[Nfb-or] Third Time's a Charm: Commission Follow Up Article

[Mike Freeman]

tina: 
Have you gone through character by character to figure out which ones are giving you trouble? 

Mike Freeman
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On Mar 21, 2013, at 20:16, "Tina Hansen" <th404 at comcast.net> wrote:

> For some strange reason, I've had trouble with the last paragraph of today's article on the Commission for the Blind's decision. It keeps getting cut off at the end. Below is the full article. Thanks.
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> Uproar greets new blind commission executive
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> Created on Thursday, 21 March 2013 10:00 | Written by 
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> Steve Law
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> Many unhappy a blind person wasn't selected for post 
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> Blind business owners who service vending machines at government buildings are often at odds with the Oregon Commission for the Blind staff and board. Some of the vendors preferred one of the blind candidates to be hired as new agency director. 
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> The Oregon Commission for the Blind board voted Saturday to hire the embattled state agency's second-in-command Dacia Johnson as new executive director.
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> Johnson, the Portland-based agency's director of rehabilitative services, replaces Linda Mock, who retired Jan. 30. Johnson assumes the post as the agency makes its biennial plea to the Legislature for funding and seeks to improve its financial management practices after a series of critical state audits.
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> In lieu of an interview, Johnson sent an email saying she is excited to lead the Commission for the Blind "at this time of organizational transformation."
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> Her immediate priorities, she wrote, are securing renewed funding for the agency for 2013-15 and "establishing sustainable, permanent improvements to the agency business practices that can be verified through audit." 
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> The board voted 5 to 2 to select Johnson over runner-up Joe Cordova, administrator of the division of vocational rehabilitation for the Hawaii Department of Human Services. 
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> The decision didn't sit well with several blind people who receive services from the commission and Oregon's two primary advocacy groups for blind people.
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