[nfbmi-talk] important letter

[joe harcz Comcast]

Just an additional note here on this topic in general. There were and are 
some horrendous things going on with the state budget due to the depression 
here over this past decade. One of the first things cut in the early part of 
the decade was state support for colleges and universities here. Of course 
that led to ever escalating, almost hyper inflationary costs in tuition, 
fees, etc. at those schools.

Now college education is a pretty big part of MCB's budget. I've noticed 
cuts in maintainence and so on and so forth as a means of compensating. Also 
if one looks at the annual reveiws on the RSA web site one will find that 
generally speaking MCB has sent less students each year on to college, but 
that the costs to MCB have grown related to that because of over all 
increases in college costs.

I think this is a classic case of the knee bone is connected with the hip 
bone if you catch my drift.

And I think it is sort of like much of what MCB does over all. They keep a 
lot of individuals away from the table even at the point of entry, in some 
cases actively discouraging or simply not being around to answer or return 
phone calls (we all remember the Advocates for the Blind on this stuff in 
Detroit and other examples). Then MCB kind of just takes and serves those 
who really know their stuff and make a stink.

Of course there are still some good consumer friendly types in the field, 
most of them on the West side of the State in my experience.

But, this is the way the game is and has been played over all.

Peace,

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth" <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] important letter


>
> Joe,
>
>
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> I commend you on a job well done. Hopefully someone will take notice of 
> your letter, and take some kind of action on it. it is interesting to read 
> through all the things the Michigan Commission for the Blind said they 
> were going to do, but have yet to follow through and actually do them. 
> Although I noticed a section of the Michigan Commission for the Blind 
> Policy Manual that was changed in 2005 regarding maintance and college 
> students that looks a bit shady to me. I wonder what part of the 1998 
> amendments they are speaking about when they claim that they need to pass 
> something that looks like a means test.
>
>
>
> Elizabeth
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