[Ct-nfb] legislative alert

[Richard McGaffin]

It seems to be a losing battle, I think it's time to consider Connecticut a hopeless loss, nd move on. I'm considering moving, just waiting for Janet to get fired, and then we're splitting. this state is a joke, not hope whatsoever for the blind. Malloy has seen to that, and no matter what we try to do, he's going to screw us all over. With Besb leading the way for hin, Sorry I know that's bitter, but I'm tired of the rejection, and tired of wasting my time. fighting.
 
Rich


--- On Thu, 5/23/13, llee at nfbct.org <llee at nfbct.org> wrote:


From: llee at nfbct.org <llee at nfbct.org>
Subject: [Ct-nfb] legislative alert
To: "NFB of CT list serve" <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 10:26 AM




 
 


As Andrew Norton stated in his May 16th email that was forwarded to this list serv, the threat to food service facilities operated by blind folks is still alive and real. It is currently included in a couple of possible amendments to HB6305 which is on the House Go List. However, if that inclusion doesn’t succeed, it could be added to another bill of a similar nature.
 
The wording in the amendment would remove BESB’s first right of refusal for vending facilities in the state parks that are maintained by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protections (DEEP) and offer them to the highest bidder. Currently, this involves three parks where blind people run vending facilities, but we certainly would like to preserve the right to have a vending facility in any state park or facility. BESB would still be able to bid on the facilities, but they would have to be the highest bidder for the blind operators to keep their facilities. 
 
Blind entrepreneurs have had this right in Connecticut law since the 1940’s. The Randolph-Sheppard Act was extended to state facilities to help blind people find gainful employment. Our unemployment rate hovers around 70% and we need to safeguard such opportunities to be productively employed, taxpaying citizens of CT. 
 
We now have an opportunity to express our dissatisfaction about this proposal to our State Representatives. We need to ask that any such proposed amendments be voted against.
 
To find contact information for your State Representative, click here or call our outreach office at 860-289-1971 for assistance.
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