[DSM-Iowa] Today’s update from Cindy’s Perspective

[Kyla Billington]

Is it best to email the committee members or our senate and house
representative for the state?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 5:19 PM Cindy Ray via DSM-Iowa <dsm-iowa at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Greetings!
> First let me make sure we know the correct bill numbers. According to the
> message from Emily, they are HB126 and SB1123.
> I, along with Bob and Becky Young, went to the subcommittee meeting in G15
> at the Capitol. Don Shepherd and Wes’ wife, Susan, were at the hearing,
> too. It was a pleasure meeting Susan.
> I can’t say who all was heard, but they included the Library Association
> and Historical Society, the change in the AG’s office that seemed to give
> the AG more power over the county attorneys, Corrections and Paroles.
> That’s general and doesn’t matter anyway.
> The meeting was to have lasted two hours, but they were ahead of schedule.
> In order to insure that people who need to be there will be, they ended the
> meeting at one hour and ten minutes.
> People were allowed to speak, and I was hoping for the opportunity, but we
> weren’t heard. The next committee meeting is Monday at 11:00, but I am not
> yet sure where. They are trying to  organize so that the entire two hours
> will be utilized. If all aren’t heard on Monday, it will be continued to a
> later date.
> I think the Senators are a little concerned about the bill, or at least
> with a lot of the bill. I also think the E-mails that have gone out have
> been helpful because as we were leaving, I heard one of themsay  that the
> Department for the Blind has a lot of passion.
> Just as an aside, there was a Zoom Bomber on Zoom (I didn’t even know they
> were available that way), and they shut Zoom down. When they tried again,
> the mischief maker was still there. They said they were turning it over to
> the FBI.
> Stay tuned, stay alert, and let’s keep on working to live the lives we
> want.
>
>
> Cindy Lou
> Sent from my iPad
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