[nfbmi-talk] what does it mean, what did he mean?

[joe harcz Comcast]

For all the years I've been back in Michigan I've seen the powers that be 
manipulate the program to content people with simply "having a seat at the 
table". That is and has been the dog and pony show of the so-called "Vision 
Twenty-Twenty" project. It was, is and will always be all sizzle and no 
steak. Now, the real issue here is whether or not MCB is going to finally 
follow all the laws that bind them, and indeed create them including the 
Rehab Act, PA 260, The Randolph Shepard Act, and a slew of state laws. And 
ultimately, the bottom line is that MCB must once again become a consumer 
friendly place that focuses on habilitation, and rehabilitation of 
Michigan's blind  folks so that we of working age can be productively 
employed and so that others not of working age have the skills of 
independent living.

And the job of the MCB board is supposed to be ensuring access, openness, 
transparency, and accountability in these regards. I'm now confident that 
the latter will take place.

Thus, I think the comments here are just spurious and don't take into 
account the complete breakdown of MCB under the currently constituted board 
with you know who running things really from behind the curtain like the 
Wizard of Odd.


Peace,

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Sontag" <suncat0 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan Vendors List" <vendorsmi at nfbnet.org>; "NFB of Michigan 
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Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:56 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] what does it mean, what did he mean?


>A visitor to the most recent meeting of the National Association of Blind 
>Merchants of Michigan expressed the opinion that he would, as he put it, 
>"hate to see an NFB-controlled program" in our state and that the NFB of 
>Michigan was benefitting from nepotism.  I now give you the first three 
>definitions of nepotism obtained from Google.com for your consideration.
>
> Does anyone here believe that any of our members or that NFBM enjoys 
> special ties of family or close friendship to any of the leaders of state 
> government?  Could it be that past nepotism on a grand scale is what's 
> behind many of the problems we face with the Commission for the Blind 
> today?
>
> Read the paragraphs below and then please let us know what you think.
>
>>From google.com, nepotism:
>
> favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by 
> giving them
> jobs)
> wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
>
> Nepotism is favoritism granted to relatives or friends, without regard to 
> their merit.Modern
> Language Association (MLA):"nepotism." The American Heritage New 
> Dictionary of Cultural
> Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 10 Aug. 2009. . 
> ...
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism
>
> The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their 
> relationship rather
> than because of their abilities
> en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nepotism
>
>
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