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1 I A Page 2A - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, October 27, 1988 Judicial Candidate Feels Democrats' Woes Won't Hurt By HERB WHITE Post Staff Writer The Republican Party's pre dicted dominance of the high- profile races In North Carolina this year doesn’t mean a sweep on election day, Democratic Su perior Court Judge candidate Cy Grant believes. "My success is linked more to the bottom of the state Demo cratic ticket than the top," he said. "Even when the top of the Democratic ticket lost, the bot tom has won campaigns across the state." Grant Is running against Re publican James Riddick to be come a resident judge In District 6-B, which Includes Bertie, Hertford and Northampton counties. Grant won the Demo cratic nomination In May by a 2- to-1 margin while Riddick was unopposed. The winner will hear cases on a rotating basis In 33 eastern counties that comprise about 30 percent of the black population and appoints magistrates and clerks of court. Last year the General Assem bly responded to lawsuits brought by the NAACP by esta blishing nine new judicial dis tricts to Increase the opportuni ties for minorities to win. After local district nominations, judg es are elected statewide. Teny Sherrill Is the only black serving as a Superior Court judge In the state, but with the Grant new districts, there could be as many as 10 after election day. Grant, 32. said Increasing mi nority participation in the judi cial process Is a step In the right direction. "Any position of authority, es pecially the Superior Court judge, has an effect on more people than any other office," he said. "I think it Is only fair. About four percent of the attorneys are black, and less than 1 percent of the judges are black. It's just crucial that we have more repre sentation on the bench." Grant, a practicing attorney In Ahoskle, credits his grandmoth er, Helen Cooper, with exposing him to politics. Cooper was the first black elected to office In Bertie County, winning a seat on the school board In 1967. Only 11 at the time. Grant was a vol unteer with the campaign, hand ing out filers and doing errands. His grandmother Is still looked upon as a leader and Grant wants to continue In her steps. "That's why I'm running—the public service," he said. "It's an opportunity to serve the public." With that early experience be hind him. Grant, a graduate of N.C. Central Law School, is seeking office. Campaigning across the state has been a challenge, but Grant said poli tics Is a grass-roots effort. "It wasn't that big a jump from local politics to state. The big gest Jump was in traveling across the state campaigning," he said. "Basically, politics is local, but It takes on a different aspect In a state election." Grant touts his experience as a plus. He was a Judicial Law Clerk for Judge Richard C. Er vin, an assistant district attor ney for the 6th Judicial District and handles civil and criminal cases through his own firm. "Even though I'm young. I've had vast experience on the judi cial side," he said. "I'm getting a scope from all three sides." NAACP May Challenge N.C. Stations Continued From Page lA es, stations are required by the federal government to report an nually on their efforts to recruit and promote women and minor ities. Ft:;C staff look not only at the percentage of women and minorities working at a station as It compares to the percentages In the population of that sta tion's community, but at a sta tion’s hiring efforts. The NAACP based Its selection of the sta tions on those standards. Honig said the 29 stations are those whose employment figures Indicate possible failure to com ply with the law. The NAACP will determine which renewals to challenge after consulting with local NAACP branch presi dents. Stations are flagged if the per centage of women and minori ties Is less than 50 percent of the percentage in the population in a station's community. The NAACP did not release Informa tion it gathered on specific em ployee numbers at the stations. "Sometimes you can look at an application (for renewal) and say, 'Well, this Is garbage,"' Hon ig said, referring to the station's compliance with federal guide lines for hiring and recruit ment. "But the local president might be able to explain some Gun Issue Is Debated Continued From Page lA Battle dismissed some of Le wis arguments, saying guns in schools "is not a black Issue. It's a community Issue." 'That's bull crap," Lewis said before leaving. Andrea Watkins, vice presi dent of the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Southern Chris tian Leadership Conference rec ommended many of the steps later endorsed by the board, and even suggested metal detectors be used at school-related events. Parents of children caught with firearms should also be held accountable, she said. Vllma Leake, president of the local chapter of the North Caro lina Association of Educators, pushed for more school security and a review of the system’s dis cipline policy to maintain con sistency at each school. Neighborhood Grants Made Continued From Page lA Charlotte with the center's ser vices for children and adults. In addition, the Neighborhood Grants Program has allocated $4,020 for leadership training for representatives from all neighborhoods receiving grants. The Neighborhood Grants Pro gram Is funded by $35,000 from the Charles Stewart Mott Foun dation of Flint, Michigan, and $21,000 matched through the Foundation For The Carollnas. The Blumenthal Foundation of Charlotte and NCNB National Bank have provided grants to the Foundation For The Caroll nas to assist with the local match. The Urban Institute at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte administers the Neighborhood Grants Program for the Foundation For The Car ollnas. extenuating circumstances." Renewal challenge petitions must be filed with the FCC by Nov. 1. All North Carolina radio station licenses expire Dec. 1, but those stations being chal lenged will continue broadcast ing under a special temporary permit while the challenges are being resolved. Punitive action might include renewal of a station's license for less than the normal seven years, and It might mean the station must report more fre quently than once a year on Its recruitment efforts and progress. Either the FCC or the public may challenge a renewal, al though the number of FCC- inltiated challenges has fallen from about 150 per year during the Carter administration