o#urdoy, April 3, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five ~aturday, April 3, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five ._... ere city candidates stand on issues ..*.:Y,.......*...... ...,.. .**.**..**.*..,*.{Z".. ...... . . ..0.......,,.. . . ......... ........1.... .*.1*,.1, ,...."............*..* *1 . . Asoinpiled by Bill Turque and Daily Reporters Anne Marie Lipinski, Susan Ades, Margaret Yao, Michael Yellin, Mich- S ael Norton, George Lobsenz, Michael Blumfield, Lois Josirnovich, David Gar flnkel, and Annemarie Schia vi. r... .. t . V .. 1 .. C. . / .:. ... ... ..... . .4. ..n .t ., ... ,.. N ~ n .. . . .. ...> ...... ..: ... .,.. ......... ... ... .... . t .. ... ,.. .... :..."... / } v vR Mfi ......Y'r< f ISSUES Ballot Proposal: door-to-door voter registration Ballot Proposal: repeal of prefer- ential voting Ballot Proposal: road millage Rent Control Budget Priorities University's Committment to the City Civilian Control of the Police Are human rights ordinances ade- quately enforced? City Planning Priorities Is there a race problem in Ann Arbor? WARD ONE Supports. Opposes. Opposes. Ezra Rowry (D) Supports. Supports. Opposes. Favors "some tyl of rent control. "If the city woul just enforce the housing codes me strictly, many pr lems would be rt solved." Supports rent co, trol in the form c a charter amend- ment. Wendell Allen (R) pe" 1. Human services (i.e.: police). 2. Increase in wate sewage capacity. d 1. Release of CDRS funds. ore 2. Establishment of ob- a permanent rape e- council. 3. Fixing and cleaning streets. n- 1. Free 24-hour pub of lic transportation. - 2. Cityfunded day care center. 3. Human services (i.e.: free legal hell for the unemployed) "Financial burdens incurred by the city r because of thn U should be paid by the state." Says there should also be restrictions on U's expansion. University should start paying proper- ty taxes to the city at a rate frozen on the date of pur- chase. - "The U is a corpora- tion just like any other corporation, and they should b:. paying the kinds of p taxes that corpora- . ions do." Has not pledged firm support of a control 5oard, but says he would study it as a possibility. "There should be citizen input into the police force, but not citizen control." Ordinances are largely ignored. Dept. should be try- ing to influence atti- tudinal cnanges in the community. "I think the spirit of the human rights ordinances are be- ing lived up to." "No specific plans. Growth must be cur- tailed until an inves- tigation is done studying our capac- ity for growth." Believes city should try to attract more companies in an ef- fort to increase the tax base and expand the job market. More low-cost hous- ing and improve- ment of existing low-income units. Says stricter en- forcement of human- rights ordinances is most feasible solu- tion to race prob- lems. Believes "race rela- tions should be tak- en out of politics" but admits that rac- ial tension does exist. Says it is the big- gest problem in the ward, and an out- growth of segrega- tion and unemploy- ment. Supports. Opposes. Opposes. Diane Aulin (SHRP) Supports idea of citizen control board, and also) thinks that guns should be take-i away from city police. a The Human Rights Dept. should be put under the control of those it is set up to protect -- gays, blacks, welfare re- cipients, etc. WARD TWO Supports. Opposes. No stand. Earl Greene (D) Would rather work to inform tenants of their rights, keep housing within code, penalize delinquent landlords. Would support a temporary rent freeze. Supports. Suppors. No stand. James Reynolds (R) More con- cerned with quality than price. "It won't affect the vacancy rate. We need more housing." 1. Establishment of a Human Services Commission to sup- port human rights ordinances. 2. Housing. 3. Day care. 1. Educating stud- snts on city govern- rnent. ?. More public :ransportation. 1. Housing 2. Human rights dept. 3. Improve street;, without increasing taxes. Thinks U should pay something, but does- n't know how much. "We should explore it." 'It's so complex, I ion't know.' Sug- gests that decisions >e arbitrated at a lepartmental level (i.e. fire control, police, etc ) Says U would be paying enough if it provided adequate housing, and cooper- ated with commun- ity in use of facili- ties. 1. Review niring practices. 