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VOLUME 60 - NUMBER 12
DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATUBOAY, MARCH 27. 1382,
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PRJCF: 33 COCT
Durham To Soon
Face Major
Annexation Issues
By Milton Jordan ;
In' Durham, annexa
tion appears to be a dirty
word. " , v ;
People to be annexed:
often feel they are not' been urban sprawl. Sue
Mtin a fair ckotro UlitVl sirwt1v , tpfriPt lirhflr
the cost from - taxes
outranking city services"
iin : their minds. Blacks
the increased pressures j
of urban living, opting,
rather for the apparent
serenity of suburbia. , ,
; Another result has
also tend to disfavor an
' nexation, arguing that
bringing large segments
of mostly ' white subur
banites into. ' the city
dilutes .black '. voting
stjength.' rV .. --
JOne side of that argu
ment fuels a current an
nexation controversy
that is still in court. Last
year, T, the city targeted
. five areas for annexa
tion, the first major ex
pansion Of the current ci
ty limits since 1974, ac
cording to : Dwight A.
'Yar borough
Durham;
Department.
. In one of those areas
both the largest in
land area and popula
tion, located on the city's
western tip, Just beyond
South Square Mall on
Chapel Hill Boulevard,
'.'including areas along
Pickett Road, Corn
wallis Road and Garrett
Road some residents
. sued the city to halt the
annexation.
defined, urban
sprawl is a cancerous
growth r that spreds in
almost all directions,'
leaps barriers with a
single bound, ancL ig
nores the, potentially
devastating ripple effect
it creates.
. And at th$ heart of
those ripples is city
government trying to
deliver urban services to
an increasing number of
"sub-urban" areas. The
costs escalate faster than
rabbits reproduce.
. Consider sewage treat
ment, for..' example, a
particularly odious pro
blem in . Durham where
of the j , tightly bound sou simply
Planning f doesn't absorb waste"
water - very well.; hrink
A . --;
I neretore, suoamsions., These
tor example, snouia dc
built on the downside of
ridges, reasonably near
sewage treatment plants.
Ignoring this principle
will cost taxpayers a new
sewage treatment plant.
Water, that clear, lifer
sustaining stuff that
everyone seems to take,
for granted, vis another
example docs not
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n Durham Voters Alliance
Teh Years Of
Bridging
Political Gaps
By Donald Alderman
Some people in Durham receive the Alliance's
want to see a civic center blessing are those who
downtown, as a magnet propose to represent per-
FOUR HILLSIDE STUDENTS discussed a wide ranging Mate or issues facing young people during a re
cent three-day legislative assembly in Raleigh. They are (l-r)vJames Robbins, Miss Alita Brown, Miss Retha
Daniel and David Goins. ; . v; . pm y smm Maynrw
to attract a new hotel,
and office building, and
other potential develop
ment. Some other people in
Durham don't want to
take a $13 million gam
ble by voting to float
$10.5 million in bonds
and take another $3
million from the county
to build the civic center!
sons of low and middle
incomes, blacks, women
and persons often' called
"grassroots", or
"liberal" or "pro
gressive". But these labels also
sometimes pose ' pro
blemsr said . Glenn,
because" they're often
hard to define.
"It's something we've
Young
Eeopte
,'" Jal -
Face
TheV lost the suit. la
.cording to . the", attorney, no water lines, but peo-
for more than 200 of the! 1 pie do it. And eventually
more than 800 "families " evervone uavs for' it. ' v
who live in the proposed r tBut by far th jnosr ,
annexed arealV"we teel . devastating problem pro-
By Milton Jordan
Many pressing issues
face young people today.
as tney teeter on me
of adulthood,
issues include
jobs, drugs, birth control
l and abortions, as well as
the opportunity to be in
volved in the decision
making process, that af
fects their destiny.
Four Hillside seniors
tackled these and other
issues recently during a
th tee-day., session of. the
Youth 11 Uegislative
Assembly,., an - annual
confab ponsofed - this,
Facing Them
And, in the middle of been wrestling with for
that squabble that last ten years," said Glenn,
week got a little heated "because what may be
during a Durham City hberal or progressive in
ministration. This office, ,
just
young people,
established, m ; 1973, isK besause they're young,
designed to advocate for' saM Ms. Brown,
young people ' between - 'because there are some
the . ages of 1 j and 21 . young people who might . Daniels emphatically, j,
The office also operates be young but mature "parents nave a ngnt to
a summer intern pro-'enough to handle certain
gram for a college jobs that ,! som other
access to birth control
methods, or abortions
without their parents
knowing," said Ms.
students.
f young people can't han-
know. They might
able to help."
be
Council public hearing, j
the Durham Voters
Alliance Offered ' a
middle-ground alter
native. The Alliance, a ten-year-old
political
organization that has
been in the middle of a
lot of local political
Among the issues'con-V.dlr."
sidered by the, ;Hi!lsider v j,; Robbins concurred: "I
students and more tharij ihink employers should
800 other students :.frorftr;'rcome-tip-with ;..w.ay' of
across the state were the identifying 7 the; excep
. folio wlnigxiuesivOrtsj ,? : V. Y tional person particular
Should age ' lv the exceptional young
discrimination, relative to; person, so that you're
youngJ
Ihibited?
