[nfbmi-talk] Cannon Calls for Armed Gaurds, Bullet Proof Drapes at MCB Board Meeting!

[J.J. Meddaugh]

The attachment to that message would have the costs for the guards, right? 
Were you sent this, or do we still not know the cost for the guards in 
March?
Thanks, and awesome work to all involved.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "'Geri Taeckens'" <geri.taeckens at isahealthfund.org>; "'Geri Taeckens'" 
<taeckens at eup.k12.mi.us>; "'Jo Ann Pilarski'" <pilarskij at charter.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 12:54 AM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Cannon Calls for Armed Gaurds,Bullet Proof Drapes at 
MCB Board Meeting!


> Hello,
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> This is more amazing than anything I imagined.  At the end of the last MCB
> meeting I asked who needed guarding?  I asked who authorized the guards.
> President Posont filed a Freedom of Information Act request.  We were
> astonished to read the following paranoic exchange initiated by Pat 
> Cannon.
> He is apparently a little nuts or something.  Can you believe blind people
> are being told there is no money for needed services and Cannon is
> investigating bullet proof drapes and armed gaurds?  Who should be afraid?
> We have posted this on our web page www.nfbmi.org.  Please tell your 
> friends
> to read this and decide who deserves to have a job, Christine, Dave, Blind
> Vendors or Pat Cannon. UNBELIEVABLE!
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> From: Robertson, Bob (DELEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:44 AM
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> To: Haynes, Carla (DELEG); Cannon, Patrick (DELEG)
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> Subject: FW: Security at Commission meetings
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> Here is the information on the possibilities of getting security and
> bullet-proof draping at Commission meetings.
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> From: Cannon, Patrick D (DLEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:50 PM
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> To: Robertson, Bob (DLEG)
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> Subject: RE: Security at Commission meetings
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> Thanks Bob!  You did great work on gathering this information and I am 
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> I have forwarded this information on to Jo Ann Pilarski but asked that she
> not share it far and wide and I will ask you to do the same as I do not 
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> to create any sense of "alarm" on the subject of security.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Robertson, Bob (DLEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:02 PM
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> To: Cannon, Patrick D (DLEG)
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> Cc: Luzenski, Sue (DLEG)
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> Subject: Security at Commission meetings
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> Hi Pat -
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> After talking with Steve Monet, I've got some info you can "take under
> advisement" and share with Commissioners if you so wish. Steve is still
> checking into the feasibility of bullet-proof draping for the conference
> rooms tables. He wants us to take a digital photo of the tables in the
> conference room upstairs and include their measurements so the company who
> makes the draping can give us an estimate on the costs. I thought we could
> do this when Susan gets back later this week.
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> As for other buildings, he said there are several in the area. He 
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> the State Library or Capitol Commons as two possibilities downtown. There 
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> also the General Office Building at the Secondary Complex and the building
> down on Pierpont where the Public Service Commission meets. All of these
> facilities have someone at the front desk checking IDs and issuing visitor
> passes. Steve pointed out that these so-called "security guards" do not 
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> involved in apprehending or stopping bad guys. In other words, if someone
> disrupts a meeting the folks at the front desk won't come running to the
> rescue. We would need to call the Capitol Security for that.
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> Finally, Steve gave me the name of the guy in DMB, Jeff Pratt, we can
> contact (241-4391) if we want to see about having our own security guard 
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> a meeting in this building. We would need to tell him how often we'd need
> someone, how many hours each time, the place and time, and then whether we
> wanted an armed or unarmed guard. We would most likely have to pay for 
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> services. We cannot just "borrow" a guard from another building.
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> I think this is a good 'first step' in gathering some info that you and 
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> Board can use to decide a 'next step' so if you need more, let me know.
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> If you wondered if it was really someone else who requested the security,
> here is proof from the Department of Management and Budget that Cannon,
> personally, did it.
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> From: Luzenski, Sue (DELEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:24 PM
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> To: Heibeck, Cheryl (DELEG)
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> Subject: For FOIA request
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> Attachments: DMB-123 Blind Comm Victor.doc
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Pratt, Jeff
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:48 AM
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> To: Luzenski, Sue (DELEG)
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> Subject: Fwd: FW: Braille and Tactile Signs
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> Sue,
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> Thank you.  Pat asked that I arrange for a security guard on Mar. 19 & 20.
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> Attached is a DMB-123 that I need to have you complete and have signed by
> your agency then returned to my attention.  I will also need a point of
> contact and phone number for these two days as well as an understanding of
> what the guard's duties will be.  I do know that on the 20th the guard 
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> need to be posted at the entrance as the building will be locked.  It 
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> be helpful if a list of those authorized to enter so that the guard knows
> who is authorized.
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> Thanks,
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