[Nfb-hi] FW: Voices need to be heard, Important! FW: SB893.
Nanifife
nanifife at aol.com
Wed Feb 16 17:02:14 UTC 2011
Urgent
SB893 Sd1 will be heard Thursday at 9am & will be posted at 11. Need
your testimonys.
Nani
Sent from my iPhone Nani Fife
On Feb 16, 2011, at 5:21 AM, "Milton Ota" <mota at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> _____
>
> From: Nani Fife [mailto:nanifife at aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:30 PM
> To: one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net; senbaker at capitol.hawaii.gov
> Cc: almafriends1 at yahoo.com; Amy_Downard/HONDO/HIDOE at notes.k12.hi.us;
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> ;
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> todd_lavigne at yahoo.com;
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> sengreen at capitol.hawaii.gov; sennishihara at Capitol.hawaii.gov;
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> Subject: RE: Voices need to be heard, Important! FW: SB893.
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
> Thank you very much for your kokua with SB 893. You are all champions!
> Our voices were heard by Senator Baker. Many of us including Virgil,
> Finia,
> Charlene, Ann, Milton, Rona, Kazmir, Kyle, Brandon, Brenda, Guywood,
> Stan,Ellen and her friend and myself showed up at Senator Baker's
> office
> Monday morning and we sure made a statement and impression. The NFB of
> Hawaii voices were heard. Forgive me if I forgot anybody.
> Since our meeting with Senator Baker I have been working intensely
> with
> Senator Baker's legislative assistant. Senator Baker is working to
> hear SB
> 893 and the bill was so broad that she did not want to have any puka
> (holes/gaps) She is a perfectionist and wants all questions answered
> before
> any hearings.That is for our benefit. I beleve now that their is
> clarity
> Senator Baker is truly working with us. We are working at the 11th
> hour and
> their is a strong possibility SB 893 will be heard Thursday. In
> order for SB
> 893 to be heard Thursday Senator Baker will need to ask the Senate
> for a
> waiver. I will know tomorrow around 12 noon whether the bill will be
> heard.
> I will notify you one way or the other. Testimonys will need to be
> sent and
> more importantly we need to be there in person at the hearing.
> Honestly, it
> has been a roller coaster these few days. Need you to keep up the
> spirits
> and positive attitude. One step at a time.
> Best Regards, Nani Fife
>
> <javascript:void(0)> PresenceIconNani Fife
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virgil Stinnett <one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net>
> To: senbaker at capitol.hawaii.gov
> Cc: Alma Luna <almafriends1 at yahoo.com>; Amy Downard
> <Amy_Downard/HONDO/HIDOE at notes.k12.hi.us>; Amy Kaaha <kaahamy04 at yahoo.com
> >;
> kanaweawe at gmail.com; Anil Lewis <alewis at nfb.org>; Ann Lemke
> <lemke at hawaii.edu>; Annette Tashiro <ATashiro at dhs.hawaii.gov>;
> anthony.akamine at hawaii.gov; Brandi Marie Konrady
> <brandimariekonrady at yahoo.com>; Brenda Lucas <bluca72 at gmail.com>;
> Bridget
> Matsumoto <bridgetm719 at gmail.com>; Byron Jitchahu <bj.hilo at hawaiiantel.net
> >;
> Charlene Ota <caota at hawaii.rr.com>; c.h.akamine at gmail.com; Curtis
> Chong
> <chong.curtis at blind.state.ia.us>; Deborah Gabe
> <debbiealg at gmail.com>; Don
> Okashige <d.okashige at hawaiiantel.net>; Don Patterson <alohadon50 at yahoo.com
> >;
> Nani Fife <nanifife at aol.com>; Finia Kachita <finiakachita at gmail.com>;
> GAbe at dhs.hawaii.gov; gensen.music at gmail.com; Gerry White
> <white.gerry at gmail.com>; Glenn Nakagawara
> <GNakagawara at dhs.hawaii.gov>;
> Guywood Delacruz <SongofEagle at g-mail.com>; Ivy Galariada
> <igalariada at hawaii.rr.com>; Jacob Kamanu <kam.js005 at gmail.com>;
> James Chinn
> <chinnj001 at hawaii.rr.com>; segawaj005 at hawaii.rr.com; Joaquin Luna
> <joaquin.luna at yahoo.com>; Joe Cordova <jcordova at dhs.hawaii.gov>;
> Joelcho
> <joelcho at hawaii.rr.com>; John T Hays <johnthays at gmail.com>; Karl
> pangilinan
> <ihideoverhere at gmail.com>; Karl pangilinan <ihideoverhere at gmail.com>;
> Kathleen Fujimoto <KFujimoto at dhs.hawaii.gov>; Katie L. Keim
> <kati.did at hawaiiantel.net>; Kimo Keawe, HCIL Executive Director
> <kimok at pacificil.org>; Kyle Aihara <kyleaihara at yahoo.com>; Michael
> Laconsay
> <dabeachbumz at hotmail.com>; kyle laconsay <hearkylaugh at gmail.com>;
> Larry
> Geller <lgeller at igc.org>; Lorna Mal <hellomandl at earthlink.net>; Lea
> Grupen
> <bomdia at hawaii.rr.com>; mary cordova <mlc_1947 at yahoo.com>; Melisa
> Jonas
> <marisel25 at yahoo.com>; Milton Ota <mota at hawaii.rr.com>; Monty Anderson
> <andersonmonty at hotmail.com>; naomi olson <naomi at naocreative.com>;
> Pamela
> Punihaole <moowahine at yahoo.com>; Robert Burns <bobby.burns at live.com>;
> Roxanne Ramoness <RoxyRamones at yahoo.com>; Ronalene White.