& .. ir. ..it. ;nt . . rt t iL . ' ? 'V.' "
Council and the Raleigh of teenagers be nodfjed Though , they felt
before a physician jpr- strongly that employers
tonus abortion
that we will win on ap
peal". Right now, both
sides are waiting for the
results 1 from ; post
judgment motions that
are scheduled; for early
April. The court case
could delay for as long as
a year the annexation of .:
this area that was
originally scheduled to
become a part of the city '.
this June.
The arguments in this
controversy - are simple.
The people being annex
ed contend that the city
will not be able to give
them comparable city
wide services, particular:
ly.fire protection. On the
day the annexation
; becomes official city of
ficials say they can pro
vide Jthe sarrjej .level, of
services- Wi l"-'
The black community'
has apparently taken : a
wait and see attitude on
tbfs first phase of annex
ation, but the issue is not
going away.
-And in fact, the issue
is far more complex than
either of the two com--mon
arguments would
appear to indicate, '
i Any urban area must
I grow : jo Survive, V and ;
must - also . manage
growth ; effectively so
lhat it benefits the urban'
area rather than sub-'
tracts from it. Durham is
duced by urbart sprawl,
according to some ur
banologists, is the "sub-
urban" attitude that sees
! the city as a sort of Vfree
trade service zone" from
whichone can receive
municipal , level services
without paying city
:! taxes. . . v ." ,
: And it is in the bone
crunching jaws of this at
titude that Durham finds
itself today, battling, as
it were, on two major
fronts of urban ad
ministration and
development. .
; The first battle centers
around how to revitalize
the city's first major con
frontations in that bat-,
Vtle. i The f outcome; is
uncertain, - pending a
June vote on a $10.5
million bond issue to
finance the civic center. .
The ' second battle is
the. city's, policy of
growth management on
its fringes, a policy also
designed to knit the fr
inges into the city's
' overall fabric when it ap
,; pears to be'most feasible'
and cost effective,
SH-TMs so-called urban
growth policy rings the
:. city with , a , swarth of
land, served with water
C and, sewer, where urban
Icvel development is ch-.
cou raged. By the same
token the city's policy
Youth Council.
' The ' students . were:
bavid Goins, .17; Alita
Brown, 18; James Rob
bins, 17; and Retha
Daniel, 18. Each is a
member of the Hillside
Studertt Council.
"The bills that we
on a
minorfj fl.'.!:;.;;.' i,ft''' ' , ,
,. Should young people
sit on 'statewide ap
pointed boards and com
missions? :
Should the state
abolish the manu facture,
passed during this delivery, sale and posses-
legisiauveassemDiy ai- siqn 01 arug parapner
America's youth," ex
plained, Goins "and we
feel that youth should
have a voice in deciding
their future."
Apparently both Gov.
Jim Hunt and the North
Carolina Legislature
agree because , the
legislative . assembly ' is
sponsored by the Youth
. Involvement Office in the
Department of Ad-
nana: 3 -
Should school j of
ficials be allowed jfull
search and seizure
powers over students?
The students have
some very definite 0pi-.
nioris on, these and other
questions that came
before them in Raleigh.
"I really believe that
employers should be pro
hibited from
discriminating against
should take a chance on
apparently exceptional.
young ? people,; , the
students were uncertain '
about wlio should pay
for the mistakes.
On - the isSu? of
employmertl, : the. young
all felt that there" should
be a broad, range of ap
prenticeship programs,
designed to; provide jobs .
for young peple and
give them time to get on-.
the-job experience. t '
But while they sup
ported a certain feeling
of independence among
youth on certain issues,
they turned to a more
traditional posture on
some other issues.
"J- don't think
teenagers should have
one instance may not be
in another."
; For example, he said,
a politician who may be
liberal on fiscal matters
may not be liberal on all
other concerns such as
environmental or social
issues. " i
"We try to avoid
squabbles, wants the city labeling," Glenn said.
to build a culture center "because we doa t think
that puts more emphasis they have relevance,
on local programs than That's what happens to
attracting convention us a lot; people tend to
business. It also wants to attach labels that don't
renovate the, downtown apply." .
Arts Center and the He admitted however,
Carolina Theater, two that the group does use
things that are missing labeling as a tactic.
pvci ithei; City $ Civic1 ' According to endorse-
center uiv -plan. oThe ment; committee chair-
The most impressive $1.2 million less. ' , in rhfWi;rnff candidates.
thing about these four : According to Alliance the mostly professional
students is that not only , chairman, Robert Glenn, and white group sends
Miss Brown disagrees:
M think it is better to let
the girl have the birth ;
control pills pr whatever .
without letting her
parents know because '
apparently she's not go
ing to stop being Sexually
active; and she's not go-
a-' . i-: : : 11
W incir, opiniqns wcih
thought out, but they are
also Open , to . disagree
ment and change. They
willingly admit not hav
ing thought about a cer
tain angle, and when
enlightened, they vow to
do something about it.
