2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, April 28, 1983
Carrboro officials claim community,
councils are unresponsive to blacks
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By KATHERINE FARLEY
Staff Writer
Mayor Bob Drakeford and Alderman
Hilliard Caldwell of Carrboro say that
blacks are inadequately represented on the
town's boards and committees and that
the community is generally unresponsive
to the black businessman. I
"The boards ought to represent the
population," Caldwell said. "They ought
to represent more than the population."
Caldwell said he wants the constituency of
blacks on the town boards to reach 30 percent.
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Of the 87 appointed positions on Carr
boro boards and committees, only eight
are held by blacks. This 9 percent repre
sentation level is below the 17 percent
overall black population of the town.
Caldwell, whose term on the Board of
Alderman expires in 1935, said his goal is
to see a 30 percent ratio achieved before .
his term ends. Caldwell said his efforts to
increase black representation would be
made through his personal contacts and
action with black churches. If a position
becomes vacant, Caldwell said he will
make sure it is publicized in church
bulletins.
There are two or three black churches
within the town, and Caldwell said he
hopes to reach people through this media
and encourage residents to become in
volved with the community.
Caldwell said the requirement of a
resume for appointment has deterred
many blacks from applying for positions.
"Any citizen who makes the effort and
prepares a written statement should be
considered in the appointment process,"
he said.
Drakeford also said he was disturbed by
the proportion of blacks serving on town
board. "People who live in the town
should be on the boards," he said. "We all
would like to see more blacks on the
boards."
Drakeford said the real problem is that
the town needs to be more responsive to
black businessmen and that responsiveness
to black businessmen would have the most
meaningful impact on the community.
"Not enough money is being recycled
back into the black community," he said.
"Of the $2 million the town spends, only
$2,000 of that is on the black community.
The real disagreement is how do we get
more black businesses into the public trust,
he said.
The town of Carrboro deals with ap
approximately 300 different vendors an-,
nually, and of these, Carrboro deals with
approximately eight firms in an ongoing
basis, Carolina Stuck, finance director of
Carrboro, said. ,
Recently, Garret and Sullivan, a minori
ty firm from Raleigh, did not get a bid
from both the Chapel Hill Housing
Authority, and, earlier this year, from the
town of Carrboro. Last year it was also
denied even though it was the lowest bid
der; This year it was close to the low bid,
had a negotiable contract, and was rated
as "excellent" and still was denied,
Drakeford said. '
"You have to ask, 'What's the deal?' :
We all know the real reason why," he said. -
Chapel Hill's boards and committees
are also underrepresented, according to
R.D. Smith, a member of the Chapel Hill
Town Council. Smith said there are only
six or eight blacks on boards in Chapel
Hill. This translates into a 9 percent black
representation in a town that is approx
imately 15 percent black.
"I feel that blacks are underrepresented
and would like to see more on the
boards," he said. Smith said a major
problem has been, getting adequate
numbers of people interested in public ser
vice. "Many blacks feel if they are the only
one on a board, it's tokenism, but it's not
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really. We encourage people to serve,'
said.
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Ron Secrist, a member of the Chapel
Hill Housing Authority, said most con
tracting with minority firms represents
renovation-rehabilitation programs on the
North Side area. Secrist said that over the
last three years there have been 52 con
tracts for small renovation projects, and 36
of these went to minority' firms. ;There
have been only two large consturctiop con
tracts, and none of these went to a minori
ty firm. Of five audit contracts in the last
three year, one went to a rninorit firm,
Secrist said. 'V -
Chapel HiU town officials said they were
unable to come up with exact figures on
business interactions with minority firms
without in-depth research.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro area "has
about 28 minority firms listed with the
Minority Business Devevelopment Agen
cy, said Fred Williams, a representative ifor
the agency.
Tbe Associated Press
WASHINGTON President Rea
gan urged the nation and a skeptical
Congress on Wednesday night to em
brace his arms and economic program
for Central America because the
United States has "a vital interest, a
moral duty and a ' solemn
responsibility" to protect the region
from leftist revolution.
In a rare address to a joint session of
Congress, Reagan said, "I say to you
that tonight there can be no question:
The national security of all the
Americas is at stake in Central
America. '
"If we cannot defend ourselves,
there," said Reagan, "we cannot ex
pect to prevail elsewhere. Our credibili
ty would collapse, our alliances would
crumble, and the safety of our home
land would be put at jeopardy."
Reagan's nationally broadcast ad
dress was primarily an attempt to sal
vage a proposed $110 million in U.S.
aid for the - besieged regime in El
Salvador. Congress so far has balked
over all but $30 milliorvof that.
WASHINGTON The Senate's
majority Republicans tried privately on
Wednesday to patch their divisions
over a 1984 budget but still found "ab
solutely no consensus" on the principal
issues of defense, domestic spending
and possible tax increases.
"We've actually got 55 proposals
and there are only 54 Republicans,"
added Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., after a
closed-door caucus.
"They're all over the place," agreed
Sen. Mark Andrews, R-N.p.
The Seriate is expected to begin work
on Monday on a tax ( and spending
plan, approved by the Budget Commit
tee, that calls for a $30 billion tax in
crease, a 5 percent defense boost and
about $11 billion more for domestic
programs than President Reagan
wants.
JERUSALEM Secretary of State
George P. Shultz embarked on his first
attempt at shuttle diplomacy Wednes
day and heard Israel explain why it is
not ready to withdraw all its troops
from Lebanon.
Prime Minister Menachem Begin
told him Israel's security interests must
be protected in any agreement on the
withdrawal of foreign troops from
southern Lebanon, Begin's spokesman
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Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir
told Shultz the Lebanese army can't do
the job, Israel wants no foreign peace
keeping troops on its borders, and that
it demands some Israeli troops remain
in southern Lebanon onjoint patrol
with Lebanese soldiers, a senior Israeli
official said.
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ed Israel's insistence on putting security
in southern Lebanon in the hands of
Maj. Saad Haddad, who quit the
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