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December 04, 1994 - Image 4

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Michigan Citizen, 1994-12-04

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8y RON SEIGEL
Mlchig n Citizen
('0 III 1111 • n I
J(,hn�I)1) <l1(J tnn t . IIWI' t h«
J II", ",I{ 1 h· 1:111 ::,\\' \ ';I� (),
M
hat In _ uing h city
the m yor was p ying or his
c t rn y. out of h city bud t.
Th CI tv c uncil nd cl rk w re
fo d t . hire their own attor­
n ys In ON r to de end th m-
elve in th uit, h aid.
"Thi suit and v rdict)
proves that the Mayor is spend­
ing the taxpayer's money fool­
ishly," McClary said. "It shows
he has no respect for the taxpay­
ers and the money they are
spending in Highland Park."
Franklin aid she "fully ex­
p ct .. th Mayor's suit would
e di missed "I t was no sur­
prise to me," she said. "We were
doingev rything the Home Rule
Act tells us to do."
Mitchell refused to tell the
·MLclugan. Citizen whether Por­
ter would appeal th verdict.
Franklin said tha she was
told by Porter that he would not
appeal it.
Porter ha another suit
against the three council memo
b Involving council' refusal
to approve payment for people
he contra with claiming he
had no right under the charter
. to contract with them
harpe id, "Th1. lawsui
will go. Th jud will di mis
his. to
Mr 6 Mr r nt A.
Brown. Propnet rs
Highland­
Parte Amoco
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t Glf'rld
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ax ( 13) 69-3332
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ou en, PR IDE T
Christin Franklin id that in
both resolutions, the council em­
phasized that while they w re
upporting lobbying efforts of
both firms for casino gambling,
nothing bound the city to accept
eith r firm.
Franklin called this a "eour­
t y resolution" rguing that
both firms could lobby the legis-
1 ture no matter what the city
b n p id.
With Highland Park's" en­
ous deficit pro lem," Sharpe
city's Gaming ommis-
ion, id h a with th
rna r th t who t nadu i do-
ing hould b ept "for a
hort length of time" to k p the
d al from falling through.
"I do not know about Xan du,
and I am the head of the Gaming
Commission," he id.
S tty Wainwright, Porter's
administrative assistant, said
that what Xanadu was doing
was not simply lobbying for le-
galized mbling but rupport-
ing an onomic plan for th
stat which would include gam­
bling Th plan' ould involv
wh re ca inos would band
what provi ions hould made
said, nth money used to try law­
sui could b u ed in a far 1 t­
t r way"
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Franklin id th council
n r . hed "to b tied e lu­
i ly Jto Xanadu)."
When ked het r t re
might b m b n fit in having
differ nt companie pre nt
pla for gambling to th legi -
lators 0 that they could pick out
th best one through competi­
tion, Wainwright said that it
was too late to do that.
"1 t is not a case of th:�LlUJ."
h m rri r," W inwright sa'
Trying to pre ent an ltemate
plan at this late date could
"j opardize" th progre
nadu m d in convin ing th
officials of the validity of their
ca ino proposals Wainwrii ht
said.
During the m etinz' how­
er, ouncilman T'i us
I ry aid that Xanadu had
no come to th city council to
r port what it had b n doin in
th I gi I tur .
o CITY,O (B
spite major political gai
for R publica in last Tu -
day's Co ional ra , vir-
tually 11 ats hich were
occupi by Blacks prior to the
el ion will continue to be oecu­
pi by 'BI ck democrats now
that the election is over. Indeed,
mo t Blac incumbents won
their races with impressive
margins.
However, there will be one
more Blac Republican in the
U.S. Hous of Representatives -
J.C. Watts of Oklahoma's 4th
Congr ional District. He cap­
tured 52% of the vote against a
Democratic opponent. There
. will also be new Black D mo­
erat in th House - Houston
City Council member Sheila
Jackson Lee.
Overall, there will be forty­
one Blacks in the Congress. And
39 of them will be Democrats.
Inte tingly, their power may
incr a President Clinton
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the Congressional Black Caucus
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