> <rwhite.zis at gmail.com>; rpkest at gmail.com; Rylan Suehisa
> <rksuehisa at gmail.com>; Sam Fisk <sfisk at hawaii.rr.com>; sajja koirala
> <classicalsazza at yahoo.com>; 'Sharon Ige' <sharonige003 at hawaii.rr.com>;
> Shayleen <Shatwty at yahoo.com>; Shontel Jones
> <shonteljones1 at gmail.com>; Amy
> Shinagawa <amy.rs at hawaiiantel.net>; Shontel Jones <shonteljones1 at gmail.com
> >;
> Stan Young <SKYCOMHAWAII at msn.com>; Steve Kim
> <stevekim at blesshop.com>; Sylvia
> <mermaidsyl at hawaii.rr.com>; Sylvia Abernathy <shrosenberger at hawaii.rr.com
> >;
> Tammy Rober <snoopytdr at aol.com>; todd_lavigne at yahoo.com; Wilmer Galiza
> <wilmergaliza at hawaiiantel.net>; Brandon Young <young.brandon4 at gmail.com
> >;
> Bill Coke <wailum99 at hotmail.com>; jjc at kauai-law.com; Dane Alani
> <dalani001 at hawaii.rr.com>; sentaniguchi at Capitol.hawaii.gov;
> sengaluteria at capitol.hawaii.gov; sengreen at capitol.hawaii.gov;
> sennishihara at Capitol.hawaii.gov; senslom at Capitol.hawaii.gov;
> sensolomon at capitol.hawaii.gov; Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
> <senchunoakland at Capitol.hawaii.gov>; Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
> <chunoakland at yahoo.com>; Virgil Stinnett <one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net
> >
> Sent: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 11:56 am
> Subject: RE: Voices need to be heard, Important! FW: SB893.
>
>
>
>
>
> Aloha Senator Baker,
>
>
>
>
>
> We the members of the blind community and friends ask you to please
> give
>
>
> SB893 a chance to be heard. All we are asking is for the
> opportunity for
>
>
> our voices to be heard regarding how important this service is to
> our lives.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Being one of the smallest percentage of the disabled population, we
> want
>
>
> equal access to the same print material that you and everyone else
> take for
>
>
> granted.
>
>
>
>
>
> Why are you denying us a chance to share with you and your committee
> on why
>
>
> we feel that this bill is important to us and all of those who are
> print
>
>
> disabled?
>
>
>
>
>
> If you look at what group has the highest percentage of being
> unemployed.
>
>
> You will find out that of the employable blind people. There are
> only
>
>
> about 30 percent of us who are employed and 70 percent who are not.
>
>
>
>
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> Although in Hawaii those of us who are employed are often earning
> wages
>
>
> equal to our counterparts at approximately $20 per hour.
