[nabs-l] Oregon school audit

[T. Joseph Carter]

Carry a sign outside Sarah Gelser's office?  She's your rep, and she 
is the architect of closing the School for the Blind.

Joseph


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:27:31PM -0700, alena roberts wrote:
>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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>Alena Roberts
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