Complimentary to churches and community groups pinorittj ©Mortunitij Jleui^ VOLUME 3. NO. 10 2730 STEMMONS FRWY. STE. 1202 TOWER WEST, DALLAS, TEXAS 75207 OCT. 1994 The Texas Special Electio Publishers Profile Association take a of • The Races stand on the state's Senator Royce West • The Candidates Governors Race • The Issues From the Publisher In mm Thurman Jones Unsung Hero of the Month sheriff's or other law enforcement agen­ addition, residents of the Apartment cies for help. The company will desig­ Association of Greater Dallas collected .._.,.,..„„__^~ ...„__^ Southwestern nate more than 1,5(X) vehicles as Mcgruff loose coins at tlteir property office. trucks through out its service area. Thanks for Bell telephone For more information call Pam has nominated Quitty (214) 830-2661. your support Opral Nelson as the unsung If you tuned in to our August and hero of the September issues, you are well aware month because Communittf housing fund of Minority Opportunity News' recent of her dedica­ crusade to delay the proposed transfer tion to all eth­ Housing available for low-income of licenses from Summilt nic minority buyersComnxunity Housing Fund, a Communications, which currently Opral Nolson entrepreneur, non-profit organization formed to owns KJMZ/100.3 FM and getting the assist low*to-moderate income first- Introducing itie new program at Jose Navarro time home KHVN/Heaven 97 AM, to New York- information necessaty to do business PK-3 Elementary School are, from teft: Dallas buyers, ; • -- -——•'«—-^^•••--- —- based Granum Communications, Inc. with SWBT. Also, she will go the extra City Councitwomen barbara Mallory; Chrystal broke ^^ (GCI), After a direct appeal, the Federal miles to ensure that you get the oppor­ ShiGid, student; Mcgnjff iho Crime Dog; Sonny ground on J'^ "^ Communications Commission (FCC) tunity to be included in the pipeline Vasquez, student; Steve Bell, Dallas police olli- a new IV'' graciously honored our request to whenever the opportunity arrives. cer; and Dallas Police Chief Ben Click delay approval for the transfer. This NIBA and MON is proud to salute her home inthe^^r^.liidilJ?y?^f^ extension, or waiver period, recently as the Unsung Hero of the Month. For Red Bird r " ^Tn^\fi!;ff:h^It^*'-^ came to an end on September 25,1994. more information call Samni Students pennies helping area, local- . r^.,^^,..., As a measure of thanks, I would Aki nmulero a t (214) 350-9590 cd on At^TiV-fT^i^Pi like to take my hat off to those of you police Tcxridge. „V;"f;S who offered your support by taking the Lisa time to write and/or telephone your DART board nezus Davis, the new home-owner learned comments regarding this very impor­ of the program through Curtis Yates tant matter. I give special thanks to Jesse D.Oliver of Real Estate Status Quo and an arti­ Crest-Moore United Methodist Church; was unani­ cle he wrote for Minority Opportunity who, under the direction of Pastor mously elected News earlier this year. Sheron Patterson, voted as a church as the Board's For more information contact Mr. body to support us in our efforts. This vice-chair. Yatesat 702-0151. support was made evident by the mul­ Oliver, who titude of letters we received from the represents the Fifth graders from both Kramer and congregation. Since then, all letters City of Dallas, J.J. Rhoads Elementary schools ca^ated Local artists ivin cash have been forwarded to the FCC in care has been a decorative banks in support of the Dallas Blue Foundation's "Pennies prizes of Mr. David Blank, who has assured member of mo that we will get due consideration. Oliver Helping Police" special fundraising DART Board campaign last montlu Several local artist were selected as As noted in previous articles—dur­ since 1993. He The pennies campaign gives winners in the annual Southwest ing our review of JAMZ community is a shareholder/attorney for Lanncn Black Art Exhibition sponsored by the access files, we were concerned but a & Oliver, P.C. everyone a chance to contribute and will benefit injured Dallas Police Mobil Oil Foundation, Inc. and the little more disturbed, that no letters of Dallas. Museum of African American Life were contained reflecting the opinions BillyRatcliff,a Officers and their families. For one week in September, forty-five Dallas and Culture. of the "man off the street," who makes Dallas repre­ Tommy Lintz of Dallas won $700 up the station's listener base. Instead, a NationsBank locations placed special­ sentative since ly marked buckets in their lobbies dur­ for his Colored Pencil Drawing, John majority of the letters on file were writ­ 1993, was elect­ ten by directors of non-profit organiza­ ing regular blinking hours^ in order to ed assistant collect donated coins from citizens. In NEWS