[nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short Term Politics

[Kevin Wassmer]

I was listening to Lars Larson. He warned the blind people to be carfull. He 
said that this would be a pirfict opertunity for politissions to take 
advantage of blind people and demand the public pay more taxes to keep the 
Comission and other things oppened. Know what I know about our goverenment 
he might be right. This is a sad for all of us.
"You say, Son, let's forget the past,
I want another chance, gonna make it last.
You're begging me for a brand new start,
trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,
but you know... you never built it dad." (Queensryche
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short Term Politics


> Mis use of tax payer dollars happens all the time.
> Politicians can be corrupt.  There needs to be better management in 
> Oregon. Closing the comission is not the answer.
>
> Ashley
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short Term 
> Politics
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>> Ashley,
>>
>> We've had outcries from both NFB and ACB here in Oregon, but we've also 
>> had some objection from the ACB over the NFB's supposed attack on the 
>> Commission leadership.
>>
>> It's made the local news that an audit has surfaced with pretty major 
>> misuses of taxpayer dollars.  Things like a biking trip that cost $61,000 
>> and was attended by 17 employees, 2 clients, and some volunteers.  The 
>> governor was furious.  Two days later, he's calling for closure of the 
>> Commission.
>>
>> You'll read in the press release NFBO put out:
>>
>> The final blow was delivered Friday, May 15th, when Governor Kulongoski 
>> proposed total abolition of the Oregon Commission for the Blind, which 
>> currently provides job training and rehabilitation to blind adults and 
>> seniors.  In his attempt to cover up his own lack of oversight of 
>> administrative misjudgments by his appointees who run the Commission, the 
>> Governor sacrifices the quality of life and future potential of the blind 
>> of Oregon.
>>
>> There's an attack in there all right, directed at the governor of the 
>> state.  The misjudgments are a matter of public record at this point, so 
>> there is no question that they happened.  The question is what is the 
>> governor suggesting be done about it.
>>
>> Generally speaking, though, we are working together on this, because we 
>> know that while we need to fix some problems in the Commission, we can't 
>> do that unless we've got one to fix.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 07:32:45PM -0400, Ashley  Bramlett wrote:
>>> That's right.  IF  they tried it in virginia there would be outcries 
>>> from both organizations to prevent it.
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "clinton waterbury" 
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>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:58 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short Term 
>>> Politics
>>>
>>>
>>>> The fact that the state of Origon is doing this is a load of... well... 
>>>> Bull!  Who in their right mind would do this?  If they did something 
>>>> like that in Utah, there would be blood so to speak!  People from both 
>>>> organizations would turn around and flat out rip into the legeslature 
>>>> for it!
>>>> On May 18, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Kevin Wassmer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm supised that Marc Mower hasn't talked publicly about this.
>>>>> "You say, Son, let's forget the past,
>>>>> I want another chance, gonna make it last.
>>>>> You're begging me for a brand new start,
>>>>> trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,
>>>>> but you know... you never built it dad." (Queensryche
>>
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