[blindlaw] U.S. Dept. of Labor listening tour

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

That would set us back in to the Dark Ages.
Chuck
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From: "Steve P. Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] U.S. Dept. of Labor listening tour


> Just tell Obama that if he doesn't sign all of the blind will vote for the 
> next Republican presidential candidate in 2012!!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] U.S. Dept. of Labor listening tour
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>
>> Well, I testified, and I demanded that Obama sign an executive order
>> ordering the US census to count the blind, the visually impaired and the
>> disabled.  One of the speakers from Reach was saying that he was going to
>> send a message to Obama on the disability issue and so I stood up and 
>> said
>> that the CDC is currently tracking 18 million Americans over the age of 
>> 40
>> who have the 6 major eye diseases that cause blindness, and 17 million 
>> more
>> have cataracts whcih is twice the population of african americans who 
>> voted
>> in the 2008 election.  This was filmed for CSpan but I do not know when 
>> it
>> will be on.  But it was a good meeting.
>>
>> I explained what I could do with my process for accessibility and the
>> progress on that issue too.
>>
>> James Pepper
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