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I, XIV, NO. i
The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly
Wlnston*Salem, N.C.
Thursday, August 11,1988
32 Pages This Week
Project Rise
loals not met
Just Enough To Fight Over
By VALERIE ROBACK GREGG
ifonlde Staff Writer
This school year will be the third since the
eject Rise Task Force submitted a lengthy list of
jommendations to school officials, and while
me recommendations have seen action, most
ill wait for something to happen inside the big,
bound task force
task
•ce was created
] 1986 to study
B characteristics,
^uses and
Iswers to the
fcblem of under-
fhieving stu-
ents, those who
Bii't do their best
Ischool. Task
Cce member and
Bsident of the
^branch of the
Itional Associa-
for the
Ivancement of
1 People, Walter Marshall, said the group
V out of our demand for some accountability
! widening gap between white and black
kvement.”
I Fonner school Superintendent Dr. Zane E.
Iigle adopted the recommendations for his own
l,bui they were never formally adopted by die
Rnty Board of Education. Since Eargle
Vgned, the new superintendent must decide
Mther to adopt the recommendations in his pro-
”We don’t know what will happen," Mar-
fall said. "It would never be addressed if it went
the Board of Education. The issue is too
liable. Anytime you bring up race in Forsyth
bunty, the board members cannot face the fact
Dr. Barbara K. Phillips,
coordinator. Project Rise
photo by Mike Cunningham
Three-year-old Chi Chi White gets ready to chow down with a meal
from the free lunch program at Happy Hills Recreation Center.
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MWBE chief Hanes:
Set-asides don't work
By VALERIE ROBACK GREGG
Chronicle Staff Writer
The director of the city Minority/Business Enterprise Program recently
voiced opposition to "set-aside" programs that guarantee a pre^rtion of city
contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses, a stand some commu
nity leaders disagree with.
Betty Hanes, director of the city’s Minority/Women’s Business Enter
prise Program, said the city does not set-aside a certain proportion of con
tracts for minorities, because they generally take the lowest bid. "I don’t
think it's (set-asides) something that works," Hanes said. "It encourages bad
habits. I think all businesses, everybody in there, is there to be competitive.
That’s just the bottom line, especially with construction. Being certified
doesn’t mean you get the contract. You have to sell that product or service."
Task force says Hanes needs help
By VALERIE ROBACK GREGG
Chronicle Staff Writer
A citizens committee found
Monday that no money was bud
geted to the city Minority/Women’s
Business Enterprise Program for
staff assistance or to conduct edu
cational workshops.
The program is designed to
give businesses owned by women-
and minorities a chance to learn
about aiKl bid on city contracts. It
was overseen by the city Purchas
ing Department until almost five
months ago when Betty J. Hanes
was hired to direct it
"It disturbs me that there's not
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fISSU passes audit
Under the city’s current minority- and women-owned business enterprise
system, goals are set for the percentage of minority contracts the city awards,
but no specific proportion of city contracts is guaranteed to go to minority-
or women-owned firms. The city has a list of firms certified as minority- or
women-owned and these firms are given an opportunity to learn about and
bid on city imyects.
The firm with the lowest bid, however, will always get the contract,
Hanes said.
If minority firms are not used by a contractor, the firm must provide
Hanes with an affidavit specifying the minority- and women-owned firms
asked for a bid. "If we don’t meet the initial goal, we must show a good faith
effort in trying to spend city money with them (minority- and women-owned
contractors)," she said. "When we set goals for the percentage of minority
firms, we look at the plans and base it on the areas of contracts and the
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lANQEU WF.IGHT
yonldft Manriding Editor
J Despite what N.C. State Audi-
lEdward Renfrow termed "sever-
[Significfjnt deficiencies," Win-
n-Saleni State University has
Kn given a "clean opinion" on
fc state o/;its financial affairs,
j The state auditor recently com-
|ted a financial and compliance
Wit of WSSU for the school years
Wing June 30, 1987 and 1986.
e audit found several discrepan-
s in financial reports, but Ren-
fc'A' said they were "technical audit
|idings" which appear more glar-
g because the audit covered two
ars instead of one.
T wouldn’t call them signifi-
^1 audit findings from the stand-
It of impacting on the financial
itement," said Renfrew in a tele-
e interview Tuesday. "But they
are things that need to be looked at
so they don't go unchecked."
Dr. Cleon F. Thompson, chan
cellor of the university, issued a
statement Wednesday saying the
university had already taken action
to correct the deficiencies cited in
the auditor's May 24 report.