>
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> You might wonder why is that? The truth in a nut shell is that
> Blindness
>
>
> is considered to be one of the most frightening disabilities to
> anyone who
>
>
> does not have it. The
>
>
>
>
>
> misperception society has of the blind or those who are print
> disabled, is
>
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> that we can't do anything because
>
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> we are blind. What we say is. With the right attitude, training
> and tools,
>
>
>
> then there is almost anything we can do. You are probably wondering
>
>
> what is my point? The point is by not allowing this bill to be
> scheduled
>
>
> you are also saying that we don't need to have access to the paper,
> TV guide
>
>
>
> magazines, job listings and many other services that Newsline
> provides. Not
>
>
>
> just that but, we don't need to work. Let the system be burdened
> further by
>
>
>
> having us depend on the social welfare system.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mahalo and Aloha,
>
>
> Virgil Stinnett,
>
>
> VP NFB of Hawaii
>
>
> (808) 722-4243
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> From: Virgil Stinnett [mailto:one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net
> <mailto:one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net?> ]
>
>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 6:51 AM
>
>
> To: Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland (chunoakland at yahoo.com); Senator
> Suzanne
>
>
> Chun Oakland
>
>
> Cc: 'senbaker at capitol.hawaii.gov'; Alma Luna
> (almafriends1 at yahoo.com); Amy
>
>
> Downard; Amy Kaaha (kaahamy04 at yahoo.com); kanaweawe at gmail.com; Anil
> Lewis
>
>
> (alewis at nfb.org); Ann Lemke; Annette Tashiro; anthony.akamine at hawaii.gov
> ;
>
>
> Brandi Marie Konrady; Brenda Lucas; Bridget Matsumoto
>
>
> (bridgetm719 at gmail.com); Byron Jitchahu; Charlene Ota;
>
>
> c.h.akamine at gmail.com; Curtis Chong; Deborah Gabe
> (debbiealg at gmail.com); Don
>
>
>
> Okashige; Don Patterson; Nani Fife; Finia Kachita (finiakachita at gmail.com
> );
>
>
> GAbe at dhs.hawaii.gov; gensen.music at gmail.com; Gerry White; Glenn
> Nakagawara;
>
>
> Guywood Delacruz (SongofEagle at g-mail.com); Ivy Galariada
>
>
> (igalariada at hawaii.rr.com); Jacob Kamanu (kam.js005 at gmail.com);
> James Chinn;
>
>
>
> segawaj005 at hawaii.rr.com; Joaquin Luna; Joe Cordova; Joelcho; John T
> Hays;
>
>
> Karl pangilinan; Karl pangilinan; Kathleen Fujimoto; Katie L. Keim;
> Kimo
>
>
> Keawe, HCIL Executive Director; Kyle Aihara (kyleaihara at yahoo.com);
> Michael
>
>
> Laconsay; kyle laconsay; Larry Geller; Lorna Mal (hellomandl at earthlink.net
> );
>
>
>
> Lea Grupen; mary cordova; Melisa Jonas (marisel25 at yahoo.com); Milton
> Ota;
>
>
> Monty Anderson; naomi olson; Pamela Punihaole; Robert Burns
>
>
> (bobby.burns at live.com); Roxanne Ramoness; Ronalene White.
>
>
> (rwhite.zis at gmail.com); (rpkest at gmail.com); Rylan Suehisa; Sam Fisk;
> sajja
>
>
> koirala; 'Sharon Ige'; Shayleen; Shontel Jones; Amy Shinagawa; Shontel
>
>
> Jones; Stan Young; Steve Kim (stevekim at blesshop.com); Sylvia; Sylvia
>
>
> Abernathy (shrosenberger at hawaii.rr.com); Tammy Rober;
>
>
> todd_lavigne at yahoo.com; Wilmer Galiza; Brandon Young; Bill Coke;
>
>
> 'jjc at kauai-law.com'; Dane Alani; 'sentaniguchi at Capitol.hawaii.gov';
>
>
> 'sengaluteria at capitol.hawaii.gov'; 'sengreen at capitol.hawaii.gov';
>
>
> 'sennishihara at Capitol.hawaii.gov'; 'senslom at Capitol.hawaii.gov';
>
>
> 'sensolomon at capitol.hawaii.gov'
>
>
> Subject: Voices need to be heard, Important! FW: SB893.
>
>
>
>
>
> Aloha Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland,
>
>
>
>
>
> We are requesting your continued assistance in having SB893 heard.
> As you
>
>
> know this bill is essential to the print disabled having access to
> material
>
>
> and information that every other Hawaiian citizen has a right to!
>
>
>
>
>
> As voting members of our community, We want an opportunity to
> testify and
>
>
> make our voices heard.!
>
>
>
>
>
> In 2003 the 22nd Legislation did pass a PUC-Newsline bill SB1647.
> That year
>
>
>
> the governor vetoed many bills, our SB1647 was one included in the
> vetoes.
>
>
>
>
>
> We greatly appreciate all you are doing for us.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Mahalo and Aloha,
>
>
>
>
>
> Virgil
>
>
> (808) 722-4243
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> From: Sen. Roz Baker [mailto:senbaker at capitol.hawaii.gov
> <mailto:senbaker at capitol.hawaii.gov?> ]
>
>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:29 PM
>
>
> To: Finia Kachita; Sen. Brian Taniguchi
>
>
> Cc: one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net
>
>
> Subject: RE: SB893.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you for your your email. I regret we will be unable to act on
> this
>
>
> bill this session. Best regards, Roz Baker
>
>
> ________________________________________
>
>
> From: Finia Kachita [finiakachita at gmail.com]
>
>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:07 PM
>
>
> To: Sen. Roz Baker; Sen. Brian Taniguchi
>
>
> Cc: one.fisherman at hawaiiantel.net
>
>
> Subject: SB893.
>
>
>
>
>
> Aloha.
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm asking of you to give SB893 a chance to be heard.
>
>
> Please have our bill up for a reading.
>
>
>
>
>
> Respectfully yours,
>
>
>
>
>
> Finia Kachita
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
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