Section Grosse Pointe ews A Published as Second Class Matter at the VOL 44-NO 9 .GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1983 30\ Per Copy Post Office at Detroit, Michigan $13 Per Year 42 Pages - Three Sections for your information Sitrinking classes are on voters' minds By Joanne Gouleche <-pnt accordll1g to the BUleau of eqll,dJled valudtlOn at property) Labor Stdtl"tlc~ Although thel e hd:>n't been When ddded to d count\ dlloCcltlO11 much organlled public oppo'>ltlOn Appdl ently on the mind'> 01 ot Il 65 111111", the ta\. ie\) equell" School millage tax fyi ~;; ,W mIll'> to Monda\ ',> "chool mIllage ele<- othel t.l xpclyel '> I" '"hether "chool By Tom Greenwood tlOn, there dre ,>ol11e tough que"t admllll'>tl eltll e pel.'>onnel hdl e "idlOol OlllCldb <;dy the milielge election is Monday lOn~ belllg put to '>chool Ofllcwl'> been reduced 0\ el the yeell" ItJ pIOpo"ltlOn'> I epl e'>ent d I edudlOn a'> e\ Idenced by lett(,l~ und phone propol tJOn to the dra~tlc' drop 111 01 f.H mill'> flOm whelt \\d" elp Tempest in a teapot cdll'> to the G Io.'>~e POlllte Nell'> 111 em aliment dnd wII! the ROelld 01 pI 0\ cd bv votel" t hl'ee yeell''' "go "The '>chool w'>tem doe'> not ,>et of EdllcatlOn ha') voluntarIly rol- recent \I eek'> Edu(cltlOn c.on,>ldel a pel" II eeLe TllIng~ ha\ (' mo\ ed 110m d elnd cldd the BOelld of EduceltlOn loc,1I d,>"e~",nwnl'> (at propelty) led back Its mIllage even beyond ,>Immer to d '>ILlle betwe('n ollel to teclchel'> at the bdl g,lInll1g II III 1110,>tIike Iy not le\ y the ent Ire TOP ON THE Cjuery [1<,[ I" why and IS only I e,>pol1,>lble for taxe" the Headlee Amendment, when table thl'> "ummel 1\ hen the Wood.'> OfflCld'" dnd Bill Anton, local '><-hool ta ....e:, ha\ e InCI eet'>ed plopo,ed mIllage I ate' becclu,e 01 that go to the '>chool ,»,>tem school tru!>tees reduced the tax 11\1',",(101' l\f ,"•.',,+rH1'l.. 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'\mc!1dmcnt III ILlcul 'yCcll '> \~lICIl CIJI UiilllCIll 111O">eldxe~ !lei Ie lJeen lut e\ ery leVy by i II mllb ja~l ::,eptember Mack \venue PI1e" 111 c1a.'>sroorm Ie, at etn dll tIme 10\\ \lhlCh ,>tdte,> propeIty td\e" Cdn vedl lor the I",>t 10Ul \(,dl'>" not InCI ed"e mOl e th,w the I dte of SCHOESSEL called the compar- Anton announced la~t week - from 13,337 III 1972 to aboul \\ HEN VOTERS go to the poll" Schoee,'>el '>dld . 7,800 IdSt f,i11 Coupled With that next Monddy, March 7, they \1III IIlflatlon Ison of peak and present enroll- the re~taurant v.a.'> <.Io.'>mg Its A<,.'>e,>,>edv,dudtlon at propert) ment counts a "poor analogy" .'>tatl"tlC, IS the fact that the eo~t be a'>ked to applove a mIllage II\; RESPONSE to the Nell'" III dOOl.'>to the luncheon tl ade be 111 the '>chool dJ"tnct h,I'> mOl e cau.'>e of exce.'>::.lve tlcketll1g of to educate a child In Gro.'>se package oj 25 35 mills for genera! ljullle, '>chool '>poke"lllan Call "When we had peak enrollment, POInte has soared over 300 per- operatIOn of the school ~y.'>tem than doubled m the Pomtes '>mce patron<; by 0\ ellealoll'> meter Schoe'>"el thl.'> \\ eek "ald conti aI \ 1!!72 dnd wllid medn hlghel tax we had portabl.: clas'>es Jammed maid.'> cent (from $1,103 JI1 1971 to $3,333 along l\1th a reque,>1 01 1 30 mIl'" to whdt ,>ome taxpayer'> !l1a~ to the lull, and \\e even rented 111 1981) over the last 10 years, to lun the publiC hbrcll'le" - all bIll" 101 "ol11e re"ldenh according thInk local '>chool t,1....e'> t,d\e to "chool oltlCldl" ~pace from churches," he said Anton IepOl ted that the met when the natIOnal mllatlOn rate lor the next three yedl'> (A' mIll b(;'('11 cut b) the Board of Edu- "What you should be comparing IS er.'> caused an extreme hard has only Increa.'>ed about 131 per- equal<; $1 for e\erY'$l,(lOO of .'>tdte cat IOn '>ll1CCHi79 Schoe~~e1 pOinted out the Board ship to hl<; e~tabllshment be (Continued on Page 4A) cause 01 the 'confu~lI1g' time limits of the machine.'>, plus "the lot behmd the restaurant Swell belles on wheels has had the most tickets of any Prince like area 111 Gro.'>se POll1te Woods hlstor) betv-een the hours of 11 30 a m and 3 pm" Charllling Anton contmued by sayll1g he's talked to the city about the metf.'r<; and complamed that the meter maIds were so "voraCI- hit$ town eus ' that some customers have entered the restaurant seekll1g By Tom Greenwood change for the meters only to So who needs Sheik AlI.Fassl, return to fmcl tickets already on the not-.'>o-pnncely prmce who as- their cars cended to DetrOIt last year bear- lI1g $40,000 111 "Iove me" money? On the other Side of Mack, Wood~ City l\lanager Chester Grosse Pomte was treated to the Petersen deJ1les Anton ever SIght of a real pnnce \\ ho breezed spoke to Clt) hall, and pomted mto town la.'>t Fnda), scattel'lng out that the Woods "IS not In .'