[nfbmi-talk] Governor Snyder Fills Commission for the Blind Vacancies

Tonya Smith tonyasmith75 at live.com
Tue Mar 1 06:41:06 UTC 2011


Hey, congratulations Larry for recognizes the MCB and the NFB and stuff. I am glad of that. That is very good.  I hope you do a good job. I know you do a good job at the Presidency and I hope you do a good job here as representative and so well anyway, so yes I will speak to all of you tomorrow.

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> From: Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel at comcast.net> 
> Sent: March 1, 2011 12:36:48 AM
> To: 'Fred Wurtzel' <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>, 
	'Geri Taeckens' <geri.taeckens at isahealthfund.org>, 
	'Elizabeth' <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>, luzenskis at michigan.gov, 
	alissa161 at gmail.com, cannonp at michigan.gov, dcgorton601 at comcast.net, 
	mohnked at hotmail.com, wild-rose at sbcglobal.net, furtond at michigan.gov, 
	grace at menzelcoaching.com, debate912 at gmail.com, mpvi at intergate.com, 
	heibeckc at michigan.gov, jbrown at mpas.org, pilarskij at charter.net, 
	jonesl2 at michigan.gov, kisiell at michigan.gov, 
	'Larry Posont' <president.nfb.mi at gmail.com>, 
	laury-johnsons at michigan.gov, lovep at michigan.gov, 
	'Lydia Schuck' <laschuck at juno.com>, mcnealg at michigan.gov, 
	mcvoys at michigan.gov, silveya at michigan.gov, smithd11 at michigan.gov, 
	martzvir at msu.edu, whitee2 at michigan.gov, wilsond9 at michigan.gov, 
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> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Governor Snyder Fills Commission for the Blind Vacancies
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> Hello,
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> Larry Posont has asked me to send this to you.
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> DATE:    March 1, 2011
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> CONTACT:           Mike Powell - 586-754-1325 or Larry Posont - 517-482-1800
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> Governor Snyder Fills 2 Vacancies on Michigan Commission for the Blind board
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> Lansing, Michigan - The national Federation of the Blind of Michigan (NFBM)
> is proud to announce that Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Larry Posont,
> president of the national Federation of the Blind of Michigan as Chairperson
> of the Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB).  Governor Snyder has also
> appointed Parents Of Blind Children member  Lydia Schuck to a 3-year term on
> the MCB Board. President Posont was notified by telephone on Friday February
> 25 of the 2 appointments.
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> "I am honored that the Governor has placed his trust in me to lead this very
> important Commission.  The Commission is important to the thousands of blind
> people in Michigan who, without rehabilitation services, face a 70%
> unemployment rate.  Michigan can do better than this." Posont commented by
> phone from his Dearborn heights home.  "The commission has a quality staff
> and adequate funds to provide the highest quality services available in
> America.  Michigan has a strong law which provides that the 5 person
> policy-making board has at least 3 blind members.  We expect to act
> aggressively to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs.  Every employee of the agency
> needs to have quality, well-paying jobs for all blind MCB customers as their
> first priority.   Through the years, various studies of rehabilitation
> programs show that $5-6 are returned for every dollar spent on quality
> rehabilitation, when blind people are moved from public benefit rolls to
> taxpayer rolls.  It is a privilege to have a job and pay taxes, said Posont,
> a retired 30-year veteran of the business Enterprise program and
> entrepreneurial program sponsored by the Commission.
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> "The Michigan commission for the Blind will be an active participant in
> Governor Snyder's program to help Michigan regain its strong role in our
> nations' economy and provide high quality jobs for our state's citizens.  We
> are committed to quality effective data-driven government services that put
> the customer first," Posont said.
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> Lydia Schuck from Mason, near Lansing, a parent of a blind child, a
> Transition Specialist and a doctoral candidate in Interdisciplinary health
> Science at Western Michigan University commented, "I hope to work to
> increase the capacity of the Michigan Commission for the Blind to work
> collaboratively with the Department of Education to increase results and
> opportunities for blind students in Michigan schools.  I have the
> experience, background and passion to help improve services to create an
> environment where blind people can compete on terms of equality and achieve
> first-class citizenship."
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> Posont and Schuck join Jo Ann pilarski, a school teacher from Alpena, Geri
> Taeckens, a retired School Social worker from Sault Ste Marie and john
> Scott, an attorney from Detroit on the MCB board which sets policy for the
> 34 year old  Commission.  
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> The national Federation of the Blind is the oldest and largest consumer
> organization of blind people in America.  Founded in 1940, the Federation
> advocates for quality services and programs, sponsors Newsline for the
> blind, a free Newspaper and periodical service, scholarships and is a leader
> in technology to assist blind people, including the Blind Driver Challenge,
> where for the first time, a blind person navigated a car on a road course at
> the Daytona Race track in a Demonstration of how blind people can accomplish
> things never before thought possible.
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> Visit www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/>  and www.nfbmi.org
> <http://www.nfbmi.org/>  to learn more about the national Federation of the
> Blind of Michigan.
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