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

[Joe Sontag]

I wonder if Rep. John Walsh would be so positive if he had any idea how much
State and Federal money is being spent on this insanity now and how much
more will be spent when BEP operators will turn to both governments for
support after they've been tossed from their Facilities?

I've said it before: the problem with the BEP has more to do with the 
incompetent management it has received in recent years than with the blind
operators who run the facilities.  Unfortunately for all of us, Ed Rodgers 
and the Bureau are protecting and supporting that management team, while 
keeping everyone else in the dark about almost everything.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Eagle" <markaeagle at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 19:53
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Where is NFB'S red line?


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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