to fewer than 10 a year during the Reagan administration. By law, the FCC must investigate any challenge. "Ninety-eight percent of chal lenges today are mounted by the NAACP," Honig said. "More than half of them are being upheld." Jackson: Blacks Must Stop ’Race Conscious’ Bush BT ALAN COOPERMAN Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP)—The Rev. Jesse Jackson says black leaders across the country have motiva tion to Increase their efforts on behalf of Gov. Michael Dukakis because of what he called a sin ister campaign being run by Vice President George Bush. "There have been a number of rather blatantly race-conscious signals that have had the Impact of instilling ungrounded fear in whites and alienation from blacks," Jackson said at a news conference Sunday after meet ing with Dukakis, the Demo cratic presidential candidate, Dukakis met privately for breakfast with Jackson and eight other black political lead ers from around the country. Among the racially divisive tactics In the Bush presidential campaign, Jackson said, have been repeated condemnations of the American Civil Liberties Union and a focus on WllUe Hor ton. The black murder convict raped a Maryland woman after escaping from a Massachusetts prison furlough program. Jackson's comments echoed those of Donna Brazile, who re signed as one of Dukakis' top black advisers after she told re porters that Bush should admit or deny rumors he had an extra marital affair. Just before her resignation, Brazile accused Bush of running a racist campaign built on the Horton incident and on code words like crime, liberalism, cMl liberties and gun control. "Here you are, using the oldest racist symbol Imaginable — a black man raping a white wom an while her husband watches," Brazile said. "They've used every little code word and symbol to package their little racist campaign, ,,,They polarized this election, this electorate, along racial lines," she said. Asked at the news conference whether he agreed with Brazile's characterization of the Bush campaign as "racist," Jackson skirted the question, avoiding the word "racist" while restating the accusation, "The use of the Willie Horton example Is designed to create the most horrible psycho-sexual fears, "The furlough ad with black and brown faces rotating In and out of jail; the use of the Jack- son-Dukakls ticket symbolism, which is distortion; referring to me as a Chicago hustler: George Bush himself bu3dng property, while a sitting vice president, with a restrictive covenant for Caucasians only, denying Jackson blacks and Jews the right to buy that property — there have been a number of rather ugly race- conscious signals sent from that campaign." Although Dukakis has met Individually with Jackson and other black leaders, Sunday's 90-mlnute breakfast session was the first time they have huddled in a group since the Democratic convention in At lanta, according to Dukakis press secretary Mark Gearan. Gearan said the Democratic candidate plans similar meet ings with other groups, includ ing a session with Hispanic leaders tentatively scheduled for Wednesday. Dukakis gave only a short statement, saying It had been "a good, constructive meeting," and he was pleased by the black lead ers' commitment to his cam paign. Bruce Bolling, a black Boston city councilor, said the meeting was devoted to planning strategy and allocating resources for the remaining two weeks of the campaign. Besides Jackson and Bolling, the black leaders at the meeting were Roland Burris, vice chair man of the Democratic National Committee; David Dinkins, Manhattan Borough president: Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode; U.S. Rep. Mervyn Dymal- ly. D-Calif., chairman of the Black Congressional Caucus; U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D- N.Y.; U.S. Rep. Gus Savage, D- 111., and Joe Reed, president of the Alabama Democratic Con ference. Fete Changed The Charlotte Business League's 11th annual awards banquet and concert, originally scheduled for November 1988, has been rescheduled to be held March 1989. The celebration will be held In conjunction with the Black Expo to be held March 31-April 1, 1989. Sprucing Up For Homecoming Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors Felice Hightower, Belinda Williams, Sonya Crump, Wanda Hollo way, Iris Gaylord and Mia Frieson (left to right) Photo/CALVIN FERQUSON paint the sorority plot before Johnson C. Smith University's homecoming. Incubator Funds Continued From Page lA $100,000 from local businesses and organizations. The project, which will provide westslde businesses with assis tance and consultation, will be located at Johnson C. Smith University. The county money, because of state statutes. Is earmarked to pay the salary of the Incubator's executive director, Walton said. The commissioners' vote sig nals the county's commitment to helping the westslde become a viable attraction for small business. 'We feel the Incubator project can trigger growth for westslde business," Walton said. "It's an excellent Idea and we think It deserves a chance to succeed." —Herb White GAO Charges Continued From Page lA tlgatlve work of state agencies and establish an Independent group to periodically conduct Investigations of a sample of charges filed. These would be "compared to administrative closure, settlements, cause and no-cause rates on charges with those of EEOC district offices and state and local agencies." In April, 1987 Cong. Hawkins, as chair of the powerful House Education and Labor Commit tee was said to be alarmed at the Reagan administration's openly hostile attitude toward affirma tive action and laws designed to bring a semblance of equality to the nation's work place, and so was moved to request GAO "to assess whether EEOC and the state agencies were fulfilling their commitment to fully Inves tigate charges" GAO was also asked to review whether EEOC adequately monitored the State agencies' Investigative work. GAO said more than 100,000 discriminatory complaints are filed annually with EEOC. Evans Fete A fundraiser for Yvonne Mims Evans, a candidate for district court judge, will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at McDonald’s Cafeteria on Beatties Ford Road. Former Charlotte Mayor Har vey Gantt and D.G. Martin will be masters of ceremony and U.S. Sen. Terry Sanford (D-N.C.) Is scheduled to attend. Donations of $10 are request ed and the public Is Invited. RESULTS, INC. 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