[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FW:Response to: foia Canon stuff and more

Fri Apr 15 02:58:41 UTC 2011

Hi Joe,

It is indisputable what you say about the present state of affairs at MCB.
What I can say is that Michigan pays well and why shouldn't we have those
good jobs.  I am not in favor of leaving a good job because the boss is a
tyrant.  Life changes and so do tyrants.  I say get the job, hang in there
until the dust clears.  Find common cause with other progressive employees
and form a cell of positive thinking people who will be ready to blossom
when the springtime comes. Most states and certainly not private agencies
pay as well as MCB for teachers and counselors.  I know, I have worked in
other states and have friends in most of the others.  There is New York,
California and a few others that pay well but the majority do not.

We need positive, enthusiastic, experienced people to serve blind people
here.

"Deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome some day."

Warmest Regards,

Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of joe harcz Comcast
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:23 PM
To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FW:Response to: foia Canon stuff and more

In other words I'm not going to pay this scofflaw institution money for
anything that is rightfully the public domain and that should and is to be
made available to anyone regardless as to race, color, creed, disability and
so on and so forth. And, Scott I'm going to raise hell and I'm going to give
and dissh information to all sorts of news media as I've already done in
these regards, and I'm going to use these list serves, and I'm going to
continue to file numerous complaints with various public bodies; and I' 
going to ask that individuals and groups do the same: and, oh my have to
take a breath as this is kind of hypo manic, I'll admit that, but, the hell
with it too.

I've got to take a step back here Scott. You're question is ernest. I've
been fighting this access war for decades and no need to take it out on you
at all or anyone else, but please understand I'm frustrated.

Regardless the rights to public information are clear, they are very clear
indeed. you and I as blind folks have the right under the ADA alone to get
information in a timely and most accessible manner from any entity of state
or local government under Title II, of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 
Yet, look at my fowards and post iin these regards! DELEG, Cannon, and
others squirrel away information. Shit they can't even foward minutes of
simple meetings in accessible format (simple e-mail) in a timely manner and
with consistency, and sometimes within a decade! How freakin' nuts is this
eh?

Ok my point is made and made once again. The evil and the illegalities are
munerous and cdocumented in these posts and others. I'l not continu on list
but wwill for informational purposes off list if you wish.

Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Ford" <scotte.ford at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FW:Response to: foia Canon stuff and more

> Hi Joe,
> Does this mean that you send them the funds to complete the work?  Another

> words are you going to call their hand in this matter?
> Sincerely,
> Scott
>
> On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:28 PM, joe harcz Comcast wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Farmer, Mel (DELEG)
>> To: 'joe harcz Comcast'
>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:18 PM
>> Subject: FW:Response to: foia Canon stuff and more
>>
>>
>> Mr. Harcz, attached is the Department's response to your March 27, 2011 
>> emailed FOIA request, received March 28, 2011.
>>
>> This response has also been mailed to you.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:59 PM
>> To: Haynes, Carla (DELEG)
>> Cc: Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair; Larry Posont; lydia schuck; John Scott 
>> MCB, Commissioner; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.; John L Wodatch USDOJ; Cannon, 
>> Patrick (DELEG); mcb2020-L at LISTSERV.MICHIGAN.GOV; TOM MASSEAU MPAS
>> Subject: foia canon stuff and more
>>
>>
>>
>> FOIA Canon Information FOIA
>>
>>
>>
>> March 27, 2011
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>>
>> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>>
>>
>>
>> Carla Haynes, Michigan commission for the Blind
>>
>> FOIA
>>
>> (via E-mail)
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Ms. Haynes,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am writing you today to request via and pursuant to the rights and 
>> obligations of the Michigan Freedom of information Act and concurrent 
>> obligations under the Americans with disabilities Act and the 
>> rehabilitation act of 1973 the complete personnel file of Mr. Patrick D. 
>> Cannon, Director of the Michigan commission for the Blind(except for 
>> legally redacted information materials like social Security Number for 
>> example) , along with all salary and compensation for all State of 
>> Michigan activities and purposes of employment therein since he assumed 
>> office or directorship of MCB and any other State of Michigan employment 
>> considerations including his role as State of Michigan Americans with 
>> Disabilities act coordinator.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am requesting specifically and at a minimum the following information:
>>
>> -academic credentials
>>
>> -pay and other compensation schedules over years
>>
>> -any and all evaluations including those by the Michigan Commission for 
>> the Blind (board)
>>
>> -all closed session minutes and records of the above listed item (re: 
>> bradlee v. Saranac Community Schools)
>>
>> -all disciplinary records
>>
>> (Again ref Bradlee and subsequent case law)
>>
>> -all actions in courts of law, Civil Service Commission, or other 
>> administrative bodies, or quasi-judicial or judicial or judicial in 
>> nature in his personnel file
>>
>> Again this request includes all public domain, and all adjudications 
>> public or private against him in his official capacity in courts of law 
>> or other quasi-legal or administrative jurisdictions
>>
>> -any criminal cases or legal considerations against him
>>
>> -any cases in which he testified or was subpoenaed or gave any legal and 
>> binding deposition under law in which perjury might be a consideration
>>
>> -any signed document to which he affixed his hand in official capacity 
>> related to the administration of federal funds and assurances with the 
>> United States Government relative to same in his official capacity 
>> including contracts, or contracts  per se between the state of Michigan 
>> and the United States government including, but not exclusive of: the 
>> United States of America, Departments of Education, Dept. of Labor, Dept.

