[nabs-l] Oregon school audit

[alena roberts]

Joseph,

I wish I could come, but I live in Corvallis and I have no
transportation to Salem. I hope that the rally goes well.

Alena

On 5/19/09, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alena,
>
> There's going to be a rally in downtown Salem on the capitol steps at
> 10:00 tomorrow.  If you can make it, please attend.  They assure us
> that the budget doesn't close the Commission, but I can think of six
> other ways for them to do it, and we need to send a clear message
> that we're not having any of it.
>
> I promise not to be a boring speaker.  *grin*
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 02:36:26PM -0700, alena roberts wrote:
>>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
>
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