
The Chronicl i one of thr
weekly owned Black newspa­
pers in the D troit ar a but
many of the protesters said "the
Chronicle is ou of step with the
view points of African Ameri­
can."
Whil chanting slogans, th
mo tly African American crowd
burned copies of the paper's lat­
est edition which carried the
front page editorial,
The actions of th Chronicle,
Arthur Featherstone, an execu­
tive board member with th
14th Congre sional Di rict,
said, ttl an insult to th Black
community and the Black com­
munity do sn't take insult ."
F therstone added, a he d' .
cuss t h "insult" to th Black
communi y,"The F P and
the troit ews are n xt."
DA JACK 0 -
of the Wayn County
COUNTY
HOPES, AS
Prate ter picket 'ch n Ctvonic : (pho 0 by N. $con)
m yor upport
charter commi
Iter, h n tbe
for people to h nee
to partici teo
Thi i the second la uit
Porter w against t city
council thi y r.
The fi t la uit involved t
city council' re I to author-
ize payment for two people h .
contracted with on the b . the
council rejected the contracts.
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By CHRISTINE R. DUNLAP
C.p"" Ne Service
LANSING - Over the
past 10 years, Richard and
Cynthia Wyckle of Bellevue
have taken more than 75
fo ter care children into
their home.
But they a
minority 1"
y. i tu .... "'n ..
Mfchig n' 0 r care
ystem is in a en i ,It . id
Cynthia Wyckle. "I'oday's
children are much more in­
tense than when I was in
foster care. tt
Foster parents are frus­
trated with th lack of re-
pect from the state and
other parents who f I they
are caring for foster chil­
drenjust to get paid. Other
frustrations include, lim­
ited financial support and
lack of legal standing, Wy.
ckle aid.
As a r ult, one-third of
Michi ' -tt's 7,300 foster '
famili drop out each year.
Deltas reach out to youth
By USA K. JENNINGS
S,*,.' to the filch (l!n Citizen
"FO TER PARENT
are angry with the system,"
said Sharon Wasson, execu­
tive director of the Michigan
Foster Adoptive Parent As­
sociation.
Howev r, new Michigan
CRI IS. AS
e
back on th
By HEATHER MCEVOY
C.plml New. Service
LAN I G - Corrections offi­
cials ar ov rruling court d 1-
sions and puttmg x off nd