For example:
When asked what is
the single most effective
way to get the attention
of elected, officials, each
of the students suggested
a number of things, but
no one mentioned
voting. When voting was
mentioned, the two
18-year-olds smiled and
said.: "I've got to register
to vote."
the cultural center pro- candidates ; question-
posal aptly illustrates naires to be filled out
how the organization and returned, invites
always tries to come up local candidates to an in
with what it calls "solu- terview to gather their
tions that are best for all position on issues before
of Durham's citizens", making an endorsement
In essence, the recommendation before
organization that grew the whole organization,
out of local work during "We choose can-;
the 1972 George didates that will best
McGovern presidential serve the DVA and the
campaign, fashions itself citizens of Durham, Ms.
somewhat of a local Barco said. "I don't
political arbitrator. It want to be any more
bridges opposing fac- specific about the pro
tions, attempting to knit -cess at this time."
together political fabrics- Ms. Brown, said when
into a complete tapestry the group works hard, it
no exception. But in this .discourages growth out
respect, Durham often, side this area because it
seems victimized by its
history. : '
', Historically, Durham
has been a city of
"special interests".
These special interest,
groups have often pur-"
sued objectives unrelated
to the city's overall well
being. In no area has this
will not extend sewer, or
water lines outside to the
urban growth area.
?:. The bottom line of this
policy is annexation. (
y "The principle pur
pose of the urban growth
policy is to manage
growth ;' and ' to
discourage - urban
sprawl," explained Yar-
been more; true over the borough. "But I guess
'" j . . j ..
years tnan in planning ine ntaaen agenaa is an-
and managing . growth.
For years, if Durham'
grew at all, it just grew.
There were no overall,1
community-wide growth
objectives, and clearly ,
there were no strategies '
to achieve significant
benefits from growth.
One resuft has been a
dwindling tax base in the
city' as over, the past,
twenty years, people fled .
nexation,"
ft According to city
tnanager Barry Del
Castilho, the urban
growth policy ac
complishes two major
goals: . ! ,
"The city's intent in
the urban growth area is
to annex it as it
develops," Del Castilho
explained in a recent in
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that often includes a lot
from both sides, but
seldom resembles what
either side started with.
The Alliance doesn't
can make a difference of
2500 votes at the polls. .
Working closely, but
not always in agreement,
with the Durham Corn-
shy away from the tough mittee on the Affairs of
nuts. Black People aau
Recently, it has.dived People's Alliance, the
headlong into the middle group closely monitors
of arguments over issues before the city
Durham's nighttime bus council,. s,
service. ,the, East-West W? try to examine
Expressway and traffic the impact of issues, not.
problems on the just on small groups but
Westsidc, i , Hayti on ! the whole
redevelopment, among ; population.'! said Jack
other issues. ' V- - , Preiss.", issues committee
Though the ' Alliance chairman V : f1 r
has been in the thick of :.tAtid;vacrording 'to '
political squabbles for a Glenn, its not so impbr
decade. leaving ho doubt tant that policy-makers
Of jt's wide-reaching in- and ( poUtiiciansi ; agree
volvement... it's ef fee- with the Alliance as it is
tiveness ismuch harder their, lending the group
to -'measure. ; But ; it's an ; ear. on 'particular
methods characterize the issues.'
principles by; which" tht So the game that the
organization defines Alliance plays is not one
itself, and are not likely of , power 1 politics but
to change any time soon, rather one f addressing
- Bridging political gaps "particular issues,
is not the Alliance's only The Alliance's ap
'work. Through a chair-, proach td politics
man,, steering committee doesn't win it a lot of
and six standing commit- permanent friends
tees, the political action among may other
group that boasts a mail- organizations, because ,
nig iis ui awui uw me Alliance s
names, a membership of philosophy iso be issue
about 300, and a faithful oriented. In one instance
Retiring Directors Honored
Special recognition was given to two retiring directors of Mechanics And Farmers Bank at the annual
stockholders meeting here March 8. In the top photo. CC. Spaulding (I), director, makes presentation to
J.W. Goodloe of Durham as J.J. Sansom rh bank president, looks on, In bottom photo, Spauldtng
presents plaque to Malachl L, Greene of Charlotte.See Story Page 3 '
work crew of about fifty.
also seeks to affect
political elections, city
policy making and ad
ministrative decisions. .
In local, state and na
tional elections, the
group endorses can
didates in most cam
paigns. And while no
one in the group will
confirm any set criteria
for endorsements, the
record seems , tS show
it might back the
Durham Committee on
the Affairs of Black Peo
ple, and on i another
issue, oppose that group. :
The group also ex
amines legislative activi
ty of) the Durham delega
tion in the state general
assembly, often analyz
ing,' bills sponsored by
delegation members and
offering the commury'y
insight on whether th
tthat candidates that bill should be supporttd.