[blparent] Full and Open Disclosure

Sat Jun 9 01:03:30 UTC 2012

I admit I did call Gabe some vulgar names after I was accused of being a 
liar.  I'm sorry for that, but I was indeed provoked.  I can't stay on the 
list anymore.  He wins.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 6:27 PM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Full and Open Disclosure

> I am confident that Steve or Dave will see this for what it is. I have the 
> emails to prove it. I was attacked today, unprovoked. off list for 
> contributions I made on the list. that is not acceptable.
> Gabe Vega - Sent from my Macbook Air
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> On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Brandy W wrote:
>
>> Gabe, I am most likely going to be leaving this list because you have 
>> made
>> it the most unpleasant place to read mail on. Did you not ever hear that 
>> if
>> you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all? I wish you
>> didn't always need the last word, and could act like the adult you clame 
>> to
>> be. I'm really tired of the way you turn our happy list into a war zone a
>> minimum of once a week.
>>
>> Bran
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out 
>> is
>> a spark."
>> - Victor Hugo
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 8:01 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Full and Open Disclosure
>>
>> Interesting, since I was at the zoo all day with my kids.  Now we're 
>> going
>> to the pool, so I'll deal with this later.  I hope you sent Steve all of
>> your vicious, vindictive e-mails, too.
>>
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
>> song."  Maya Angelou
>>
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>> From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 5:54 PM
>> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Full and Open Disclosure
>>
>>> really Joe? its a good thing I forwarded all of your harassing emails
>>> to Steve because other wise it would have seemed like I'm just some
>>> evil blind man picking on you. when in fact, you emailed me first,
>>> cussing at me and calling me very mean and nasty names about how I made
>> you feel.
>>> emails that I have been receiving for the past 6 hours since this 
>>> morning.
>>
>>> it was only after I told you that I knew you were a lyer. thanks to a
>>> phone call. I never said I accessed your info online, being that
>>> Social Security information is not available to the general public via 
>>> the
>> world
>>> wide web.   now please, leave me alone. Thank you.
>>> Gabe Vega - Sent from my Macbook Air
>>> Phone Voice/Text: (623) 565-9357
>>> Email: theblindtech at gmail.com
>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/blindtech
>>> FaceBook: http://facebook.com/blindtech
>>> Website: http://thebt.net
>>>
>>> On Jun 8, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Jo Elizabeth Pinto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, all.  Gabe Vega, in a private message he wrote to me, accused me
>>>> of misrepresenting my income and job situation to this list in an
>>>> effort to make myself look better than I really am.  Moreover, he
>>>> claims to have looked my personal information up online, which is how
>>>> he found out about the supposed lies I told.  I shouldn't have to
>>>> justify myself to him or to anybody else, but I try to live a life of
>>>> integrity, and so, in case any of the rest of you feel that I
>>>> portrayed myself dishonestly, here is the whole truth.
>>>>
>>>> I receive a monthly check from the Social Security Administration,
>>>> but it is an SSD check, not SSI or welfare, as Gabe originally
>>>> claimed.  I was on SSI at one time, but I eventually paid into the
>>>> system enough to qualify for SSD, as per the regulations of the United
>> States government.
>>>> I still pay into the system via yearly income taxes, and a 15% Social
>>>> Security tax, which is required of people who are self-employed.  I'm
>>>> sorry if my denial of receiving SSI or welfare was interpreted to
>>>> mean that I got no government money at all.
>>>>
>>>> In addition to my monthly SSD check, which is just enough to cover my
>>>> $921 mortgage payment, I also work as an independent contractor,
>>>> proofreading braille for several production houses across the country.
>>>> Gabe accused me of playing up the income from my job when it was, he
>>>> said, in actuality pocket change.  Last year I made $10,623.95, gross
>>>> income.  In the first year I started doing freelance proofreading,
>>>> which was 2005, I earned $20,750.85.  In my best year, which was
>>>> 2006, I grossed $28,653.30.  The economy is very far down since then.
>>>>
>>>> Gerald, who is not my husband, makes fairly good money as the sole
>>>> proprietor of a watch and clock repair shop in the town where we
>>>> live.  I am not at liberty to disclose the figures.  However, he has
>>>> another household for which he is largely, though not wholly,
>>>> responsible.  So, as I said in my original defense against Gabe's
>>>> first attacking post, most of the money to support myself and my 
>>>> daughter
>> comes from me.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know exactly what information Gabe found out about me online,
>>>> or how he came by what he did locate.  I feel threatened by the fact
>>>> that he decided to dig into my private business via the Internet, and
>>>> if he can really ferret out facts as easily as he says he can, the
>>>> rest of you ought to be careful not to bring his wrath, or his
>>>> detective skills, down on your heads.  But I'm not threatened by
>>>> telling the truth, and so I have given all of you a full and open
>>>> disclosure of the facts in question.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it
>>>> has a song."  Maya Angelou
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