[nfbmi-talk] Fw: tim hortons essenberg payments again

Tue Oct 29 20:50:18 UTC 2013

Say Mr. Farmer,

Where's my $745,000?

I mean I tried to meet you half way and gave you an officer of the State of 
Michigan a $20 indigency reduction after all and I also gave you information 
right here that you tried to charge me for in the first place for crying out 
loud.

How crazy making is  this?

No wonder that some wish to see the government shut down altogether when 
scofflaws like you are in charge of public information?

The FOIA is all about rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. And you sir are 
more than abusive in all of this process.

That is a documented fact sir!

Warmly,

Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "BRIAN SABOURIN" <BSABOUR at mpas.org>; "MARK MCWILLIAMS" 
<MMCWILL at mpas.org>; "Elmer Cerano (E-mail)" <ecerano at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:13 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: tim hortons essenberg payments again

>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Farmer, Mel (LARA)
> To: joe harcz Comcast
> Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) ; Haynes, Carla (LARA)
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:43 PM
> Subject: RE: tim hortons essenberg payments again
>
>
> Mr. Harcz, LARA is reviewing the information that you submitted regarding 
> Mr. Robert L. Essenberg expenditures. Thusly, we are extending the 
> response period to your attached October 22, 2013 email to November 12, 
> 2013, or sooner pursuant to MCL 15.235, Section 5(2)(d) of the state's 
> FOIA.
>
>
>
> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:50 AM
> To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
> Cc: Zimmer, Mike (LARA); Farmer, Mel (LARA); BSBPcommissioners; 
> Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov; Elmer Cerano (E-mail); MARK MCWILLIAMS; BRIAN 
> SABOURIN; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.; Marianne Dunn
> Subject: tim hortons essenberg payments again
>
>
>
> October 22 2013 Rodgers et Al Essenberg Tim Hortons Payments
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>
> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>
> joeharcz at comcast.net
>
> 810-516-5262
>
>
>
> Re: Essenberg Expenses for Tim Hortons Training
>
> To:
>
> Ed Rodgers, Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
>
> Michael Zimmer, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Deputy Director and BSBP 
> DSA
>
> Carla Miller Haynes and Melvin Farmer FOIA
>
> (Via E-mail)
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> As you know I've requested information related to the Tim Hortons fiasco 
> and all that went into it including expenditures for Robert L. Essenberg 
> from BSBP accounts for training at Tim Hortons' Oakville, Ontario (Canada) 
> facility. Now the purpose of the FOIA is to weed out waste, fraud, and 
> abuse by public entities and actors. Yet, this simple request was greeted 
> with arbitrary, capricious and open ended requests for me to pay for a 
> simple search of these records.
>
>
>
> But, stop the presses I found some of the information on DTMB's web site 
> (see attached) after an extensive personal search.
>
>
>
> Now, clearly LARA and BSBP are embarrassed by their reckless behavior 
> related to this but that is no excuse for hiding information.
>
>
>
> Moreover, I now am sending you all an invoice which totals oh say $745,000 
> for all my work in trying to expose the waste, fraud and abuse by your 
> agencies over the past year. (I chose that figure as it was the ludicrous 
> one used last year when I went after public information related to 
> Executive Order 2012-2.)
>
>
>
> You folks have abused my and all people's right to information and 
> moreover have discriminated constantly against the corollary obligation of 
> blind persons to receive information in accessible format.
>
>
>
> That is documented in the now public record.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
>
>
> Cc: NFB MI
>
> Cc: BSBP Commissioners
>
> Cc: MCRC
>
> Cc: MPAS
>
> Cc: RSA
>
> Cc: several legislators
>
> Cc: several media
>
>
>
>
>
> (Attachment: The most recent entry applies to the Tim Hortons training 
> ventureJ
>
> URL:
>
> http://media.state.mi.us/MiTransparency/Vendor/Warrants?y=2013&v=ROBERT%20L%20ESSENBERG&a=641&g=Contractual%20Services%20Supplies%20and%20Materials&Column=WarrantDate&Direction=Descending
>
>
>
>
>
> Payments to ROBERT L ESSENBERG by LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS for 
> fiscal year 2013
>
>
>
> Table with 4 columns and 8 rows
>
> Agency Name
>
> Category Description
>
> Warrant Date
>
> Payments Total
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 9/23/2013
>
> $4,702.00
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 6/25/2013
>
> $933.26
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 6/20/2013
>
> $1,266.86
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 6/17/2013
>
> $361.41
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 3/20/2013
>
> $300.00
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 3/12/2013
>
> $300.00
>
> LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
>
> 2/12/2013
>
> $600.00
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