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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ed (and others)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>That was a press release from the governor's office
which was passed along to me from a friend. It wasn't ever on this list until I
posted it. As an update, I sent letters to 4 newspapers in CT, and so far the
Danbury News-Times has called to tell me they will publish it. Here's a
preview:</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Thanks
for Nothing</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><A name=OLE_LINK20></A><A
name=OLE_LINK19><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><FONT size=3
face=Arial>On Wednesday, November 23, Governor Malloy’s office sent out a press
release detailing the governor’s Thanksgiving message. At the very bottom, where
the disabled reside on the governor’s priority list, he
wrote:</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>“It is bad that some of our fellow residents are afflicted with handicaps
that make their lives immeasurably difficult, and leave them hovering on the
edges of our society. But it is good that we have service providers who
work tirelessly and selflessly to care for and comfort
them.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Firstly, the term ‘handicapped’ gives us great insight into the mindset
of the governor. It’s an outdated term used by those whose only vision of the
disabled is for us to stand/sit on a corner with a cap in our hands
begging.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Secondly, we don’t want to be cared for and comforted. We want training
and opportunity. We want to work and live and pay taxes and contribute to
society. We want to laugh and love and make friends, not be shut away so people
don’t have to look at us and be reminded of what could easily be them. Thanks to
Governor Malloy’s vision for our future, we no longer have the oldest and best
performing agency for the blind in the country. There’s no longer a Commission
for the deaf and hard of hearing. Services for the bottom-dwellers have been
lumped together, buried in the state’s largest bureaucracy, and labeled more
efficient. A first step toward cutting services, employment outcomes, and
hope.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Thanks for nothing, governor.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
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size=3>Chris Kuell<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Danbury Connecticut<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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