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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is good news indeed. I will be looking for the language change in the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Maryanne<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 04, 2015 1:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'ct-nfb@nfbnet.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] Good News<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just got off the phone with Senator Dante Bartolomeo. She told me that she would remove guide dogs from SB 234.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Together, we are changing what it means to be blind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yours in Federationism,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin Salisbury<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Graduate Student<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter: @SalisburyJustin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Socialist. <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Trade Unionist. <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Jew. <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Martin Niemöller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>