[Ct-nfb] Good News

Mary Silverberg marysilverfox at gmail.com
Tue May 5 17:52:36 UTC 2015


Justin & Maryanne,

This is really wonderful news, on both fronts...guide dogs and discussions
on the sub minimum wage.
Mary

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Maryanne Melley via Ct-nfb <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> *This is good news indeed. I will be looking for the language change in
> the bill.*
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> *Maryanne*
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> *From:* Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Justin
> Salisbury via Ct-nfb
> *Sent:* Monday, May 04, 2015 1:10 PM
> *To:* 'ct-nfb at nfbnet.org'
> *Subject:* [Ct-nfb] Good News
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> Fellow Federationists:
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> I just got off the phone with Senator Dante Bartolomeo. She told me that
> she would remove guide dogs from SB 234.
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> Now, we can’t throw a party to celebrate just yet; the results are not in
> the books yet, but we are close to the point in time when we can celebrate.
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> While I had her attention, and while she was so into helping people with
> disabilities, I thought I’d talk to her about something else, something on
> our wish list…
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> She also told me that she would be very interested in a state-level bill
> to end the unfair, discriminatory, and immoral practice of paying less than
> minimum wage to workers with disabilities in Connecticut. She and I will be
> planning a meeting with my local State Senator, Tony Guglielmo, a
> republican, so that we can start on both sides of the aisle. We are hoping
> to have that meeting in the fall.
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> Together, we are changing what it means to be blind.
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> Yours in Federationism,
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> Justin Salisbury
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> Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
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> Graduate Student
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> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
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> Louisiana Tech University
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> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
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> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
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> *First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—*
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> *Because I was not a Socialist. *
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> *Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— *
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> *Because I was not a Trade Unionist. *
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> *Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— *
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> *Because I was not a Jew. *
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> *Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. *
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> Martin Niemöller
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