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By JOHN GOYER
The trial of a civil suit brought against the city by
former City Clerk Jerome Weiss will likely be
delayed beyond the scheduled date of March 6, City
Attorney Bruce Laidlaw told council last night.
Laidlaw said U.S. District Court Judge John
Feikens in Detroit is currently hearing a very com-
plex anti-trust suit and has decided to reschedule the
Weiss trial. The judge informed Laidlaw of the delay
at a final pre-trial hearing of the suit yesterday.
Weiss, who was dismissed from his job in May 1978,
claims he was unjustly fired.
NAMED AS defendants in the suit originally were
Mayor- Louis Belcher, former City Administrator
Sylvester Murray, . and the ten members of City
Council. The council members have since been drop-
ped as defendants, Laidlaw said last night.
Weiss is asking $2 million in damages from the city.
Laidlaw said Weiss yesterday also asked for rein-
statement to a job with the city and for back pay.
Feikens, however, said he did not think Weiss could
amend his complaint, but did not rule on the issue,
Laidlaw said.
Former City Administrator Sylvester Murray, who
became City Manager of Cincinnati in September
1979, removed Weiss from his job as City Clerk in
May 1978, offering him a lower level job at a reduced
salary. Weiss agreed, but later asked for a vacation.
He then told city officialfhe would not be returning
to work for the city. Months later, he sued.
WEISS CLAIMS the May 1978 firing violated due
process of law because Murray did not notify council
in writing within 24 hours of his dismissal, nor did
council review the case within 30 days, as the city's
charter stipulates.
As City Clerk, Weiss was responsible for managing
the city elections in April 1977, in which Belcher
defeated former Mayor Albert Wheeler by a single
vote. After the election it was determined that 20
township residents had voted illegally, and some city
officials blamed Weiss for the error.
In September 1979, Murray said he did not bring
Weiss' case to council for a vote because, "I didn't
want to embarrass him with a vote. I do not doubt
what the vote would have been.''
SHORTLY AFTER speaking to council last night,
Laidlaw informally told reporters outside the council
chambers that a discrimination suit, brought again-
st the city by five men who applied for firefighters'
jobs and were turned down, had been dismissed last
week.
Laidlaw said the suit brought by the men, all city
residents, had been dismissed by Washtenaw County
Circuit Court Judge Patrick Conlin on Feb. 20.
James Hense, James Schuler, Michael Kostinis,
Phillip Reiser, and Michael Koernke brought suit in
July 1979, claiming that they scored higher on em-
ployment tests than six of seven others who were
hired as firefighters.
Laidlaw said that the five men did not have a case
because the city had not violated union contracts or
state discrimination laws in not hiring the five.
Laidlaw refused to interpret Judge Conlin's
reasons for dismissing the case, implying that the
opinion, contained in a one-and-a-half page brief, was
unclear.
In other business last night, council held a brief
working session on a proposed merit-based pay plan
for City Hall executives.
City Administrator Terry Sprenkel told council the
city was, in the process of forming a committee of
citizens with professional personnel experience who
would make recommendations on a merit system.
Council will again consider an executive pay plan
after the committee reports.
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control would only hurt the people it is
designed to help. I think that more
housing is the only way to solve the
housing problem, but studies show that
enrollment should slacken. We can't be
,shortsighted in this respect," he says.
"If we're in a hurry to develop, we
might wind up holding the bag."
Hubbard does not endorse housing
development without extensive plan-
ing. "We have to retain that element
hat makes the city appealing," he
says. He favors a, plan that would
balance each new residential develop-
ment with a new recreational park
development. '
Both candidates agree that the
property along the Huron River should
be protected from development. "I
would call for the city to absorb that
land," Hubbard says. Both also oppose
the Stegeman high-rise project
roposed in the South University Street
rea. Greenberg says that she would
fight any such proposal in council.
Hubbard considers the proposal
"hasty" and says the positive benefits
derived by the high-rise would be offset
by the additional congestion and
aesthetic loss.
BOTH CANDIDATES agree that city
property tax problems are important
issues, but Greenberg is hesitant to say
the council can offer satisfactory
solutions. "The fact is that a change in
;taxes is going to have to come from the
state as well," she says.
"I believe we need -a millage
rollback," says Hubbard, referring to a
$2 million surplus in the public school
budget. " think a millage rollback
could rectify .two-thirds of property tax
problems," he adds.
Greenberg supports the concept of a
city-wide energy plan "if certain things
can be done. There are problems
relating to financing aspects," she
cautions. She says the city would have
to deal carefully with single family
residences and retired people.. "If it's
mandated and they can't afford it, the.
city would have to have a way to sup-
port the changes legislated, she says.
