[Ct-nfb] legislative alert

[ntwales]

Sandee,
What I usually say when I call would be:
"My name is Nathanael Wales.  I am one of Representative Hoydick's 
constituents from Stratford.  I am calling to ask the Representative to 
oppose two amendments to bill 6305.  These amendments are LCO 7021 and 
7022.  These amendments will hurt blind small business owners."
Often I'll get a voicemail box.  When I do I also leave a phone number 
where the aide can call me back with any questions or a response.  If I 
get a real person, I'll give them more of my information as a 
constituent if they ask (address and phone number).
You are welcome to e-mail me privately with your address in West 
Hartford and I'll look up your representative for you.  My e-mail 
address is:
ntwales at omsoft.com
Otherwise, Lucia in our outreach office can take the time to look it up 
for you.
Nathanael

On 24.05.2013 08:08, Sandee Kush wrote:
> I need a favor  I keep saying to myself, I have to call my
> representatives and then I don't.  Is this because I am lazy, a
> procrastinator, unsure of what to say, get frustrated scrolling
>  through the excellent explanations to find the number of the bill or
> amendment I would like to voice my opinion on, or because my eyes and
> mind glaze over and shut down when I hear Legislative numbers.
>
> So here's the favor:
>
> Could  someone write  a script for me, what I should say exactly
> when I call.
>
> Also, because I can't find where I filed  a previous email which
> listed all  the numbers of representatives,
>
> If you could just include
>
> the reps for West Hartford and the Senators phone numbers and emails,
> I promise to save it forever.
>
> Thanks so much for keeping it simple for me.
>
> FROM: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] ON BEHALF OF
> llee at nfbct.org
> SENT: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:27 AM
> TO: NFB of CT list serve
> SUBJECT: [Ct-nfb] legislative alert
>
>> 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 [1]or call our outreach office at 860-289-1971 for assistance.
>
>
> Links:
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> [1] http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CGAFindLeg.asp