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

Mon Jul 29 16:59:06 UTC 2013

Well put Donna! It is folks lik Christine and you among many others who live 
by example that motivate us all!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
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BSBPCommissionforBlindPersonsmeeting July 18, 2013


> Hey Christine, I know that you did not write this to receive personal 
> praise, but I admire the choices that you have made. Whether inside or 
> outside the agency you continue to make differences in the lives of people 
> that have the blessing to rub shoulders with you. Like you I refuse to be 
> victumized by the ongoing harassment of the BSBP, but we must percervere 
> for those who do not yet have the confidence or skills to leave their 
> homes. It is for others that we must refuse to accept injustice. In 
> whatever spot we find ourselves we must be compeled to share our gifts and 
> talents with others and be used to make a difference in their lives, Donna 
> Posont
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christine _boone" <christine_boone at comcast.net>
> To: <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>; "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" 
> <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 6:54 PM
> 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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