[nfbmi-talk] Fw: request zimmer information etc

joe harcz Comcast joeharcz at comcast.net
Wed Jul 25 23:14:34 UTC 2012


----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: request zimmer information etc


Mr. Farmer,

As you know by now this is a lie, it is a documented lie and Mr. Wertzel in the public record has at a minimum asked Mr. Zimmer directly in public testimony including at the most recent Michigan commission for the Blind minutes and meeting (June 15, 2012) for informatin in accessa ble format relatted to ALJ detterminations.

Again this is in the ppublic record and yu Mr. Farmer are a liar and a documented liar at that in violation of all laws related to same.

These are actionable items in law and equity.

Lying as a public official isn't like a little venal sin in the Catholic 
Church. It is again a civil and criminal offense.

Add to that the distinct violatin of my civil rights under Section 504 and the ADA and you've got some malicious violations of my civil rights as a protected class and thus both a 1983 action and an actual hate crime going on here.

Now just give up the information lest you wish to suffer the consequences in law and equity herein sir.

Joe Harcz
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 
  To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:39 PM
  Subject: RE: request zimmer information etc


  Mr. Harcz, for your information, if Mr. Wertzel made a request for records to the Department c/o Mr. Mike Zimmer, Deputy Director, such a request is normally delegated to me to respond to; or to agencies within the Department that have records responsive to the particular request. Thusly, there would be no direct correspondence from Mr. Zimmer as you requested.

   


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  From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:07 PM
  To: Farmer, Mel (LARA)
  Subject: Re: request zimmer information etc

   

  This is a lie and a documented lie. Simple as that\ for Fred Wertzel has stated in the public record that he has requested as an advocate information from zimmer himself relative to ALJ cases of Business Enterprise Operators in the public record and that includes the minutes of Michigan Commission for the Blind meetings.

   

  Thus, you sir, Mr. Farmer are in a word "lying". and since this impacts both the ADA, 504 and the False Statements Act you are committing right here felonies and misdemeanors in that you are making false statements de facto to feduragulatory bodies, and you violate in whole and part all aspects of the FOIa and knowingly so which is a "criminal offense" and actionable.

   

   

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

    From: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 

    To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 

    Cc: Zimmer, Mike (LARA) ; Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Haynes, Carla (LARA) 

    Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:59 PM

    Subject: FW: request zimmer information etc

     

    July 25, 2012

     

    Paul Joseph Harcz

    1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

    Mt. Morris, MI 48458

     

    RE: Request Wertzel/Zimmer Email Correspondences.

     

    Dear Mr. Harcz:

     

    This notice in response to your July 25, 2012 email (attached) to me requesting copies of existing, nonexempt public records you describe as ".all email correspondences during the past three months between Michigan Deputy Director Mike Zimmer and "Fred" Wertzel." Please be informed that the Department is processing this request under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq.

     

    This request is denied. After a search for records, to the best of the Department's knowledge, information, and belief, the Department does not possess any records responsive to your request; and pursuant to MCL 15.235, Section 5(4)(b) of the state's FOIA, I certify that the public records requested do not exist under the name given by you, or another name reasonably known to the Department.

     

    Under MCL 15.240 of the state's FOIA, you may (1) submit a written appeal regarding the denial of any portion of your request to Mr. Steven H. Hilfinger, Director, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Mike Zimmer, Chief Deputy Director, 611 W. Ottawa, 4th Floor, P.O. Box 30004, Lansing, MI 48909. Your written appeal must include the word "appeal" and identify the reason(s) for reversal of the disclosure denial(s); or (2) you may seek judicial review in circuit court within 180 days after the Department's final determination. If you prevail in such action, the court may award you reasonable attorney fess, costs, and disbursements. If the court finds the Department's actions to be arbitrary and capricious, the court shall award you, in addition to any actual or compensatory damages, punitive damages in the amount of $500.00.

     

    /S/Melvin Farmer, Jr

    Central FOIA Coordinator

     

    Attachment

     

     


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    From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
    Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:07 AM
    To: Farmer, Mel (LARA)
    Cc: Haynes, Carla (LARA); Zimmer, Mike (LARA); Cannon, Patrick (LARA); Craig McManus RSA; Carol Dobak; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Larry Posont MCB Comm.; John Scott MCB Comm.; lydia Schuck MCB Comm.
    Subject: request zimmer information etc

     

    July 25 2012 Request Wertzel Zimmer Correspondences

     

    Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

    1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

    Mt. Morris, MI 48458

    810-516-5262

    joeharcz at comcast.net

    Re: All correspondences between Zimmer Wertzel

     

    To: LARA FOIA Offices and more

     

    (See: ccs..via email)

     

    All,

     

    I am writing today to request all and I mean all e-mail correspondences during the past three months between Michigan Deputy Director Michael Zimmer and "Fred" Wertzel.

     

    These should include anything related to requests for accessible information related to:

     

    -Any Administrative Hearing in MAHS

    -Anything related to any Executive Order 

    -Anything related to the Michigan commission for the Blind State Plan

     

    These documents should be part of the public record and made available to me, an advocate who is indeed blind with no obfuscations, stalling, or surcharges forthwith in accessible format pursuant to obligations of LARA and the State of Michigan under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II subpart e, communications and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

     

    To wit: send them all directly to my e-mail address listed above as either word documents and/or plain text enclosures or simply "fw" the e-mail requests and documents as is to my e-mail adress.

    This isn't rocket science. Mr. Zimmer has on hisState owned computer the requested information or darned well better have it on there.

    Sincerely,

     

    Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

     

    Cc: MCB Commissioners

    Cc: NFB MI

    Cc: M. Zimmer

    Cc: Patrick D. Cannon

    Cc: RSA

    Cc: Farmer and Haynes LARA

    Cc: several attorneys at law

     

     



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