>> of  Justice, or any other "third party pass through agreements" including

>> all those of which Patrick D. Cannon affixed his hand regarding 
>> memorandums of understanding with various state of Michigan entities over

>> his term as Director.
>>
>>
>>
>> In other words, lest this is an exercise in futility I wish for any 
>> document signed by Patrick D. Cannon in his official capacity as Director

>> of Michigan Commission for the Blind since his sworn and most 
>> accomplished role as MCB Director.
>>
>>
>>
>> Moreover, I am now also officially requesting any documents by Ms. Jo 
>> Anne Pilarski, since she assumed the position of MCB commissioner and 
>> Chair of MCB, in her official capacity as same.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> /Again, I wish for each and every requested document in accessible 
>> format. Finally I, as a person who is documented  as  legally blind am 
>> requesting that any and all, except for purely redacted, exempt 
>> information under either the federal FOIA and the Michigan FOIA request 
>> pursuant to concurrent obligations under the Americans with Disabilities 
>> Act (Title II, subpart e, effective communications) and the relevant 
>> portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("auxiliary aid and services""

>> request with no "surcharge"  for such accommodations that such remissions

>> are made in a timely and accessible manner (re: Tyler v. Manhattan to 
>> name one case cite)).
>>
>>
>>
>> To wit: I ask for all the requested information within 30 days in the 
>> format most accessible to me without charge for the accommodation. That 
>> format is to make the documents available to me as either Word or plain 
>> text attachments, or enclosures to my E-mail address listed above.
>>
>>
>>
>> Reasonable redactions to the original request may be made as does the 
>> U.S. Dept. of Justice or other entities in these regards by simply xxxx 
>> out the redacted information. In other words I don't wish for Patrick D. 
>> Canon's social security number for example. And it can and should be 
>> easily redacted without making a federal or state case over other 
>> required information.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any stalling or other violations of this request over quibbles will be 
>> attended to with all legal vigor and with the full force of law.
>>
>>
>>
>> I thank you, as I have in the past for your, Carla Hayne's, prompt, 
>> courteous and accessible responses to such inquiries.
>>
>>
>>
>> Most sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>> Cc: U.S DOJ
>>
>> Cc: Office for Civil Rights, Ed.
>>
>> Cc: NFB MI
>>
>> Cc: Advocates for the Blind
>>
>> Cc: MCBVI
>>
>> Cc: MCB Commissioners
>>
>> Cc: ACLU Michigan
>>
>> Cc: MPAS
>>
>> Cc: Great Lakes Techinical Assistence Center
>>
>> Cc: Governor Rick Snyder
>>
>> Cc: Michigan Attorney General
>>
>> Cc: Rheabiliation and Services Administration (RSA) (Craig McManus, MI 
>> Llaission, Lynnae Ruttledge RSA Commissioner)
>>
>> Cc: several media and legal contacts.
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S. It would be prudent to place upon the Michigan commission for the 
>> blind web site all requested information in a timely and accessible 
>> manner as a means of complying both with the letter and spiritt of this 
>> request for information along with all of the years of State Plan and 
>> other required information to.
>>
>>
>> <DELEG FOIA RESPONSE - HARCZ REQUEST.doc><HARCZ  FOIA 
>> REQUEST.doc>_______________________________________________
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