[nfbmi-talk] Where is NFB'S red line?

[joe harcz Comcast]

Exactly and I'm with you one hundred percent on this issue sir.
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From: "Mark Eagle" <markaeagle at yahoo.com>
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Has enough damage been done to act upon our resolution which was passed last 
year in covention to re-establish the Michigan Commission for the Blind. As 
the author of that resolution, I believe the time has come to take our 
rights back as blind person of the State of Michigan. Let's stand together 
and restore the rights we were afforded under PA 260.

Where is your red line?


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Tim Horton's May Set Up Shop Inside State Capitol
Posted: Sep 04, 2013 4:49 PM EDT<em class="wnDate">Wednesday, September 4, 
2013 4:49 PM EST</em>Updated: Sep 04, 2013 5:52 PM EDT<em 
class="wnDate">Wednesday, September 4, 2013 5:52 PM EST</em>

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - For the first time in State Capitol history, a 
commercial business may be allowed inside the building to provide food to 
Capitol occupants.
Room 54, on the bottom of the state Capitol, used to be the House press 
room, but soon the name of 'Tim Horton' will be on the walls. Those walls 
will be taken out and in the room, seats will be set up for school kids, 
lobbyists and lawmakers to purchase some coffee and donuts, but the move is 
creating some controversy.
"What's next? Are we going to be called the Chick-fil-A Capitol?" asks 
Senator Gretchen Whitmer.
The Tim Horton Company has been dealing with the commission for the blind, 
which has exclusive rights to sell food in state buildings. If the deal is 
consummated, not only will the company come into Room 54, but it would take 
over the restaurant area in the House office building
Right across the street from this coffee shop, which raises some questions.
"We've always been opposed to unfair competition or government competition 
with the private sector," said Rob Fowler, the CEO of the Small Business 
Association. "The more we know, the more it looks like that is going on."
The governor's office is concerned about this proposed contract, given its 
desire to promote Michigan businesses and Tim Horton's is Canadian owned.
"We're really trying to promote Michigan and in the Michigan Capitol and 
Michigan taxpayers paying for this. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to 
me," said Whitmer.
But Rep. John Walsh says he's excited by the possibility. "Iwould love a 
U.S. firm to have every opportunity, but the Canadian firm is an 
international business that operates throughout our country. It hires U.S. 
citizens, provides services we care about. I'm not nervous about that," said 
Walsh.
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