[Iabs-talk] visit to Gutierrez

[martineze701 at gmail.com]

Do you mean congressmanLuis Gutierrez ?

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> On Aug 23, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Gregory Chang Patti via Iabs-talk <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Congresman Gutierrez has an office on West Fullerton at 3240 W. Fullerton.  We need someone or a couple of people to go visit his office.  Please let me know offline if you can make that visit.  
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> "Every day we raise the expectations of blind people in the National Federation of the Blind.  Live the Life You Want."
> 
> Patti Gregory Chang
> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois, President
> NFB Scholarship Committee Chair 
> pattischang at gmail.com
> www.nfbofillinois.org
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Rose Sloan via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [il-talk] Let's Get 3 More
> Date: August 22, 2014 8:36:38 AM CDT
> To: "il-talk at nfbnet.org" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Reply-To: Rose Sloan <rosesloan920 at gmail.com>, NFB of Illinois Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Dear Rockstars (Otherwise known as the Illinois Affiliate):
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> 
> Well done. Congresswoman Bustos will be the 97th cosponsor of HR 831.
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> We need just three more to get one hundred and I propose we get three more
> Democrats from Illinois. My targets are:
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> Dan Lipinski
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> Louis Gutierrez and
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> Bill Foster.
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> Mr. Lipinski became a friend of the NFB's when Dave famously wrote an op ed
> about how difficult it was to secure a meeting with this office.  He should
> not be difficult to get to sign on.
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> Mr. Gutierrez was cosponsor of The Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities
> Act of 2011 (HR 3086) last Congress.  He should be an easy sell as well.
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> I do not know much about Mr. Foster, but he was not a Member of Congress
> last term, but he was a Member of Congress from 2008-2010, and then got
> elected to a different district later on.
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> My main question is: have we had district meetings with these offices?  If
> so, I would like an update.  If not, I urge you to please schedule these.
> Mr. Lipinski and Mr. Gutierrez are Chicago representatives.  Mr. Foster is
> a suburbs guy.
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> I look forward to the update, and I will be in touch soon about strategies
> to get these gentlemen on board.
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> Yours in the fight for fair wages,
> 
> 
> 
> Rose
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