[il-talk] Legislative Advocacy on Merger

[Kelly Pierce]

Denise,

Polling data shows the governor will lose the upcoming election by a
lot. He won his primary by just one point. do you believe this merger
idea will lose steam if JB Pritzker is elected governor in five weeks?

Kelly

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On 9/28/18, Denise Avant via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just heard from Andi Vanderkolk of Senator Cullerton's office. She told
> me
> that she reached out to DHS about the pilot merger. She has been told that
> the purpose of the pilot merger is for administrative purposes only, and
> this is something that the state is just trying out. She was told that a
> couple of states had such mergers. I reiterated our concerns, and
> particularly emphasized that the Blind Services Planning Council was not
> consulted in accordance with the Bureau of Blind Services Act. Ms.
> Vanderkolk told me that members in Senator Cullerton's office would be
> following the matter. She also plans to reach out to the Illinois Council
> of
> the Blind.
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> Denise R. Avant, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
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> (773)-991-8050
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> Live the life you want.
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