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

Fri May 22 10:40:31 UTC 2009

The governor doesn't make the call.  He recommends closure, and his 
budget reflects that closure.  It'll be up to the Oregon legislature 
to follow through with hearings on the matter.

Kulongoski has not backed off on that recommendation, and the 
legislature has indicated that they will not remove the Commission 
from the budget.  If they did, it wouldn't be the first promise 
they'd made and broken to the blind this session.

The thing is, I can name at least six different ways they could gut 
the Commission between now and the end of the session, so I'm not 
terribly optimistic given the track record thus far.

Joseph

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 01:19:34AM -0500, Linda Stover wrote:
>Joseph,
>
>So, is the governor officially rescending the order for the commission
>to close?  If he isn't, is the commission perhaps thinking that a
>demonstration/rally will turn the governor against some sort of
>negotiations?  I'm not an Oregon resident, but have been following
>this discussion avidly; if it can happen in one state, it can
>definitely happen in another.  Thanks for taking the time to clarify
>this.
>Courtney
>
>On 5/20/09, alena roberts <alena.roberts2282 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am glad that you guys still had the rally. Sorry I couldn't be
>> there. Hopefully the legislature got the message.
>>
>> On 5/20/09, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We were there, NFB and ACB both.  Turnout was ... sad.  But those who
>>> came all said the same thing: They'd heard it had been cancelled.
>>> Not by the ACB or by the NFB.
>>>
>>> I want to take a moment to dispel something.  Rumors have been flying
>>> that there was some arrangement offered to certain people at the
>>> Commission to make this go away if they could, but I don't put much
>>> stock in it because I can't find solid evidence.  Frankly, the people
>>> supposedly pulling this aren't good enough at deception to pull it
>>> off without a trace, and I haven't found evidence yet.
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:36:42PM -0400, Ashley  Bramlett wrote:
>>>> Joseph,
>>>> Stand your ground.  We have the right to peaceably assemble and protest
>>>> in this country.  Use this fundamental  right.  Its a shame  the
>>>> comission tried to cancel it.
>>>>
>>>> ----- 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 11:49 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short Term
>>>> Politics
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The rally may not be as big as we hoped.  The Commission tried to
>>>>> cancel it.  (This raises several very important questions about why and
>>>>> how they were involved in the first place, but those can wait until
>>>>> after we have settled the matter.)
>>>>>
>>>>> You'd better believe I'll be there.  I'll probably be one of the
>>>>> speakers, wearing my student president hat.  (Okay, I don't actually
>>>>> wear hats..)
>>>>>
>>>>> Joseph
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 07:56:57PM -0400, Ashley  Bramlett wrote:
>>>>>> Joseph,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a rally wednesday.  Keep us posted on the turn out.  Post
>>>>>> links to news articles or tv clips when they're put out.
>>>>>> ----- 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 2:07 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short Term
>>>>>> Politics
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've been flooding the state congress with calls and emails.  I've
>>>>>>> been on the phone almost constantly, as has our state president Art
>>>>>>> Stevenson. We've both been on talk radio about it.  There's a rally
>>>>>>> on Wednesday. And there's more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joseph
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 08:07:21PM -0700, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>> Oo!  Not good. Is yoru chapter doing anything about it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>>>>>>> Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:15 PM
>>>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Governor Sacrifices the Blind for Short
>>>>>>>> Term Politics
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That'll come too late to save the Commission.  The governor has
>>>>>>>> called for
>>>>>>>> closure by July 1st.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Joseph
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:27:23PM -0700, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Maybe a resolution for the nfb convention? But I don't know.
>>>>>>>>
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