Campaign '82 Leaves Blacks With More Questions Than Answers
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Analysis
By Milton Jordan
Executive Editor
It's over but Cam
paign 482 was local
politics at its best or its
worst, depending upon
your viewpoint.
It certainly had all the
dements, ranging ' from
money to mudsBnging,
from rumor to embar
rassing reports and from
expectations to disap
pointment. -
The central issues
incallv were the 1 1 0. i
million bond vote for I
downtown civic center,
and the candidacy of
H.M. "Mickey"
Michaux for the 2nd
District congressional
seat. The civic center.
oushed over the too with
a strong black vote, won
at the 11th hour follow
ins Ions rounds of
negotiating that got the
Hayti Development cor
ooration a one-vear citv
contract to be involved
in the development of a
barren urban renewal
district.
Michaux lost a hard
Fought campaign, but
haunted the congres
sional camoaien to the
end on the basis of a fair
ly strong write-in effort.
And thouch the smoke
has cleared, the iurv is
still out on the success of
the two political moves.
It remains to be seen
just how much real and
significant input the
black development
group will have in
Hayti's redevelopment.
Hayti is a former black
community, razed more
than a decade ago by the
city's urban renewal program.
It is also too early to
really determine just
what impact the write-in
had on the black com-'
munity's relationship to
the local Democratic
Party.
Reactions have been
mixed. '
Willie Lovett, chair
man of the Durham
Committee., on the Af-
Ifairs of Black People.
believes the. fact that
Durham's black voters
gave the write-in effort
more than 7.000 votes
with just two days of
preparation "Droves that
we can do it, and thus
this becomes a tool that
we can use if we have
to."
But city councilman
Ralph Hunt terms the
write-in effort an exam
ple of futile protest for
jprotest's! sake.
"I don't bebeve
serves our interests," he
said, "to be cutting
ourselves off from the
established channels of
I political "power."
Of course, the
Durham Committee was
right in the,middle of all
of the action. ;
In the county commis
sion race, the Committee
played a big role in elec
ting Mrs. Becky Heron,
Daye
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of the state university
system.
Many with those type!
of concerns believe tha
Daye would be a natural
for the post of
chancellor. He is a Cen
tral graduate, he is an ac
tive participant in groups
and organizations that
work in the interest of
blacks and he is accoun
table. Others, want Daye to
stay at the law school.
Said one administrative
aide: "I could not stand
another change in leader
ship. This (his, leaving)
would be a bit much."
"At least we have a
dean that we can sit
down with and talk to,"
twra-
sion's power balance.
On the other side of
the ledger, the Commit-
indeed into endorsing in.
cumbent Bill Allen, as
part or a deal that would
have exchanged the
when Edwards lost, even
with the overwhelm in a
support of black Voters,
and All'V. found himself
in 9 runoff against
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tee was also right in the . Committee's support of Rol' j Learv.
middle nr. IAitl mnnnt mnimlufit rw' a . n... i- . '.
torney Dan K. Edwards, " source, the Committee,
for a promised promo- with its hands untied,
tI0J: j .... . switched loyalties, and
The deal fell through created a major credibili
in-fighting.
. In the sheriffs race,
for example, according
to one source, the Com-
The Sheriffs race rniL
ly got nasty before it was
all over.
A deputy got busted
for improper conduct,
and several citv notice
boils down to the follow
ing questions: ,
Will the black com
munity to be able to turn
its support of the civic
center bonds into real
officers actively cam- progress in a redeveloped
paigned ; against the ;. Hayti?
sheriff. , . Will local black
And in the final Democrats be able to
tion wun the local and
state party I following
" their flexing of muscle ic
, the congressional race?
Will hopes for
change in county govern
ment materialize? v-
Finally, there's a que
tion in the aftermath, oi '
Campaign '82 that will
Will local blacks settle
some rather vicious
political bickering long
enough to mount a
serious and successful
strategy in the local ttky
council campaign next
year? . r ,
It all remains to be
seen.
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