[nfbmi-talk] Fw: oma ada 504 request mcb minutes

[joe harcz Comcast]

Note this was Ed Rodgers belated response to my request for minutes of the very last meeting of the MCB board. Note: he recognized the right to receive them under the Michigan Open Meetings Act, the ADA, and Section 504.

Now fast forward more than a year and this agency abuses foia to ddeny me minutes and other documents (or to charge me for them) including minutes/transcripts of the advisory board meetings (already produced) and of the Elected Operator's Committe meetings. Ditto for documents associated with those meetings.

Also Zimmer is involed in this directly as he was the one who signed of and I have those documents as well.

Moreover, BSBP/LARA abuse the "undue hardship" provisions of the ADA and 504.

Moreover, both are attorneys. Both have been sent rules and regulations and thus both are acting with not only willful indifference to my civil rights but maliciously and with malice of forthought.

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) 
To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 
Cc: Luzenski, Sue (LARA) 
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:47 AM
Subject: RE: oma ada 504 request mcb minutes


Good morning, I have been out of the office for almost two weeks. Sue Luzenski is ill, as soon as the minutes are completed, we will send you a copy. 

 


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From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:56 PM
To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
Subject: Fw: oma ada 504 request mcb minutes

 

 

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

From: joe harcz Comcast 

To: zimmerm at michigan.gov 

Cc: Craig McManus RSA ; Karla Ussery OCR ; Sue Luzenski MCB Admin Ass. ; Elmer Cerano MPAS ; Mark Finnegan 

Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:37 PM

Subject: Fw: oma ada 504 request mcb minutes

 

 

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

From: joe harcz Comcast 

To: zimmerm at michigan.gov 

Cc: rodgersm at michigan.gov ; Sue Luzenski MCB Admin Ass. ; MARK CODY ; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org ; Craig McManus RSA 

Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:14 AM

Subject: oma ada 504 request mcb minutes

 

October 24, 2012

 

 

ADA OMA Rehab Act Request for Sept. 21 2012 MCB Meeting

 

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

810-516-5262

 

 

RE: Meeting Minutes Last Michigan Commission for the Blind Meeting

 

 

To:

 

Michael Zimmer, LARA, MAHS,DSA

 

(via e-mail)

Edward Zimmer, Director BSBP,DSU

(via e-mail)Susan Luzenski,

Admin. Assistant

(via e-mail)

 

 

Dear Sirs and Madame,

 

I am writing you today to request the entire draft meeting minutes of the last Michigan Commission for the Blind public meeting of September 21, 2012. As you know that was a required meeting under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and associated information related to these meetings are required to be made accessible and indeed kept under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act which funds the former commission.

 

As you also know the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 also requires that public information is made available to people who are blind in a timely and accessible format (re: Tyler v. Manhattan, and ADA, Title II, subpart e, communications).

 

As you also know the Michigan Open Meetings Act requires that minutes are kept for such public meetings and that "draft" meeting minutes must be remitted to the public within eight working days.

 

Thus, as a person who is blind I am requesting these minutes in my most accessible format which is to have them sent to my e-mail address listed above as either/or a Word attachment and/or plain text enclosure.

 

 

Failure to promptly respond is a violation of my known civil rights under the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA and is actionable.

 

Thus I do expect a prompt and accessible response to this inquiry and thank you for it in advance.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: Michigan Protection and advocacy Services

Cc: RSA