[nabs-l] Oregon school audit

alena roberts alena.roberts2282 at gmail.com
Tue May 19 21:36:26 UTC 2009


As a client of the Oregon commission for the blind I am with Joeseph
on this issue. Maybe mistakes have been made, but that doesn't mean we
should shut down the whole organization.

Alena

On 5/19/09, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Two issues.  School for the Blind is being closed.  Next is the
> Commission for the Blind.  The audit shows that mismanagement
> happened.  (The Oregon ACB have vilified the NFB for admitting this
> in its press release.)  These problems need to be addressed, but not
> not by closing the agency and folding it into a larger, even less
> accountable bureaucracy providing everything from Medicaid to
> Children's Protective Services to Vocational Rehabilitation.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 09:15:59AM -0700, Jim Reed wrote:
>>Joeseph,
>>
>>A $61,000 bike trip? It sounds to me like someone at the agency needs to,
>> at minimum, be fired, if not jailed for malfeasance.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
>> Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
>> Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
>> Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>>
>>
>>
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