[nfbmi-talk] what is he thinking?

[Marcus Simmons]

Dear Donald,

And the state can do this with 17 million dollars less, I suppose.

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Dear Governor Snyder,

Thank you for issuing Executive order number 2012 – 2. You might find it 
interesting that I am a past board member of the Michigan Commission for the 
Blind,

appointed in 2000 by John Engler, and am pleased with the way you have 
reorganized the Michigan Commission for the Blind.



Moving the Vocational rehabilitation services functions of the commission 
for the Blind to the Michigan Department of Human Services makes sense. It 
will

decrease duplicated administrative costs, streamline government, promote a 
spirit of universal accessibility, and bring blind folks on to the same 
playing

field as others. After all, Blind folks are “human” too, why shouldn’t they 
be in the Human Services Department?



Moving the Business Enterprise program to the Department of Technology, 
Management & Budget is also a pos...itive shift. having the Blind Venders 
under

the same umbrella as the agency that manages State buildings and state 
property will simplify administrative issues that have been troublesome.



It is no secret within the Blind & Visually Impaired Community that the 
Commission for the Blind has been poorly managed for years. Changes have 
been needed

for a long time. I was not happy with the way the Commission was being run 
ten years ago when I left the Commission Board. Since that time, the 
situation

has deteriorated.

I commend you on taking decisive action and making these changes. To 
continue to do the same as has been done in the past would have been to 
continue the

decline of services for blind citizens in Michigan.

There are always those who criticize and stand on the sidelines and condemn 
changes that are being made. I say, let’s give Executive order 2012 -02 a 
chance.

It makes a lot of sense.



Sincerely,



Donald R. Bowman







>From Detroit News April  6, 2012



Link:



http://www.detroitnews.com/article/99999999/INFO/71011004
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