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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Justin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In the original message you sent, asking us to call the committee, immediately below the phone number appeared the following e-mail address:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:apptestimony@cga.ct">apptestimony@cga.ct</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>which, depending on your e-mail client, could be clicked on to begin drafting a message. Because of some formatting weirdness thanks to Microsoft, I had trouble copying and pasting it here and in the process realized that this is only part of a proper e-mail address (no e-mail address I know of could end in “.ct” as opposed to “.com”, “.org”, or “.ct.us” or “ca.us”).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you, though, for clarifying for us that you’d rather us call. In fact I saw your message just as I was sitting down to draft an e-mail copying my senator and assemblywoman.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ll call tomorrow, and I hope everyone on this list who didn’t call today does so tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your hard work on this! Your drive and principle and willingness to help others shows well here especially since this issue may seem to have less an effect on you as it may for many other colleagues and friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nathanael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></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> Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] We Will Get What We Want<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hey Joyce,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I really appreciate having you active in this fight. I went back and reread my email, and I can't see where I did put an email address that people were supposed to use. Your screen access software may be focusing in on the physical address or the phone number. I do not have an email address to use it this time, but I think that's a good thing. I like phone calls because they are quick, and you can't sit there overanalyzing them while you're doing them. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you find an email address, please go ahead and share it, but I'm all for the phone calls right now.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Have a great night!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>By the way, while you all are sleeping tonight, I am going to be polishing up a research proposal for an experiment to measure the adults capacity to improve braille literacy. As a movement, we are doing great things!<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from the iPhone of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Student<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: @SalisburyJustin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></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—</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Socialist. </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Trade Unionist. </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Jew. </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.</i><o:p></o:p></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><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On May 20, 2015, at 6:32 PM, blindhands--- via Ct-nfb <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Can you please give me the entire email address to send this to?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> When I press enter on the email address nothing happens and when I try copy & pasting it, nothing happens.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Joyce</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>'<br><b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] We Will Get What We Want<o:p></o:p></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>Do you want to see guide dogs taken out of SB 234?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If enough of us do actually want it, we will get it done.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The bill was referred six days ago to the Committee on Appropriations, which means we have another round of calls to make. If we call the office of:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Marcellus","serif";color:#222222'>Appropriations Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#555555'>Legislative Office Building, Room 2700</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#555555'>Hartford, CT 06106</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#555555'> (860) 240‑0390</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:black'><a href="mailto:apptestimony@cga.ct.gov"><b><span style='color:#224488;text-decoration:none'> </span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…and if we tell them that we want guide dogs taken out of this bill, we stand a good chance. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here’s the secret, though:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If we want to get this done, we can’t sit back and hope that other people will do it. We have to do it as individuals. I used to put things like this on the back burner with the hope that I’d get to it sooner or later, and then I’d stumble across my reminder note to do it when it was too late. Please take just a minute to call the Appropriations Committee. It will pay off!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many of us have been working diligently so far, and we need to keep that up. If more of our members join in the fight, we might actually win.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’ve got a guide dog school coming out against the bill, and it’s great to have them on our side. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let’s keep at it!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yours always,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin<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</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Graduate Student</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Louisiana Tech University</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter: @SalisburyJustin</span><o:p></o:p></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—</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Socialist. </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Trade Unionist. </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Because I was not a Jew. </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. </i><o:p></o:p></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></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>Ct-nfb mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ct-nfb:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/president%40alumni.ecu.edu">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/president%40alumni.ecu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>