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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'>Deb, hope this helps. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>With the exception of The Seeing Eye which requires students to pay a symbolic fee of $150 for the first dog, $50 for successor dogs and $1 if the student is a blinded veteran, all of these IGDF schools provide guide dogs to blind people at no cost. Therefore, since the bill requires guide dogs to be received from an IGDF program, it is not a matter of “discrimination” to exclude guide dogs from this bill. there is simply no need to include provisions for guide dogs in the bill since there is no cost to the blind person. <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>Deb Reed via Ct-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 03, 2015 2:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> Deb Reed<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] Safety is Only Hours Away<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Justin,<br>I understand that you were working with national to find out if in fact removing guide dogs from the bill would be discriminatory? Was there any results on that question yet? Respectfully, Deb<br> Deb Reed, President<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation Of The Blind<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Central CT Chapter<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Phone - 860-584-5221<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Email - <a href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com">deb.reed57@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jun 3, 2015, at 2:25 AM, Justin Salisbury 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>Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The last day of this session for the Connecticut General Assembly is Wednesday, June 3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They still haven’t passed or amended SB 234, the bill that would cause so many problems in the guide dog system as we know it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If our work was effective, we will soon see the results. If our work was not, we will see that, too. I may not know by the end of the day what happened with the bill because there may be some lag time for everything to get entered after the hectic day of slamming bills through the process, but I will let everyone know as soon as I know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Whatever the result is, I am proud to have been a part of this effort with my Federation family both in Connecticut and nationally. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keep your fingers crossed!<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/deb.reed57%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/deb.reed57%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>