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decry Jesse Helms' recent attack on Martir
Luther King Jr.
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By ROBIN ADAMS
Stuff Writer
A sampling of view9 among blacks concerning the
Nov. 8 city-county bond referendum:
Louise Wilson, co-chairperson of the Citizens' Committee
for Jobs and Education Referendum: "I'm in support
of the bond because it means progress for the whole
town. I do not agree with the school board (where the attendance
lines have been drawn), but I agree that our
facilities need to be updated and also that we need fourI
year high schools. As for the Forsyth Technical Institute
bond, with the types of jobs coming, we need a place that
can provide the technical skills needed, and Forsyth
Technical Institute will not be able to do that without additional
space. The city bonds are needed for improving
downtown, increasing the tax base ?nd creating more
jobs.
"Frankly, some questions have come up that are
creating a lot of doubt, like the school board's actions
and the housing problem. But housing is something that
we need to work on every day. I'm a believer (that the
bonds will pass). Pm for it and I will fight to the last
minute - win or lose.0
Virginia NewelI, alderman and Winston-Salem State
I University professor: "Being on the Board of Aldermen
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By JOHN SLADE
I Assistant Editor
I The Board of Aldermen unanimously approved
I Monday night a request to file for a federal grant
supporting the development of a 100-unit multifamily
housing unit in East Winstufl and adopted a
resolution to issue mortgage-rev&nie bonds to pay
for the remaining costs of the development.
The city will ask the federal government for about
I $1 million in Urban Development Action Grant
I (UDAG) money, which will finance about oneI
quarter of the townhouses to be built on a site at 12th
I and File streets. The total cost of the development
will be S3.9 million.
The request, which was forwarded to the full
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and a citizen, I'm looking at both sides of the issue, ...
ariS^ean't be personal about this. We need to look at the
broad picture of what this will do for this community.
Personally, I believe in growth. We have been shown that
there will be no increase in taxes, and when WinstonSalem
grows, the black and white people will grow with
it.
"I have some problems with the school board's decisions,
but by nature I can't vote against a bond for education
because I am an educator. I certainly have some apprehensions
about the reorganization (such as the busing
of black students from their communities and the closing
of elementary schools in black neighborhoods), but I will
take care of those when it comes time for re-election (to
the school board). Instead of fighting against the education
bond, blacks ought to go into those schools and fight
for good, quality education for our children.
"I grieve at a few people getting together trying to
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They keep talking about housing. I believe I have fought
for housing as long and as hard as anybody else. We
ought to be fighting for more black teachers instead of
fighting against the bond. We need to fight for what we
ought to fight for."
Vivian Burke, alderman and public school guidance
counselor: "In my opinion, the city bond referendum is
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board from its Finance and Public Works committees
with no recommendations, outlined a plan for 90
two-bedroom townhouses and 10 three-bedroom
units. The complex will be called Summit Square
Apartments.
Alderman Vivian Burke said she was "pleased to
hear about quality housing'' but expressed a concern
that jobs created by the construction of the complex
should go to city residents. "We need to be careful
that jobs be given to people in Winston-Salem," she
said, "and not people out of the city."
Burke also questioned why only 10 percent of the
townhouses would be three-bedroom units. Many
families have a need for three-bedroom accommodations
if they have children of both sexes, she said.
Officials from the city's Community Development
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By JOHN SLADE
Assistant Editor
Despite the efforts of a committee appointed by the
mayor to promote the Nov. 8 city-county bond referendum,
some local leaders say they aren't convinced the
bonds are in the best interest of black*.
The Black Leadership Roundtable decided last week to
oppose bonds that would help finance the school
reorganization and the expansion of Forsyth Technical
Institute. And the local NAACP decided after meeting
with a pro-bond delegation from the city to oppose all
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SIS million to expand the Denton Convention Center
Womble Wants No
By ROBIN ADAMS
Staff Writer
A related story appears at the bottom of this page.
One of the developers of the proposed Summit Square
apartment complex on the corner of 12th and File streets
does not sit well with Alderman Larry Womble.
