[Nfb-greeley] The day at the capital

[Christopher Schulte]

Today, february 27, 2013, was the NFB of Colorado's day at the capital. 
As a member of the Greeley chapter, and someone who was lucky enough to 
be able to attend because I am currently at the Colorado Center For The 
Blind, I was actually able to speak to a couple of legislators that 
represented Weld County. Representative Dave Young, and Senator Greg 
Brophy. The representatives were all in session, so we left information 
with their staff members. The senators that we met with were for the 
most part, in their offices, and we were able to have dialogues with 
them directly. We discussed accessible standardized testing for k-12 
grade students, the continued funding for NFB news line, as well as 
audio information network of Colorado, and the issue of the tremendous 
lack of public transportation in rural parts of the state. One of the 
representatives that we spoke with with, as well as one of the senators 
were on their respective transportation committees, as well as one of 
the representatives was on the education committee. All in all, it was 
an extremely productive morning, and we got all of the issues across 
that we were wanting to educate the legislators about. We were not 
necessarily rejected by anyone, however, some legislators seemed a bit 
less receptive then others. The bottom line is, we went to the capital, 
and our voices were heard, and I was happy to be a part of it.
Chris Schulte