[nfbmi-talk] doesn't this still say something is wrong here?

Wed Aug 25 02:27:17 UTC 2010

Hello,

What I do not understand is why everyone involved in this cover-up and
denial of information doesn't realize that it will all come out eventually.
Sooner or later the truth will be known.  We had an expression in wrestling,
" the bigger they are, the harder they fall."  The more obfuscation and spin
that happens, the more they bring on mistrust and certainty that there is
something amiss.  The simple and easy thing would be transparency and
openness.  Why antagonize and alienate those who could be the biggest
supporters and champions, the consumers.  The college policy is an example
of staff thinking blind people are there to serve them, rather than the
reverse.  Generally, I have a lot of respect and regard for MCB employees
who I worked with for many years.  Unfortunately, the bullying and
intimidation they are suffering under has clouded and obscured the true
purpose of the agency.  People pretty much treat others the way they are
treated.  

I sure hope some degree of sanity returns, soon, to the MCB.  So far, it is
only getting more chaotic every day.Pat has gotten rid of or fired all the
NFB employees and kicked NFB operators out of the BEP.  He has replaced
former blind employees with less qualified sighted people.  Now, tell me has
that made things better?  I don't think it was us who were creating the
problems.

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of joe harcz Comcast
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:34 PM
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Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.; Geri. Taeckens MCB,Commissioner; Donna Rose
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] doesn't this still say something is wrong here?

August 24, 2010

To Whom It May Concern:

After my signature line please find the url and the monitoring reports
conducted in FY 2009 on 18 state agencies by the Rehabilitation Services
Administration. Now, also note the absence of only two state agencies. They
are Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) and the Michigan Commission for
the Blind (MCB). Both agencies have denied myself and others information
relative to this monitoring in stark violation of both the Federal and
Michigan Freedom of information Acts, let alone their requirements to make
transparent their programs and services (and information related to them)
under The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended and obligations to remit
this information under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in
accessible format to this blind person.

But, the mere fact that as of this date Michigan stands alone in these
regards relative to the other sixteen monitored agencies speaks not for the
alleged malfeasance of RSA, as Mr. Patrick Cannon stated at the last MCB
meeting, but rather starkly it goes to glaring compliance issues of MCB and
MRS. That is plain on its face. Moreover, I've learned along time ago while
a newspaper reporter that those government entities that try to hide
something indeed have something to hide. This is why we the people have a
right to know about the operations of state and federal agencies. This is
why we have a variety of transparency laws, sunshine laws, including state
and federal FOIA.

Sincerely,

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

Attachment: 

http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/rehab/107-reports/2009/index.html

EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS

RSA: FY 2009 Monitoring Reports on the Vocational Rehabilitation and
Independent Living Programs

Required under Section 107

For fiscal year 2009, eighteen agencies in twelve states were reviewed.

Please take a moment to participate in a

survey

about RSA's performance on the FY 2009 monitoring of Vocational
Rehabilitation agencies.

California

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(463K) |

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(472K)

Updated as of December 24, 2009

Indiana

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(657K) |

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(615K)

Updated as of March 17, 2010

Iowa

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(987K) |

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(1.0M)

Updated as of February 19, 2010

Kentucky

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(523K) |

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(490K)

Updated as of January 21, 2010

Massachusetts

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(743K) |

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(641K)

Updated as of December 16, 2009

Michigan

Report will be uploaded in the near future. Please check back.

Updated as of March 18, 2010

Missouri

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(849K) |

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(780K)

Updated as of February 2, 2009

North Dakota

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(298K) |

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Updated as of December 16, 2009

Texas

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(537K) |

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(560K)

Updated as of December 16, 2009

Utah

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(448K) |

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(1.18M)

Updated as of December 16, 2009

Guam

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(522K) |

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(1.35M)

Updated as of September 17, 2009

Northern Marianas

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(366K) |

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(343K)

Updated as of September 08, 2009
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