[nfbmi-talk] Agenda for the BSBP CommissionforBlindPersonsmeeting July 18, 2013

[joe harcz Comcast]

Most well said, Christine and Terry.

One thing I appreciate about both of you is your attempts to see that not 
only the spirit of the Rehab Act, but the letter of the law takes place here 
in Michigan, and in Christine's case also in Pennsylvania.

The only thing Michigan knows about this seminal law is how to violate it 
over and over again. Now, under the illegal BSBP they don't even pretend to 
follow it. In fact they don't even mention it.

Now, we're seeing the BEP ripped asunder and even seeing in the media 
attempts by MI DOT to privatize federal rest areas!


By the way doesn't this constitute a substantial change in our state plan 
and thus require public hearings?

Joe Harcz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine _boone" <christine_boone at comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Agenda for the BSBP 
CommissionforBlindPersonsmeeting July 18, 2013


> Terry you are quite right as usual.  I queried Ed Rodgers while I still 
> had the misfortune to be daily victimized by his harassing, belittling, 
> insulting, over-bearing treatment, as to how he was going to find the 
> money and the mandate to start a K-12 charter school for blind children.
>
> His response was that he had friends in the Governor's office who were 
> even then working on solutions to those problems.
>
> I entered the field of blindness rehabilitation in order to make a 
> difference.  After beginning my career as a lawyer, I was drawn back to 
> the blindness field for the same reason. Thanks in large part to the 
> efforts of our excellent staff in Pennsylvania, employment outcomes among 
> blind customers  rose by over 25% during my 3 years as administrator 
> there, as an appointee of the Ridge administration.  We also increased the 
> number of older blind persons receiving services by more than 400%; while 
> average earnings among BEP operators rose 28% and the number of operators 
> increased as well.  In fact, every single positive indicator that RSA 
> measures was up by 25% or more during my tenure.
>
> It was this record that helped bring me to Michigan, where I have been 
> driven to make a difference once again...especially after realizing that 
> the state of affairs for blind persons here is so many decades behind the 
> rest of the Nation...not because the staff does not want to achieve 
> positive outcomes, but because those who sit in the engine room continue 
> to steer the ship directly into the rocks.
>
> I feel dreadfully sorry about leaving my post, but the time had clearly 
> come for me to use my law degree for the greater good.
>
> I would love to help (from the outside) in turning things around for our 
> agency here in Michigan, so that people who are blind have the opportunity 
> to receive and achieve all that their talents, abilities and energies 
> deserve!
> Boone Christine Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:13 AM, "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Who cares or what does it matter if Mr. Rodgers does or does not have
>> friends in the governor's office?  Mr. Rodgers and his corrupt friends
>> believe they are all above the law, and can misappropriate and misuse 
>> funds
>> appropriated for services for the rehabilitation of blind and disabled
>> persons to advance their political agenda, and pay back those who made
>> political contributions from the business community.  Just follow the 
>> money
>> from the political campaigns, not to mention the secret donors, to the
>> rehabilitation money for blind persons ATM for sighted persons. .  Also, 
>> Mr.
>> Rodgers and his corrupt neighborhoodies believe because they are 
>> alledgedly
>> sworn officers of the courts, as alledged licensed attorneys, the law 
>> does
>> not apply to Mr. Rodgers and his neighborhoodies.
>>
>> The corruption will continue as long as the affected citizenry sits back
>> feeling helpless and hopeless, and a victim of the system--OUR 
>> GOVERNMENT,
>> not Mr. Rodgers and his neighborhoodies' empire.  Believe it or not, they
>> work for us and are our servants, not the other way around.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Christine Boone" <christine_boone at comcast.net>
>> To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Agenda for the BSBP Commission for
>> BlindPersonsmeeting July 18, 2013
>>
>>
>> But Ed Rodgers says he has friends in the Governor's office.
>>
>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 8:43 AM, joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz at comcast.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can BSBP start a charter school for the blind under this law:
>>>
>>> (Short answer is NO!"
>>>
>>> JOe
>>>
>>>
>>> Rev. January 2012
>>>
>
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