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After Nov. 7,<br />
will Park still<br />
be Palmer's?<br />
T"O \l'tt'ran<br />
m,I\OI", P,tllllt'l Ilpl'nan<br />
m the Pal k ,llll! LOll'n/O "Hed"<br />
BJ'()\\llIng III tIll' elt\, ,liP f,lcmg<br />
challengel'" \\ ho ,IIl' t,d...lIlg I~~lle \\ Ith<br />
many of till' lIlctunlwnh' ,Ill 1011"" ,llld poll<br />
CIl'" ,md tl1ll" IWlghtelling mll'll,,,t III till'<br />
~ov 7 electIOn l,lmp,ugn<br />
In the Pal k, 1l',11e"tate blOkel Dutch<br />
Hendllcks IS t.mgllllg \\ Ith ,111 old h wnd<br />
\\ lth \\ hom he h,l" p,lIll'd pO)ltll"ll com<br />
pan\, 1Il part becau"e of tIll' 1~88 pll, .... lden<br />
t lal conte"t In \\ hlch IlplH!t leI.. .... "upportl'd<br />
GeOlge Bu .... h ,md Heen,lIl b,lckl'd Rep<br />
,Jack Kemp<br />
But Hendncks' Clli rent II ItIChm de and the setting up of a Puhhc<br />
Safety Dppaltment that put man' pollcp on<br />
the street., have helped "harp1\ rpduce<br />
U Ime She applauds the work of TfFA and<br />
DnA m lmprovmg re"ldentH\l ,md hUSInp.,.,<br />
dlstnct., and l>UppOI1"rec\-clmg and.<br />
eventually,<br />
pro/.,rram<br />
a POInte-WHipcurb"Ic!pIck up<br />
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Ms Pilorget, chaJl'Woman of the beautificatIOn<br />
commISSIOn, says the two counCIl vacancies<br />
aroused her interest and explain<br />
her candidacy, She sees progress under<br />
TlF A programs as "fantastic" and says<br />
new plantings and other improvements<br />
have made possible many beautificatIOn<br />
awards 111 the TIFA dIstrict. It was her<br />
Idea to expand the awards to the reSIdential<br />
areas.<br />
Dean Valente, a lawyer and a lifetime<br />
Park reSident, is making his first try at elective<br />
office. but he has been 1I1volvOOin<br />
campaigns for candidates for many higher<br />
state and U S. offices. He says his substantIal<br />
background in business and the law<br />
would enable him to help with community<br />
planning and also permit him to give back<br />
'lomethmg to the community.<br />
The fifth challenger IS Art Williams, a<br />
mechanical engineer who has been presIdent<br />
of two corporatIOns. A licensed pilot,<br />
he has been the spearhead of the Grosse<br />
P01l1te Study Commit~e for the Detroit<br />
City Airport and helped persuade the the<br />
Park, City and Farms councils to pass res.<br />
olutIOns opposmg the the airport's master<br />
plan He also supports the TIFA and DDA<br />
projects and applauds the Public Saf~ty<br />
Department's crime control efforts.<br />
In makmg Its endorsements, the News<br />
revlCWSits interviews as well as the back,<br />
grounds and experience of the candidates.<br />
After doing so, we recommend re-election<br />
of Robson and give the edge among the<br />
other candidates to Ms. Pilorget and WH.<br />
hams, even though we think all of the<br />
challengers would fill the vacanctes well.<br />
more umformed officers now are patrolhng<br />
the street than under the old police department<br />
In the News' opmlOn, Heenan deserves<br />
re.electlOn because, despite HendJ Icks' cnt.<br />
IClsm, there has been an ImpreSSive redevelopment<br />
of much of the reSidential area,<br />
the busmess dlstncts have been upgraded<br />
and cI'ime has been substantially reduced<br />
In the City, Mayor Browmng IS under<br />
attack from Myrna Smith, an associate<br />
real estate broker With a local firm, who<br />
was elected to the council two years ago<br />
and who now IS gunnmg for the mayor<br />
She recommended that the City Founda.<br />
tlon board be expanded to mclude cItizen<br />
members, wants more city communicatIOn<br />
WIth the pubhc, beheves the city's certificates<br />
of occupancy should be enforced on a<br />
umform baSIS, wants more long-range<br />
planmng and thmks the city government<br />
should be more responsive to Its cItizens<br />
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All III all, challenger Smith believes she<br />
could provide strong leaderslllp, unproved<br />
services and new Ideas. She says her candidacy<br />
gives voters a chOIce for mayor and<br />
pronuses quarterly ncws!ettC! s to help mform<br />
the residents of what IS going on In<br />
the City If she ISelected mayor<br />
A retired busllless executive, Browning<br />
defends his reb'lme and POllltl:i to many<br />
governmental effolis to Improve the qual-<br />
Ity of hfe 111 the City. Those efforts Include<br />
attacking contll1umg problems such as the<br />
mamtenance and rebtoratlOn of the IOfras<br />
tructm e and the use of mOlethan $1 md-<br />
1Ion m block b'l'ants over the years to help<br />
finance the Improvement of stleets, Sidewalks,<br />
the water system and even home<br />
maintenance<br />
He also IS sensItive to future needs, such<br />
as recycling of waste which he regards as<br />
someth1l1g "we have to do." He beheves<br />
that communicatIOn between the CIty government<br />
and the people has been good and<br />
IS testified to by the rapid responses made<br />
to public requests<br />
In his 18 years as mayor and councilman,<br />
Brow11lng hab served Ius community<br />
well and, In our op1l1lOn,deserves re-electlOn<br />
For her part, Ms Smith deserves<br />
credit for brmg1l1g new Ideas to the mayor's<br />
race and givmg voters the oppOltumty<br />
to weigh the city government's petformance<br />
from a different perspectIVe<br />
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