2. Re-educate offic- ers (i.e., through sensitivity training). 3. Thinks removal of "high command may be necessary. "Pretty satisfied" with police dept. as presently structur- ed. "Personally I have- n't heard of any complaints or viola- tions," but if prob- lems do exist, "lets investigate them." Supports limited growth, No high- rises. Favors more light industry. "I was never aware that we had a racial problem in Ann Akbor." Reorganize Human Rights Dept. under a new Human Serv- ices Commission. Present set-up ineffective. Says he is not 'anti- growth" but wants to preserve "neigh- borhood integrity." No high-rises m re- sidential areas. Acknowledges the problem, and wants to equalize living conditions to allev- iate tension. Supports. Opposes. Opposes. Favors resurrection of last year's oro- posal. Diane Kohn (SHRP) Supports a commun- ity control board empowered to dis- cipline and fire of- ficers. No guns for police. Not publicized well enough for people to know their tights. They must be en- forced. Favors "controlled growth," and wants increased supply of low and middle in- come housing. En- courges better use of land (i.e.: rooftop gardens). Emphasizes that it is a "national prob- lem. Encourages ex- tinction of all pre- judices: race, sex, age, etc. WARD THREE Supports. Supports. Supports. Waiting for final re- port of Mayor's com- mittee befoge decd- ing. Says use of more building in- spectors will help in an indirect way. Marlin Black (D) 1. Streamlining of police: more patrol- men, fewer com- manders, and more women. 2. Improvement of substandard streets. 3. Solution to the flooding problem in southern part of the ward. Supports an increas- ed committment to the city. "I like that idea very much, though there may be trouble with the police un- ion." Inadequate. Not enough women in the city govern- ment. Supports "negat;ve planning, with con- trol over further wild expansion." Wants "tasteul, aesthetic remodeling in older parts of the city.' Some exists, but not as much as five years ago. Thinks situation has been quieted by having a black mayor and black city adminis- trator. Opposes. Supports. Supports. No. "Free enterprise is the only solution to high rent." Basic city services -police, fire, roads, and parks. Supports an increase in the U's committ- ment. Opposes. "We have citizen control through council." Inadequate. Human Rights Dept. needs bigger staff. 1. Expansion of com- patible industry. 2. Police, fire, roads, and parks, in that order. "I believe citizen sensitivity is higher in Ann Arbor, there- fore I don't believe there is any more tension than in any other city." Roger Berlola (R) WARD FOUR James Kenworthy (D) Supports. Opposes. Supports. Has "wait and see" Strong orientation attitude. "If it toward social serv- comes right dawn to ices. it, I'll vote for it.' Says there are prob- lems involved in it. No clear position. 1. Greater fiscal Leans toward better responsibility inspection of hous- 2. Streets ing. 3. Police, fire. "The U has neglect- ed its financial responsibilities." Isn't familiar with facts, but would like to see U pay more to city. Doesn't feel it is an issue. Issue is better law enforcement. No. Social programs, such as good low- cost housing in the inner city. No. "There's still lots of discrimina- tion, though." Supports in princi- ple, but feels Demo- crats misused it. Supports Opposes. Opposes. No comment. Mary Lou Slater (R) 1. Streets. 2. Fire. 3. Crime control. "I am not against soc- ial services, but some of that money should go to repair the streets." "No, I don't think so." Supports. Opposes. Opposes. Yes. "Mayor's blue- City services: day ribbon committee care, job programs, hasn't done a damn etc. thing about housing nnr ..an ,.tnl " "U should definitely pay taxes to the city. There is abso- lutely no reason why thev rdon't." Madelyn Elder (SHRP) Supports. "A lot of citizen input is a step towards every- one taking care of everyone else." "City services No. especially." "We are pitted against each other by the people we really should be fighting. aniu krent UcommaJ. ...a ..,....>. ~- - WARD FIVE Supports. Opposes Opposes. "I would almost be against it." 1. Road repair. 2. Improvement of Thinks U should bear more of the "I think we shotil have more to say d There is not enough. Downtown r enewal Supports. Opposes. program. program.. "I don't feel espec- ially a lot of tension ^rr- j