[nfbmi-talk] Fw: ada 504 oma foia request for information

Fri Jun 24 23:54:22 UTC 2011

----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: Marlene Malloy 
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: ada 504 oma foia request for information

I made this request pursuant to the Ada and  Section 504. These documents relate to public meetings and must be made available in those regards under the requirements of those federal civil rights laws pursuant to them and upon demand and upon the spot madame.

Check out the accessable meetings and accessable documents requirements of the ADA, 504 and public meetings.

Moreover the FOIA states explicitly that all documents are documents from the moment of creation. And moreover the Open Meetings Act requires that all proposed meeting minutes must be made available within 8 working days. Of course those must be made available in accessible format.

You are like all others in this state and you violate one law with the other.

But regardless this will go as an ADA and other complaint against your person.

By the way federal civil rights laws trump state laws every time though you violate them here too and it is about time people figure this out in this scofflaw state.

This will be widely circulated and you are on notice for your substantial and more than Kafkaesque violations in these regards. Guard your federally funded salary here.

Sincerely,

Joe Harcz

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marlene Malloy 
  To: joe harcz Comcast 
  Cc: Luke Zelley TDN ; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org ; Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair ; Larry Posont ; lydia schuck ; John Scott MCB, Commissioner ; Patrick Cannon MCB Director ; Joe Sibley ; Porter, Jaye (DELEG) ; LOU ADAMS ; executive_committee at mrccouncil.org 
  Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 6:10 PM
  Subject: RE: ada 504 oma foia request for information

  Mr. Harcz, I have received your request for the complete June 3, 2011 MRC minutes and any written reports and corollary information related to a possible consolidation of the Michigan Commission for the Blind with the Michigan Rehabilitation Services. Your request is being processed and you should expect receipt of the afore mentioned documents in Word format within the 20 business days (which is July 20th, 2011) required under FOIA.

  Marlene S. Malloy

  Executive Director

  Michigan Rehabilitation Council

  3490 Belle Chase Way, Suite 110

  Lansing, MI 48911

  517.887.9370

  877.335.9370 – toll free

  517.887.9369 – fax

  Web site:  www.mrccouncil.org

  From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
  Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:54 PM
  To: marlene at mrccouncil.org
  Cc: Luke Zelley TDN; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair; Larry Posont; lydia schuck; John Scott MCB, Commissioner; Patrick Cannon MCB Director; Joe Sibley
  Subject: Fw: ada 504 oma foia request for information

  Dear Ms. Malloy,

  I have not had a response to this inquiry. That in and of itself is a violation of the ADA and Section 504.

  Please remit the requested information in accessable format to this advocate who is blind.

  Sincerely,

  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: joe harcz Comcast 

  To: marlene at mrccouncil.org 

  Cc: Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair ; Larry Posont ; John Scott MCB, Commissioner ; lydia schuck ; arwoods at michigan.gov ; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres. ; Jeanette Brown MI CAP ; Elmer Cerano MPAS ; Donna Rose 

  Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:11 PM

  Subject: ada 504 oma foia request for information

  June 22, 2011

  ADA FOIA and OMA Request MRC Minutes

  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

  1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

  Mt. Morris, MI  48458

  810-516-5262

  Re: request for MRC information

  Ms. Marlene Malloy

  Michigan Rehabilitation Council

  (Via e-mail at:

  marlene at mrccouncil.org)

  Dear Ms. Malloy,

  I am an advocate who happens to be blind. I note that fact for I am about to make a request for certain public information and I will invoke the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as well as appropriate state law.

  Today I am requesting the complete June 3, 2011 MRC minutes. I am also requesting any written reports and corollary information related to a possible consolidation of the Michigan Commission for the Blind with the Michigan Rehabilitation Services.

  Of course as a blind person I cannot read these print documents and thus am requesting them pursuant to the effective communications requirements of the ADA, Title II subpart e and the auxiliary aids and services requirements of Section 504.

  My only request for accommodation in these regards is to receive them as either a Word attachment or a plain text enclosure to my e-mail address listed above, for you see simply my computer talks.

  Any written questions may also be made via conventional e-mail as well.

  I thank you in advance for your prompt, compliant and timely response to this request,

  Sincerely,

  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

  Cc: file

  Cc: Commissioners, Michigan Commission for the Blind

  Cc: Steve Arwood, LARA

  Cc: Members NFB MI, MCBVI and other advocates for the blind