[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Response to FOIA Request of 7-29-11

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Haynes, Carla (DELEG) 
To: joe harcz Comcast 
Cc: Farmer, Mel (LARA) ; Cannon, Patrick (DELEG) ; Luzenski, Sue (DELEG) ; Turney, Susan (DELEG) 
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:11 PM
Subject: Response to FOIA Request of 7-29-11


August 4, 2011

 

Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI  48458

 

Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:

 

This letter is written in response to your July 29, 2011, email request (copy attached) for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq., received by this office on August 1, 2011.  You requested public records described in your email as: "Now, specifically I am writing to request in accessible format the entire transcript of the David Robinson Civil Service hearing." 

 

Your request is granted. After a search for records, to the best of the Department's knowledge, information, and belief, attached is a copy of the records (transcript) responsive to your request.  This file is a PDF file that has been checked through the accessibility checker.

 

The Department's FOIA costs to process this request are being waived.  However, this particular waiver does not prohibit the Department from charging for future FOIA requests from you or any other requesters.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator

Michigan Commission for the Blind

 

Letter - P. J. Harcz, Jr.

August 4, 2011

Page 2 of 2

 

 

 

 

/cmh

 

Attachments - 2: Email of July 29, 2011, David Robinson Civil Service Transcript

 

cc:     Mel Farmer

          Patrick Cannon

          Susan Turney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attachment

 

 

From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:03 AM
To: Cannon, Patrick (DELEG)
Cc: Larry Posont MCB Comm.; John Scott MCB Comm.; lydia Schuck MCB Comm.; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.; Robin Jones; Arwood, Steve (LARA); Elmer Cerano MPAS; MARK CODY
Subject: ADA/504 request robinson transcripts

 

ADA 504 Request for Robinson Hearing transcripts July 29, 2011

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI  48458

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net

810-516-5262 (Cell)

 

 

Patrick D. Cannon

Director, Michigan Commission for the Blind 

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

Michigan Commission for the Blind

201 N. Washington, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone (voice): (517) 373-2062

Fax: (517) 335-5140

TTY (517) 373-4025

Toll-Free Numbers:

1-800-292-4200 (voice, answered in Lansing)

1-800-323-2535 (voice, answered in Escanaba)

TTY 888-864-1212

 

(Request via e-mail)

 

 

Dear Director Cannon,

 

I am writing today to request under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 and Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended for specific accessible information related to the following Michigan Commission for the Blind meeting:

"APPROVED AS AMENDED

 

MICHIGAN COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND

 

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MARCH 17 & 18, 2011"

 

As you know by now, or should know all documents related to these meetings must be made fully accessible upon request in accessible format and with no surcharge for delivery of same. I wish now to reference the following segment from this public meeting of MCB"

 

"Commissioner Scott asked for clarification on whether staff hearings cases come before Commissioners while under the appeals process, requested a transcript of the Dave Robinson hearing and stated that the MCB legal fees paid seemed to be high.  Director Cannon clarified that the legal fees are paid on a yearly flat rate to the Attorney General's office.  There was also much discussion regarding the roles of the Commissioners on legal and staffing matters.  Director Cannon explained to the Commissioners about the differences between a Type I and Type II agency and the administrative functions associated with each."

 

Now, specifically I am writing to request in accessible format the entire transcript of the David Robinson Civil Service hearing.

 

Again I am blind and request this transcript as either a Word document or plain text enclosure to my e-mail address listed above.

 

Failure to respond to this request for reasonable accommodation is actionable in and of itself. Referring this to a FOIA request is an obfuscation and a violation of federal civil rights laws (ADA, 504) and would thus be a discriminatory act as well as a stalling tactic and will be promptly made yet another complaint to relevant enforcement agencies.

 

Thus, I certainly thank you in advance for your prompt and accessible response to this request.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: MCB Commissioners

Cc: National Federation of the Blind MI

Cc: Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired

C: Great Lakes "ADA TAC"

Cc: Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services, Inc.

 

Cc: Steve Arwood, LARA

 

 

 

 

Carla Miller Haynes

DLARA Michigan Commission for the Blind

201 N. Washington Sq., 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI  48909

Phone:  517/373-2063

FAX: 517/335-5140

 

www.michigan.gov/mcb

 
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