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March 2Sth. 1961 to legally cover and permit him to continue as has in the past, as long as he does not exceed the five year total and Council posttramously provides the funds. This ordinance does nee satisi¥ either the law or the need, even worse, it compromises the already serious fiscal situation by adding more costly rank than is neces- sary and thereby hampering the real need of efficient, politically safe, well paid enforcement personnel. For all these reasons, I am forced to oppose the proposed ordinance." lowing vote: Vote being taken 3n Mr. Weiseman's motion, the ordinance was Ayes: Smith, Barnes. Breedlove, Leafy, Seward, Weiseman Nays: Walker adopted, and by the fol - 161--66 - The following communication from Councilman Walker was read: "Please place the below proposition to amend t~e Rules for Government of Council on thel agenda for Council ~ee'tin~ on Mahch i4, 1961 add on the agenda for consideration by Council at the meeting of March 28, 1961, in accordance with Section 12 of the Rules for Government of Council. It is proposed ·that Section t of the Rules o{ Government of the Council be amended to read as follows: 'Section 1. There shall be·regular meetings of the Council on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in each month at 7:30 o'clock P.M. ~nd continue in session act later than 11 o'clock P.M., except by unanimous consent of the ~embers present. Regular conferences shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays in each month starting at 7:30 o'clock P.M., Both me'stings and conferenees shall be open to the public. Items of business, which by their nature, require closed sessions, shall be so considered by unanimous consent of all members of Council.'" Motion of Mr. Walks? that Section 1 of the Rules of Government of the Council be amended To read as recorded above, was lost, 'and by the following vote: Ayes: Walker Nays: smit~, Barnes, Breedl~ve, Leafy, Seward, Weiseman 61-~2 ~- The following requests from the Commisszoner of Revenue for refunds on taxes approved on first reading gt last meeting, was taken up: 3. On motion of Mr. Breedlove, Ayes: Smith, Barnes, Nays: Non'e - Refund to Rober~ C. Clifford, 50 Gillis Road, in the amounz of $20.88 for taxes paid on property located at Hedges Ferry, which,investigation reveals, is-located in Norfolk County. Refund to J. L. Cuffee, 508 Taft Drive, in the amount of $7.25 for er- roneous assessment on tangible personal property. Refund to Octavia S. and Marvin L. Kilby, in the amount of $16.O4 for erroneous assessment on tangible personal property. the three refunds were granted, and by the following vote: B reedlove, Leafy, Seward, Walker, Weiseman taken up and head': 61-32 ~ The following ordinance, approved on first reading at last meeting, was ~'AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PREPARATION OF ~ GENE~iL NEIGKaORHOODRENEWAL PLAN IN CONNECTIONIWITH PROPOSED REDElrELOPMENT PROJECTS AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ADVANCE OF FUNDS" Mr, Walker read the following statement: "Last meeting, when we considered this scheme on its first reading, the chamber was crowded. The high and the low, the rldh and the poor and both races were well represented. Yet, with a few exceptions, each one had'the'same reason for being present - the individual desire to insure some material gain or to insure against some material loss to his or her property. It was plain, by their wor~s and actions, that the crowd was not COnCe~sa~with the right or wrong of what was b~ing considered. · The saddest par~, and the most damaging to the inte~rity of local government, of this episode has been the shameless ~anner in which the fi~e initiative and spirit of the original Organizers of the ParkView Improvement League, exerczsing their own responsibility to their neighborhood, ha~e been used to generate another Urban Renewal Projec~ e~en before the ashesof Lincolnsville are cold. If any doubt existed as to the intent of this schem~ the use of the n~me 'Park View' as a cover title-should dispel it~ Today ms we act to start anotker chain of event~ which will lead to another round of seizures o{ land an~i property, not for public'use, but-openly for material gain by both government and that fringe of parasites which feed upon it; to another fdund of heartbreaks rorer hose old, those retired, and those unable To mount an effective defense of their rights; to another round of speculation and investment Of public funds soreSy r£eeded for public service and facilities which is th8 ~rime ~esponsibility of an American governmenT; an~ eveatually, as certain as night follows day, to another Ghetto of Federal slave ~lers to house the displaced persons; we must stop momen- tarily and bare cdt ~ouls to God's scrutiny, so that ~he~ the Great Accounting comes, to each of us our accounts will be clear. We who profess to know God a~d keep His Command~nents, know that H~ looks with disfavor on those who place the god of Mammon abo~e Him, and that those who cove~ their neighbor~' property are equally in danger of judgment as those who kill or steal. We who profess to be Americans, who tmve sworn To uphold the Constitu- tion, k~ow without question, that the safety of our nation nnd future of our coming .generations depends on the sanctity of those guaranteed rights; know that regardless of any interim decision of the court, our Constitu- tional rights can not be disregarded, either by legal circumvention or by tacit consen~ of a people mesmerized by the pursuit of material gain, without permanen~ damage. Most of us know that the Federal funds we so greedily grab are not excess taxes but can only be provided by increasing the natiQnal debt already beyond the ability of the fourth generation to repa]