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420. June 14th, 1960 here for a ntnmber of years before my .wife ~died as the property was deeded:ye h~k'I came back just before she passed, the property has not been kept up. I f~ind that the gaxes on this proper~y-is out of reason. Why not appraise the city real estage:'ho~stl~ and:.~airly se~t~at a cittze~ can pay~it~: It his very difficult for me believe that anyone on city~co~n~il'can~betieve that citizens of Portsmouth,c~ pay any such unjust gaxes. I know that some got relief but I was nog ghat fortunate and it is unfair go lay that burden on the taxpayer;, ,I ask that the Council'take Some i~mediate act'ion~go relieve the citizens of Portsmouth, of this unfair burden', '~ou can'no~laY this respogsibility'upon the courts. The City Council run the City. You are killing the~goose-that lay~the-golden egg," ':- ~ ' - ...... ' Motion of Mr. Breedlove to acknowledge and file for information was adopted, without dissenting vote. 60-184 - The follewin~ communication from -the Negro Parengs Organization was :, :?~everal, mont~s ago~. the N~gr~:Parent~ o~ ~he ~if~f~rent schools formed an or- ganization.for the purpose'of iml~roving the~,rela~tianship.~betwe~en teact~e~s~.~uper~isors ~d a~inistration. Also ~o find the reasons we have .~-~lar~e'n~ber ef"f~ring~ef t~achers ~d shifting of leachers from one place to the other. We wrote Mr. Napp several months agoconcerning this grea~ problem ~hat the teachers are having with ..... We-definitely feel th~ts~pervisors are no~ needed unless they assist teacher~ with the work.~Teacher's complain abou~ ~he~up~r~'sors"c~in~~'~i~t~th'~'~ms~'th''s°ur faces, distasteful good a job as they wish ~o do. We do aec fe~l thmt~r. ~pp shouid place ever ythi~: in the hands of Nfs.Holmes. She is actually ruling the Negro schooD sy~be~ in~,te~ad~ ef.~r~M~pp~¢~She~ d~i~ h~ing of the teachers, shift- ing and reco~endation fore'the ~iring-off-the ~chers~She~ h~s thing~ so ~ganiz'ed until ~eachers have re con - sult their principal before Dee'ing~r~ NaPP~e~rni~ pr~ms~the~ ml¢~ have.~M~'~feel that ~eachers shokld be We have talked with several teachers that were fired recently and found zn mos~ cases it was nor done b~cause:~f~compe~e~cY,~ ~t ~u~e~'of~'~m~r~o~' disTike that ~s. Holmes has. If you investigate the recent firing of Mr. Jordan a science teacher ar Clark you will find that she fired him in order to make room for a ~acher jus~ graduating from college who is a very close friend ~o her family. We feel ~here is ~oo much ~ao You Are in this system. Seve~ of the people that were fired have received better jobs, some are college employed. ~r, Belton, a principal also, has a distasteful attitide with his co-workers. He does nor like for any of his ~eachers zo disagree with him, He does nor believe in the freedom of s~ech. He likes~for .his teachers ~o look ?.~pon him as a ~king and~no~ as a co-worker, ~ith~ the same degree that he has. sitions be changed~ As~axp~ying ciIizens we feel that our money is being wasted on supervisors, when we They have trained teachers that know what they are doin~ and the majority of them are doing a wonderful job. The ~eachen ia the one that we are concer~ed aboat -~hey'~re,*'~e ones ~th~t shoul~have i-ncrea-sed ,saLanies. are the ones t~t have these p~eciOus jewels~most :of the day. Teachers' amc the ones that are contributing ~o their growth. A ~eacher can never be,paid fully,for the great jo~ she is ~oing. We ,reco~end that the super - ~e hope that you will become aware of this problem and give some aid. ~D its improvement. Signed - Negro Parent~Orgaaiz~ion ;~W~.'BiDzzamd~ ~ecretary.'~ . Motion 'of.~r. Weiseman~that~ th~l~tter be ag~np~wlgdged and transmitted go t~e Superintendent of Schools with the reques~ tha~ the Council b~furllished~ ~ copy of the Superintendent's ~ reply ~o ~r. Blizzard~ was adopt~d~ ~thout dissentin~ vo~e. 60-185 - T~e following co~unication from ~rs. A.W. ~arable was read: '~I am writiBg ~o le~ '~Qu .kn~w .~ha% I a~ ~ery md~h in favor of having the Co.unity Bus Company operate in the City of Portsmouth~ 'I~have 'read in the paper tha{~the officials of that company have said they can give satisfactory service without any ~ncreas&in'%He. . . f~e.:. Thai is certai~yJ~t?the City of Portsmouth needs - a satisfactory ~ransportation s~stem ~ith0ut any ~ncrease in fa~e, and we certai~y have nor had that for~quite a while. ~t~ is' o~& of: ~h~ ~any r~ason~ Tot th~ ~eplora~le ~ta~e of business in do~towa Portsmouth and the trend of busiJes~ t0 6utlyi~ '~h0~{~g denters. I have read t~at the Transit Company has asked for an in'tease in fare from ~wen~y to ~en~y five cents. I would like to ask why it is that Norfolk ~s a ~ransportation system with new air-conditioned buses that has kept in operation cna seventeen cen~ fare and the Portsmouth system has been charging ~wenty cents and now is aski~ ~o be allowed no charge ~en~y five cents? ~o is goi~ to pay fifty cents to go do~own to shop or for any other purpose that is not absolutely necessary? I certainly would no~. And I k~ow.Qf quite a few ~ple who have ~stopped riding the bus to work and are riding with others ~n cars instead of paying t~ 'high bus fare. H~w c~ they expe6~people to patronize the bus company when they are doing everything they can to drive them ~o other means of transportation? They are hurting the~ selves as well as do~o~ Portsmouth. It is time for someone ~0 do someth%ng about it and I urge you gentlemen ~o use your influence in getting better and more reasonable transportatio~ ibr~P6r~smouth. Competition is good and I sincerely urge you ~o do all %on can ~o get the Co~uni~y Bus Company ~o operate in Portsmouth. I would like ~o add that I do n~haSe i~tere~I in the company and do-noS,know anyone Who owns or works for them. All I am interested in is zn having good, reasonabl~' transportation for Portsmouth, which will help people who go work, the school children, the peQpte who s~op and all who ride the buses. (Signed Nrs. A.~.Marable,Jr.) Motion of ~. Breedlove that the co~unication be acknowledged and referred ~0. the nex~ conference of the C~ncil, was adopted,~ withou~ dissenting. ~ ~ vo~e. 60-18~ - The followiRg co~unzcatio~ from the West Side Civic League was read "~t is with a greBt deal: 0f ~ide that we in this community look upon the improvement of the five smr~t~ which now have curbs, gutters and snorm drainage. Nith the elimination of the ditches with stagnated water, it ~ a much cleaner and healthier co~uni~y.~ Dnring.a rec~nz ~iscussion. by~1~Cit~.Council. . ~ , concerning, the width of certain s~e~s in Wes~haven Park, Council d~cided ~hat ~hese ~tree~s should be made thirty smx feet in lieu of thirty feet as hmd been planned. We would like ~o take this opportunity ~o co.end the City Council for this stand, as we f~ the minim~ width of any s~ree~ in PQrzsmouth~. ~ whsmev~. _ possible, should be thirty six feet as a