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cial serviceswooddirector for so-calledaproblems, and get the (revenue-char- Thep proposal,Maplewood has been la- said. pull- ing) g seemed to have some sup-
, port from Mayor Robert
beled a "rip off" and a "We are somehow money that was origi-
ing incentives away from nallyours.' Bruton and oRobert
THREE CITY council- p e o p 1 e to help them- He asserted that "itNormuAnderson.nd
men either outrightly op- selves,"Wiegert asserted. going to get to the point . Brutonsaidthe director
posed the recommenda- "That used to be the good where the people paying
tion from City Manager old American way." the bills . . . won't be in a probably attractdireat
Michael Miller or called Manager Miller insisted p o s i t i o n to pay any p ob blycould of a
for a "lot more informa- that the monies for the more." least$20,0002r senior worth citizens t
ser-
tion" to justify the posi- proposed program were if there's something the communityojust from
o
tion. available through federal. wrong with people on so- Ramsey County welfare revenue-sharing. cial security," he added, funds
Maplewood ewOOd And that triggered com- "then it's up to the federal
p rnents from another coun- government to take care He someone to
Gilman,John Greavu. of them." "make saiddrsom some has to
Miller, in his budget ",I DON'T know what's Greavu said he next ex- ofHe
happen is
message earlier this year, wrong with the system in pects the council to be ad- Maplewood."
said a$13,500 p e r year our country," he stated. vised to hire an "affirma
-director could recruit tive actions officer." "EVERY TIME in#la-
and coordinate a broad "THE GOVERN- tion goes up, it cuts into
GOVERN-
organizations
of human servicehMENT" he said, "is those on socialpsecurity,"ut
organizations within the going to make sure that
city." g g
He said the services we go out and hire a bum Anderson said. "1 know
on social
probably should be aimed that d o e s n 't want to lothey istsandgo
securitycan't maka of it.
primarily at the commu- work." They need make
nity's 1,200 senior citizens, A social services survey
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many of them on fixed in- committee tried to justify "But we already have
comes. hiring a special services agencies to help them,"
"It's like being against officer by noting that Ma- Councilman Greavu inter-
God, flag and motherhood plewood has 142 people on jetted. 'Why do we have
to argue these things," public assistance, 800 on to put another agency on
Councilman Don Wiegert social security, over 100 top of another agency?"
said. mentally retarded per-
"There
IT the position of
"There are some genu- sons, 623 school drop-outs — God
ire needs out there," he and 280 juvenile arrests ourorbid —governmentto to so God
admitted. "But at the over the past year. ism?" Murdock inquired.
same time, 'we the ponBut some councilmen "In other words,are we to
t e' areop ripping of 'we said that these statistics take care of everybody?"
somehe of ' beat .hell on do not necessarily indi "It'll be here in a little
of these things." tate a problem or a need
His reference,apparent- for a s p e c i a 1 service while,"Anderson respond-
ring a special
wasp the cost of run-ecial services op- director. ed. "We might as well
eration, e s t i m a t e d at "SO THERE are 800 start right now.'
$19,355 for the firstyear. people on social security," The council finally post-
- Councilman Burt Murdock poned a decision on the is-
erle many instances,or oth- explained. "1 know lots of sue until a meeting Dec.
organizations, the p
p e o p 1 e on their own, people on social security. 12.`4