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Proponents of the legislation say
"responsible" means whatever
the aldermen want it to mean.
However, Special Deputy Attorney
General T. Buie Costen
said in a letter two weeks ago to
the aldermen that, in his office's
opinion, the board could not
refuse to award a contract based
on the lack of minority participation.
Sparrow said his amendment
requires city contracts to go to
the lowest bidder only, regardless
of minority participation. He
said any other interpretation
would open the door for corruption.
Sparrow is a general contractor
in Gary.
Seeber said the amendment
puts the city "right where we
started" concerning minority
participation. He said the city
doesn't have the authority to enforce
set-asides according to the
language in the law. He said the
earliest the aldermen could attempt
to amend the law is 1987.
But Newell said the city should
go ahead and test the law by applying
it in court.
"I think we should test the
waters,'' she said. "There are
many opinions on that law. Let's
try to test the law and let the contractors
test it in court."
Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy,
D-Forsyth, who co-sponsored the
bill in the Legislature, agreed,
saying the law has substance
enough for the aldermen to draft
a proposal, "if they want to."
Otherwise, she said, they may
have to wait until 1987 to have
the bill reintroduced in the
General Assembly. Kennedy said
the Legislature agreed before its
spring recess to an adjournment
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the Northeast Ward has not been
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"We have not had the
aggressive-type leadership that is
needed," said Johnson. "I decided
to run for alderman because I
was dissatisfied and concerned
about the quality of leadership."
One of Johnson's staunchest
supporters is Louise Wilson, executive
director of Experiment In
Self-Reliance. Wilson is regarded
as "St. Louise" to many in the
black community, said a local
newspaper recently.
Pre-primary activity in the
Northeast Ward has been
described by some as ward
politics at its worst. Burke supporters
have accused Johnson
supporters of stealing campaign
signs. Johnson said early in the
campaign that Burke reported
him for a sign-ordinance violation.
Signs supporting Burke and
Johnson seem to be everywhere
in the ward. In some yards, there
are two signs, one for each candidate.
Johnson has called for a debate
with Burke, but Burke refuses,
saying she has nothing to debate.
Whoever wins the Northeast
Ward primary will more than
likely be the ward's alderman.
There is no Republican opposition.
THE SOUTHEAST WARD
Southeast Ward Alderman
Larry Womble faces two
Democratic opponents, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. employee
Don W. Phillips and restaurateur
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resolution that limits the items it
will consider when it meets again
during the summer of 1986. She
said the set-aside law does not fall
in the category of items to be considered.
4 The adjournment resolution
designates what will go before the
Legislature, but a representative
could make a motion to suspend
the rule," she said.
She said the adjournment
resolution limits the Legislature's
agenda to the state budget, bills
that only passed one house in
1985, items related to study commissions.
noncontrnversial Inral
bills and any other item the
Legislature deckft#1* .vkich
passes by a two-thirds vote.
By 1967, Keendy said, the
Legislature could be considering
a statewide bill concerning setasides.
"I'm interested in the subject,"
she said, "but I don't
know the route it (the bill) would
take. There is an interest in a
statewide bill. It could come up in
the 1987 session."
Newell said the attorney
general's opinion should not keep
the city from implementing a setaside
program.
She said she will suggest to the
board that it go ahead and draft a
proposal to implement the law.
Seeber said he assumes that the
board does not want to go ahead
with the set-aside law. "They
want to get this thing straight
first," he said.
Mayor Wayne A. Corpening
said the attorney general's opinion
should be heeded since he is
the highest-ranking attorney in
the state. "What bothers me is
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Ernest Shaw.
^tyomble, who^almost decided
not' to seek re-electton in favor ol
finishing his doctorate, said he is
running on the same platform he
used four years ago, which includes
protecting Salem Lake, enforcing
existing housing codes
more strictly, providing adequate
police and fire protection and
placing foot patrols in
neighborhoods. Womble calls
himself an "A-l" candidate who
offers "answers, action and accountability.'
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has no platform, saying that this
race will be won on personalities.
"Platforms are no good in
ward races," Phillips has told the
Chronicle. "What you need to do
is to get to know the people and
meet the people. A ward race is
more of a personal thing."
Shaw, ironically, worked with
Womble in the 1984 Rufus Edmisten
gubernatorial campaign
and on Womble's own campaign
for alderman in 1981.
Shaw's platform consists of a
plan to revitalize communities,
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help us because we went against
the advice of our city attorney,"
Corpening said.
He said each board member
could be individually sued if a .
lawsuit is brought.
Newell said the aldermen are
sued every day, collectively as a
board and individually as
aldermen.
"They just don't want to do it
because it means dollars in the
pockets of black people/' Newell
said.
North Ward Alderman Larry
D. Little agrees with Newell that
the city should test the limitations
of the set-aside law. "I would
agrse with that (testing}/* he
said. "I would like to see what <
would happen."
Southeast Ward Alderman
Larry W. Womble said that the
amendment made the set-aside
law ineffective and the aldermen
should try to amend the law in
1987. He said trying the law in
court is not a good idea. "If we
could do that, we would have
done it with Fowler-Jones (Construction
Co.)/' he said. FowlerJones
was awarded $12 million in
city contracts to expand the M .C.
Benton Convention Center and
build an adjoining parking deck
despite little minority participation
in both projects.
Northwest Ward Alderman
Martha S. Wood said that the
aldermen should attempt to get a
bill they can use rather than attempt
to go ahead with the setaside
law. "Let's fix what's
broken," she said. 441 respect
i Mrs. Newell *s opinion, but I feel
that it would be a waste of time
and effort to test this bill. If someone
shows me how it would be
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> THE SOUTH WARD
In the South Ward, incumbent
Ernestine Wilson faces Francis L.
Frye and James Kennedy in the
i Democratic primary. Gregory
i Fountaine is the lone Republican.
Wilson won both a second
' primary and the general election
by fewer than 100 votes in 1981.
Frye, a realtor from the
Washington Park community,
said he nnno?? WiUnn mainlv
because of her stances on key
zoning decisions that affected her
ward.
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In the Northwest Ward, incumbent
Martha Wood faces
Democrat Samuel T. Bramc and
Republican Bryan C. Miller.
If re-elected, Wood said she
wants to study and possibly
change Winston-Salem's public
safety concept. Policemen should
be policemen and firemen should
be firemen, said Wood.
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worth it to challenge it (the setaside
law) in court, then 1 might
change my mind. I think we
should try to get a new bill."
Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian
H. Burke ^aid that testing
the set-aside law is a possibility.
"We could do that," she said.
"It depends on who is willing to
test it. If a test will make it (the
law) clearer, this could be
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Burke said the set-aside law
needs to be reviewed some more.
44We have to have the support of
the entire board," she said. "Until
you have sensitive people on
the boards this (passing a setaside
law) will be hard."
West Ward Alderman Robert
S. Northington Jr. said his position
on testing the set-aside law
depends on the size of the test
contract and if the test contract is
one that won't hold up city
business.
44If an expensive construction
contract were tested in court, it
might take several months," he
said. 44If it is a purchase or a contract
that won't hold up city
business, I might look at it
(testing) a different way."
Southeast Ward Alderman
Lynne Harpe said she needed to
know more about the possible
consequences of testing the setaside
law.
4'Prior to any testing, 1 would
like to know what position it
would put the board in," she
said.
South Ward Alderman
Ernestine Wilson said she doesn't
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she said.
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to give the people a choice.
Brame also said he has no complaints
concerning Wood's performance
as an alderman.
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