Womble says that, while he supports the concept of an
apartment complex in the area, he is opposed to Jack
Covington's involvement in the project.
"He's the same one ... who has a prior history of proIMtiriiag
different service to the black residents than to
white resident*/' Womble told the Chronicle last week.
Covington fa president of Wilson-Covington Construct
tion Co., which was sued over a year ago by a former
maintenance man with the firm, Jerry Smith, who charged
that Wilson-Covington discriminated against its black
tenants. Smith, a white man, made his allegations to the
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Smith and his wife for slander. Smith, in turn, filed a
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very important for the welfare and quality of life in this
community? With the industrial park, you are talking
about creating more jobs. We have made it clear to the ci
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convention center is not as large as it should be. We can't
meet the needs of some of the conferences now because
we don't have that much space. Although there is nothing
put directly in the bonds for housing, what is in there is
for making things look better. Once things begin to look
better, that might attract a contractor to build where we
are making the improvements.
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Department said the city is not locked into the proposed
ratio of two- and three-bedroom apartments
and would include more three-bedroom units in the
development.
Community Development Director Gary Brown
said the city's intention with Summit Square Apartments
is "to attract young black people to the East
Winston area to keep revitalization in the area
going." And he assured the board that it shouldn't
interpret the city's efforts as "abandoning affordable
housing for the lowest-income people."
A two-bedroom unit at Summit Square will rent
for $295 per month and a three-bedroom unit will
cost S330 a month.
In other business, the board
voted unanimously to increase the fines for illegal'
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:y say playing to a tie in sports is akin to kissyour
sister. Fayetteville's Bill Head and
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and to build an accompanying parking deck.
$7.5 million to help finance the reorganization of the
city-county schools.
$4.5 million to expand Forsyth Technical Institute.
"They (school board) are calling it the school
reorganization plan. We are calling it the
disorganization plan."
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$3 million to devfclop an industrial park east of
Winston-Salem State University.
$2.2 million for street improvements.
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counter suit demanding $253,000 in punitive damages
and an additional $3,000 in lost wages.
Both suits were settled out of court a month ago, with
the terms of the settlement undisclosed.
"I can support the concept or idea of rebuilding East
Winston," Womble says, "and putting housing stock on *
the market in the black communitv. I want to see decent
housing over there. But I have reservations about this
developer because of past experiences and past practices.
"If it was somebody else who was not involved in this
type of preMflftt, J would be alt for, it," Womble says.
"Wilt hi* (rnvfwfUMi) is nuking f h*> city th giv? it a hissings
to build some more apartments and possibly to follow
through with the same kinds of things (that Smit?accus^~
ed Wilson-Covington of). There is no way I can do this."
The Board of Alderman approved a request on Monday
night from the Community Development Department
to apply for an Urban Development Action Grant
from HUD to help with the financing of the 100-unit
apartment complex.
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"I have looked at this bond referendum very seriously
and I think a bond for this city would be meaningful.
"Now, the bond for the (city-county) schools concerns
me. It concerns me because it concerns people who 1
represent. They (the school board) are talking about busing
black children for 10 years. I know some have to give
and take, but poor people shouldn't always have to give.
1 haven't involved myself in the school board's business.
If they (voters) have some problems with the school
board's business, they should not stay at home. Come
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ly parking in a handicapped space from $5 to $25.
Mrs. Mary Sloan Jones, who has championed the
rights of the handicapped in Winston-Salem for
years, thanked the board for its decision. 441 thank
you all and may God bless you," she said. 44You
never know when you might have to use them (handicapped
parking spaces) yourself/'
approved Mayor Wayne Corpening's recommendations
for appointments to the Winston-Salem
Sports Commission. The new appointees, whose
terms expire August 1987, are Howard Gray,
Marlene Scales, James W. Webster and David L.
Lash. Scales, Webster and Lash are black,
adopted a motion from Alderman Lynne Harpc
that restricts a person from serving on more than one
board or commission at the same time.