cent, on page 6 tions mairJy thanking station secretary. He "v»^ personalities for their participation in is president of various events. Considering that most Ratcliff other radio station files contain a repre­ Recycling Inc. sentative sampling of both positive and of Dallas negative feedback with regard to pro­ All Board officers serve a one year gramming content, we were astonished term. Board members receive $50 for that JAMZ files contained ho dissenting each board meeting. They receive no letters which protested the station's broadcast of profane or offensive lyrics. cmpensation for their participation in other community moetingb As I have stated previously, MON's position throughout this cru­ sade has not been one aimed against KjMZ/100.3, as we would take the TU electric introduces neiu same action in the same circum­ stances, involving any other local program radio station. Instead, we would like to see the station lake a more proac­ Tu Electric, along with area law tive approach toward issues affecting enforcement officials, recently intro­ our community such as teen violence, duced a nre children's safety program gang warfare and unemployment. called McGruff Truck. Children may Considering the fact that alxsut 60per- flag down TU Electric vehicles that have McGruff's picture on them, and THANKS Com. on page 6 employees will contact local police. c ^ggg^(^[m!m c i^^^i^tg^gc (»t^a;t^o r^^i^gr ^-.M,.^, rJ«.-aE.g,.a..»c^TT-aTr--TrrT-.^->^v«>ja- Ty^ 2 DearMON: one's character permanently."' - DearMON: munity "musically". Do not permit Now let me expound, if a 6 year KMJZ to continue to play such music. I was shocked and astonished by old listens to hard core rap and this Hard core rap music is destroying the your decision earlier this month to pub­ becomes part of his daily environment African American community and it Sincerely, lish an unsigned~and obviously fake— this is information that he is taking in, must be slopped. As a pastor I am wit­ Sheron C. Patterson, pastor letter purportedly written by some one then it is in fact a part of his sur­ nessing the victimization of young lives who writes for the Dallas Observer. roundings and a child is a product in my congregation and community It is clear that the text of the letter of his environment which brings us being negatively shaped by the lyrics of DearMON: was offensive and contemptible, as well to the conclusion that the rapper's this genre of music. as idiotic. No one could believe that it information is perceived as fact and Specifically, there are aggressive I'm glad that you're holding KJMZ'5 was anything but phony. Yet, for some a way of life. attitudes and lax moral values. The feet to the fire due to their lack of com­ reason, you chose to print it. In my opinion the media has to young women demonstrate low self- munity involvement. And playing Does your newspaper make a habit start taking responsibility for the infor­ eslecm by having babies, and the young songs with offensive lyrics. of publishing fake letters that defame mation tJiat is transmitted to its public. men exhibit a carelessness and lack of I beg to differ with Mary Sneed of people? Docs that not strike you as irre­ responsibility which is fueled in part by Summit*Dallas Broadcasting sponsible? In this case, the decision is Gary Ferguson drug and alcohol abuse. Violence, sex, Corporation. Her station still plays particularly puzzling. In^ telephone Dallas, Tx 75382 careless living and drugs and alcohol song with offensive lyrics. Case in conversation, your Publisher Thurman are the staple of hard care rap. point: rap group Salt & Fepa has a song Jones, explicitly told me that "no one at KJMZ plays hard core rap music entitled what a In it there is a line that the Minority Opportunity News DearMON: and therefore this station is contributing goes,' Even though most men arc hos'. believes anyone at the Observer would to the downward spiral in this commu­ If that not offensive I don't know what I am very concerned about the playing write such a letter." Thurman Jones later nity. Please help us clean up our com- LETTERS com. on page reaffirmed to one of our writers that he of hard core rap on our public airways. I am the parent of children ages 11,14 personally believes the letter is a fake. and 17 years and I know the impact So why was it published? It is hard that the message in music can relay to Marginal Credit? Bad Credit? No Credit? Bankruptcy? to imagine a better example of acting our kids, I live the experience daily. with what media lawyers call "malicc"— My two younger children arc at an Bad Things Happen to Good People! recklcss disregard for whether some­ impressionable age and my sons (ages Let Johnny Mack Help you re-establish your credit.