Hubbard says that he is very en-
thusiastic about the energy referen-
dum. "The energy plan is based upon
the success and failures of other cities
and I think it can work," he says. "I
don't like government interference, but
we have to take the initiative here - I
think that citizens would rather answer
to a local authority than to the federal
government. I'm glad to see this taking
place," he adds, "it proves that there is
some hope in the energy problem."
THE TWO candidates have different
ideas on the city budget. "None of it is
expendable," Greenberg notes. She
says she believes people would rather
have the services than see spending
held down. If she had to cut budgets
somewhere, Greenberg says she would
cut from each department propor-
tionately, beginning by looking at the
salaries of "higher up" administrators
and staff people.
Hubbard believes that the budget is
by no means untrimmable. "We have
budget problems," he says, citing a
$270,000 allocation that employs 12 men
to patrol for parking violators as a
prime example of misspent city resour-
ces.
"My opponent is talking about
parking tickets," Greenberg says. "He
doesn't realize-he's going to. be
tinkering with important revenuest"
She predicts that the other Republicans
"won't like that."
Palestinians protest
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -Palestinian
Arabs in the occupied West Bank of the
Jordan River and Gaza Strip yesterday
called for general strikes to protest the
exchange of ambassadors between
Israel and Egypt. Other Arab states
and an Egyptian opposition party
joined the protejst.
The ambassadors-designate of the two
reconciled enemies are to present their
credentials formally today, an event
which President Carter, in Washington,
called a dream come true.
However, a statement issued by the
Gaza town council after an emergency
.meeting said, "We will make this day a
black day. This shall be our answer to
the exchange of ambassadors."
EGYPTIAN DEFENSE Minister
Kamal Hassan Aly arrived in Israel to
discuss with Israeli Defense Minister
r exchange
Ezer Weizman the establishmennt of
normal ties between the two countries.
At the airport to meet him was
Egyptian Ambassador-designate Saad
Murtada, who will present his
credentials to President Yitzhak Navon
in Jerusalem.
Israel's ambassador-designate to
Egypt, Eliahru Ben-Elissar, flew to
Cairo on Sunday and will present his
credentials to President Anwar Sadat.
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank of
the Jordan River a small bomb went off
at the Tomb of Patriarchs in Hebron,
the focus of tension between Jewish
settlers and Palestinians. No injuries
were reported. Commercial strikes and
minor school disturbances were
reported in several towns.
On student apathy, Greenberg says
she believes students are not the only
ones with a problem. Hubbard traces
the problem to alienation. "I think the
problem is they (students) don't feel a
part of the city. Hubbard says he didn't
think his party affiliation would hurt his
chances with students..
"I think they'll vote for me, not the
party. I will not be a party man in coun-
cil -_ probably won't vote party line
all the time," he says. "My number one
priority is to represent my constituen-
ts," he adds, "this is sorely lacking in
my opponent." Hubbard attacks
Greenberg as having a poor attendance
and legislation record on council and
for ignoring her student constituents.
Greenberg admits that it is "very
frustrating" having to work as a
minority member on council.
"Sometimes we're effective in blocking
Republican plans - like if they need
eight vofes or something," she says.
Greenberg is a 22-year resident of Ann
Arbor and has been actively involved in
University
Sym phony
Orchestra
University
Philharmonia
Wednesday and Thursday
February 27, 28
Hill Auditorium 8pm
Free Admission-
Wednesday Symphony:
Gustav Meier, conductor
Johan van der Merwe,
guest conductor
Leif Bjaland, Timothy Hoover
student conductor
Roger Oyster-euphonium
_ Hovhaness
Robert Conway-piano
Mendelssohn
Richard Shillea-clarinet
Copland
Laura Hunter-saxophone
Ibert
Steve Rouse-student composition
World Premiere
Richard Ridenour-piano
Rachmaninoff
Thursday Philharmonia:
Stephen Osmond, conductor
Mark Gibson, student conductor
Scott Behler-piano
Ravel
Jeffrey Butler-cello
Saint-Saens
James Patterson-bass
Verdi
Soyon Park-piano
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party politics. "I've lived here for quite
a while and I think I have a feeling for
the issues," she says. ,
Hubbard is a member of the
Michigan Republican Club (MIRC), a
counselor at the Undergraduate
Political Science Organization and a
member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He
says he plans to receive a masters
degree in political science, to attend
law school at Michigan, and "make Ann
Arbor my home." He thinks that he
could add "innovative leadership" to
City Council. "It's essential to be far-
sighted on council," he says, "We have
to look beyond the two-year term. I
would like to provide leadership in
looking down the road."
The office is located in room 1310 of The Michigan
Union.
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discuss your budget.
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