The report, which was released
to the public today, stated that all
state agencies and universities are
required to prepare financial state
ments within sixty days of the end
of the fiscal year.
WSSU filed its financial state
ment for the fiscal year ending June
30,1986 on April 24,1987, and the
statement fw the year ending June
30, 1987, was filed on February 2,
1988. The audit report noted that
the reports "also contained numer
ous errors."
The untimely financial state
ments were attributed to the delay
Support given to CDC proposal
East Winston development group says wait for CDC tax-exemption
Thompson
in the university completing its con
version from a manual general
ledger system to a computerized
Financial Reporting System (FRS).
WSSU began converting to the
computerized system during July
1984, but has not recorded all funds
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By VALERIE ROBACK GREGG
Chronicle Staff Writer
A subcommittee of the East Win
ston Development Task Force has
recommended that the group
endorse a city land gift to the East
Winston Community Development
Corporation for a proposed shop
ping and residential development,
contingent upon the CDC getting its
501(c)3 non-profit status.
The city cannot legally con
tribute the land to the CDC,
because the group does not have
tax-exempt status, the report states.
Turner Development Services
and the CDC presented the proposal
last week which asks the city to
deed 14.5 acres to the CDC. Turner
Development Services is the com
pany that would oversee planning
and construction of the proposed
develt^ment.
In turn, the CDC would don^e
the land to the newly formed New
Walkertown Associates who would
become corporate owners of the
proposed development. The CDC
then would receive ownership of 20
percent of the development.
The CDC has not received tax-
exempt status, and the city cannot
legally deed land to an organization
that’s not tax-exempt, according to
the subcommiuee report The CDC
filed an application for tax-exempt
status with the Internal Revenue
Service on July 13,1988, according
to the report.
"Because of the current prohi
bition, we suggest that our task
force ask the city to consider deal
ing directly with the Turner Devel
opment group considering their
neighborhood strip shopping cen
ter,” the report states.
The subcommittee suggests
that the city deed its equity in the
project to the CDC once they
receive tax-exempt status. The sub
committee report endorsed the con
cept of the development as long as
a majority of local residents favor it
and the b'uilding is carefully
reviewed, leased and financed
according to high standards. The
report also wants the ownership
benefits to be equitably divided as
the result of a detailed study of the
project’s economics.
"Our recommendation is that
the city give the land to the devel
opment group in exchange for an
equity position in the development,
and once the CDC gets tax-exempt
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ajority in poll say America still a racist society^
Do vou think our society Is racist? Af* rrtfnorttlas denied lustice beceuicA ol rare? ^
PyGARY LARGER
|*»«oclat»d PrMs Writer
YORK — Twenty-five
after the Rev. Martin Luther
Jr. declared his dream of
Nial equality, a majority of
^ericans say society remains
^ist, a Media General-Associat-
^J^esspoH has found.
The national survey of 1,223
*ulis found broad agreement that
® United States has moved
■ 1^^^ equality since, August
1. ^3, when King voiced the goal
^ a celebrated speech. Seveniy-
percent said equality is
achievable.
But of those who said it is possi
ble, four in 10 said racial equality
would not occur within their life
times. And 55 percent of all respon
dents said American society is
racist overall, while 37 percent said
it's not racist.
The poll found several other mea
sures of concern over racial
inequality in the United States.
Among them:
- While 54 percent of respon
dents said black people and mem
bers of other muiOTity groups have
the same opportunities as whites -
right now, 42 percent of all respon-
Ara ndnorftlas denied Justice because ot race?
dents, and 69 percent of blacks, dis
agreed.
- Majorities in all education,
income and ideological groups, and
in all but the oldest age group, said
American society is racist overall.
Fifty-three percent ot whiles
agreed, as did 68 percent of blacks.
— Respondents were evenly divid
ed,. 43-43, on whether members of
minority groups receive equal treat
ment in the nation’s criminal justice
system, and three in 10 said minorr-
ties are denied justice because of
their race.
Among whites, 46 percent said
there is equal treatmenr in the jus
tice system, while 40 percent said
there isn't and nearly 15 percent
said they did not know. Among
blacks, 61 percent said minorities
are not treated equally.
In his'T have a dream" speech to
200,000 demonstrators on the
Mali in Washington, D.C., King
established civil rights at the fore
front of the natiem’s social agenda.
"I have a dream that erne day on
the red hills of Georgia sons of
former slaves and sons of formw
slave owners will be able to sit
down together a[ the table ot
brotherhood," King said. "I have a
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