[nfbmi-talk] Fw: what is going on in michigan?

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: Daniel Levy 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:02 PM
Subject: what is going on in michigan?


Can anyone spell “conflict of interest” here? How transparent does it have to be that the MAHS that adjudicates complaints by VR and BEP recipients now makes “the final agency determination” on those same complaints? Moreover, MAHS is a serial violator of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (Title II, subpart e, communications) in that it in documented fashion routinely denies blind people effective communications including print materials in alternate formats thus fundamentally denying, as a pernicious pattern and practice, blind folks due process and equal protection under law.

 

Meet the “new boss” just like the old boss.

 

 

Joe Harcz

 

Source:

http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-61256_28313---,00.html

 

 

 

 

A Note from Bureau Director Edward F. Rodgers II

 

As the first Director of the new Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our web page.

 

The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons was established by Executive Order 2012-10, issued by Governor Rick Snyder on June 27, 2012. This executive order

established the Commission for Blind Persons, indicating the responsibilities for this advisory commission. The executive order took effect on October

1, 2012.

 

Let me reassure our consumers that there will be no interruption or discontinuation of the current level of quality services that you have come to expect.

Governor Snyder's executive order makes it clear that my responsibility as director is to work with other agencies and commissions in order to provide

the best services to our clients.

 

I look forward to meeting with individual clients, consumer groups, other partners, and citizens as we work together to ensure that Michigan's visually

impaired and blind individuals have the resources and opportunities they need to achieve active employability and independence.

 

Let me briefly describe my background before beginning a new role as Director. My previous position was as an Administrative Law Judge for the State of

Michigan, and I have been a chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), a supervising ALJ, and director of several state government bureaus and offices. Before

that, I served Ingham County as a senior assistant prosecutor. I'm a former teacher with the Lansing School District, and I have been a small business

owner. I'm also a graduate of the Michigan School for the Blind. At Michigan State University, I earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and

a master's degree in educational psychology / measurement & evaluation. My law degree is from the University of South Carolina. I'm a lifelong resident

of mid-Michigan, and I'm honored to take this new role in helping to create greater opportunities for people with visual disabilities in this state.