[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Some comments on BSBP

[joe harcz Comcast]

Dear Members of the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan. You have the right to comment on the performance or lack thereof of the BSBP. I denote my comments, off the cuff as they were to RSA in these regards. I surely will write more.

Now colleagues I urge one nd all to share stories, eexperiences and so on with this agenccy.

Moreover this isn't just an NFB issue. All with all disai=bilities should share their experiences and, sadly ijn most cases abuses with RSA to the best of their abilities here....

Time to act is now.

Sincerely,

Joe Harcz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: ed.gov at public.govdelivery.com 
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 12:11 AM
Subject: Some comments on BSBP


To Whom it May Concern,

I am an advocate for people who are blind and am blind myself. I am also an advocate for others with other disabilities.

But, I speak for myself and for my own and my class access and in put to the VR system here in Michigan and particularly the so-called Bureau of Services to Blind Persons here.

It's a long story but the DSA has hi-jacked the entire system here as denoted in the aborted Exec. Order 2012-2 and later effectuated in EO =2012-10.

Again making a long story short here I personally and others collectively including the National federation of the Blind of Michigan have documented abuses, irregularities, and (I, personally assert violations of false claims and false statements by agents of the state).

Moreover, I have personally documented and the RSA has said exists, several specific and systemic violations of assurances of 501 and Section 504 by this recipient let alone systemic, chronic and pervasive discrimination of the ADA, Title II by same and in documented fashion.

Numerous violations of other existing  laws and equity have been copiously reported and documented to RSA regarding this scofflaw BSBP including its very formation (re: memorandums and fws to state monitors and comments in the bogus "state plans" upon your own web site.

The violations of the Rehabilitation Act including of course Title I, but also Title V are too numerous to mention here but are in cyberspace and again documented fully.

(Short thing here is that even to this day the BSBP fails to remit its state plan supplement to me, a blind person in any format let alone one that is accessible and to this date it wants to charge me a fee for its minutes of its bogus "advisory committee" meeting minutes?

Bottom line if anything else the Rehabilitation ACT of 1973 as Amended and reiterated by Title II of the ADA that we have certain rights to information, policies procedures and so forth in accessible format and without charge ...Those of us who are blind that is....

Yet our very state agency for the blind and others for whatever that is worth are again in documented fashion not accessible to me in specific or our class as a whole.

Now I would think at a minimum an investigation of this scofflaw institution is in order let alone penalty and remedy for me and the class wouldn't you think given the law and passage of time?

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
joeharcz at comcast.net
810-516-5262

(Note: I am a member but not speaking for the following organizations past and present:)

National Federation of the Blind, National and MI (present member)
ADAPT (national and Michigan present)

Past:

Lions Clubs International
ARC, Local and National
AFSME Past Retired 
AAPD
ETC...