>mlles and $100 tlP~ m hI'> \Iake the busJness of provldmg park- Accordll1g to report::., our pnnce mg for one busmess and the lot and hiS fiance called StateWide at Hampton and Mack IS thele Llmotlsme Set'Vlce from the Westm for the use of all busmes.'>es ' Hotel and ordered Up the 'bIg- Furthermore, reported gest, be<;t IJmo" they had avail- Peter'ien, there are two 12 hour able From there, It was on to a lots wlthm two blocks of the re- downtown bank where PI Ince staurant, plus a three hour Charmmg (blond and m hiS mld- mUniCIpal lot and a two hour lot 30s) cashed a check for $70,000 or 111 the back of the re.'>taurant $100,000 (reports I dry) "It I.'> not the re::.ponslblhty of Word has It the money was leg- I he cIty to provIde Anton's with Itlmatl" acquired from a ChIcago a private parkll1g lot" "aId real estate tranc:;actJOn Peter,>en with fmahty WHILE THE CASH was bemg Anyhow, Anton's nel~ haUl'S readied, our man about town sent are 4 p m to 2 a m Monday hiS chauffeur off With $200 to pur- through Saturday, and 4 p m to chase a "big bnefcase .. In v-ent PnoIo by Tom Gtt«lWOOd 10 p m on Sunday.'> the money and on went the spend- The call of the great outdoor., wa., just too much for these four Rousek, 12, Lara Wise, II and Lisa Jasina, who were captured mg SpI ee Grosse Pointe beautie!l last \\eek. The combination of no snow, high whizzing down Dean Lane in the Farms. The last lhey were seen, If only the patrons were as temperatures and lots and fots of sunshine added up to a winning the) v-ere giggling their way into the sunset on Chalfonte Road. voracIOUS as the meter maIds FIrst It was off to the Falrlane combination for skaters lIeft to right) Laura Jasina, 11, Kin Shoppmg Mall for clothes and $50 Beer nuts tips to "anous cashl ers Then they There'> good news and bad popped out to the POll1te where nev-.'> thiS week For you beer the Ilmousll1e dropped off our lovers, the good news IS you hero's fJance at Leon's on Mack Support for Reagan dwindling - Hertel Avenue for "the works .. can now slam down the suds at By Wilbur Elston the DetrOit Zoo Hertel .'>ald He himself hasn't de- out agamst Reagan's poliCies and the race Willie the soon-to-he Mrs Rep Denms Hertel, the DetrOit CIded \~hether he'll vote for the program<; He thlllks the In- The bad news IS they've stop- Lucky" \\ as havlI1g her hall nail.'> Democrat \\ ho now IS I\ell mto hiS compromise agreed to by a pre- crea"mg mdependence of Demo- In Washington, Hertel says, the ped the sale of peanuts, os- and make-up done, Leon Sehoyan second term as the 14th District SIdential commiSSIOn Pre,>ldenl crats and RepUblicans III both members of the state congress- tenSIbly because too many pat- and the mysterv man made "mall congressman, fmd::. that hIS mall Reagan and House Speaker Tip IOnal delegatIOn, RepublIcan as talk ' - houses II1dlcates they want more rons were throl\ mg them at the thiS year from hl~ district and O'Neill although he does approve actIOn on the Jobs bill, reductIOns well as Democratic, work well to- ammals even from the Pomtes IS express- ,of the proposal to put Congres.'> gether on an mformal basis, es- "We had d drll1k, talked some m defense spendmg c1earmg up II1g less support for Pre'ildent Illto the 'iystem along WIth other the me% In the EnVironmental peCIally when they are con. Does thl.'> medn zoo gael's will football then he told me he 1\ as Reagan than It did a year ago federal employ'cs ProtectIon Agency and other siderlllg MIChIgan rather than be reduced to to'>smg beer bot- Just up from Flonda' <;dld matters on which thev feel the partisan Issues In fact, he esti- tle.'> m'>tead? Sehoyan "After a \1 h ill' he ,>hIHr- Hertel back m hIS dIstrict for a Hertel sees the contIllUll1g fed- mates that fewer than 10 percent state Democratic Party comen eral defICit a.'> the major long- admll1l~tratlOn IS not offenng ed and <;aId he \\ a'> cold much leader<;hlp of the votes cast In Congress re- Heroes and villians tlon, told the Grosse Pomte Ne\I'i tel m problem for the go\ernment 'All he \\ a.'> wealll1g \\a<; a ally are based on partisan politics In OUI 111 ca.'>e \ou-dldn't that Jetter writers thIS \ ear '>eem but emphaSizes that Impro\ement Hertel prl\ rttely IS 'iupportmg shIrt '>0 I lent hlln a ,,\\eater and that many more are based on to be less Interested In politIcal 1Il former Vice PreSIdent Walter know It dcparlii,l'lJl: one of the the economy IS a more Im- mutual mterest In reglonaf and main lead'> In last Friday Then he <;ald he needed a fur coat slogans than In <;peclflC program'> mediate problem If the econom~ MOl1dale for the DemocratiC [ told him \1e had the be 'it furriers state Issues mght " TV mal Ie "The Warr and economIc ISSUe'i, such as nat- 1mpro\ es tha t WIll In Itself can nominatIOn for preSident