[nfbmi-talk] NFB BREAKING NEWS

[joe harcz Comcast]

Some people have long ago and continue, upon their own personal iniative 
taken this and other matters to the media.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
To: <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>; "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" 
<nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] NFB BREAKING NEWS


> Hi,
>
> I second Christine's comment.  Let's get this out to the media.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terry
> D. Eagle
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 3:09 PM
> To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
> Cc: 'NFB of Michigan Vendors List'
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] NFB BREAKING NEWS
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> This is NFB of Michigan Breaking News
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> State Officials Attempt To Cover-up Lies
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> An unnamed source within the Nfb of Michigan, identified only as a board
> member, has revealed that on Friday at 1 p.m. state officials pulled the
> plug on a controversial civil service job posting for ten student 
> assistants
> to staff a proposed Tim Horton's coffee shop franchise in the Capitol and
> Anderson House of Representatives office building in downtown Lansing. 
> The
> job posting was scheduled to close Monday at 5 p.m.
>
>
>
> "Could it be that state officials are trying to cover-up their lies, in
> which they have  been caught with their hand in the coffee bean jar?",
> questions the anonymous NFB board member.  The question arises following
> statements made by state Licensing and Regulatory Affairs director Steve
> Arwood, denying that plans exist and are moving ahead to establish a well
> known foreign company coffee shop franchise in the two state buildings.
>
>
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> As Arwood walked past a local television news reporter and camera crew, a
> cone of silence descended.  Reporter) Mr. Director, would you help clarify
> what you are trying to do.
>
>            "Discussions are underway and no decision has been made," said
> Arwood.
>
>            (Reporter) Do you want to put a franchise in there?
>
>            "Discussions are underway," replied Arwood.
>
>            (Reporter) Is the state going to pay a franchise fee?
>
>            "No decisions have been made, Tim," said Arwood.
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>
> An employee of the Michigan House and a state licensing department 
> official
> declined
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>            to talk, too, as they walked into a 2:30 strategy meeting on
> this issue Thursday, as reported by the local news reporter.
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>
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> Arwood's denial that no decisions have been made comes two days after Bob
> Robertson of the Bureau of Services to Blind people, distributed a memo to
> the bureau's staff, announcing the civil service posting for the ten 
> student
> assistant positions to staff the franchise locations at taxpayer expense.
>
>
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> There was one state official who did talk, but not on camera. He points 
> out,
> Tim
>
>            Horton products would go into a room on the ground floor of the
> capitol, but the
>
>            Tim Horton sign would not. Tim Horton employees would not be
> running the operation,
>
>            but they would provide training to the visually impaired who
> would.
>
>            However, the Tim Horton sign and products could end up in the
> House office building,
>
>            right across the street from coffee shop competitor Biggby.
>
>
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> The controversy has been a hot topic on media website blogs since the
> planned Tim Horton's franchise news story was aired on Lansing's WLNS six
> o'clock news on Tuesday, said the unnamed NFB board member.  "It should be
> abundantly clear to all that Arwood's comments on Thursday, followed by 
> the
> early pulling of the student assistant position posting, is a deliberate
> attempt to back-peddle and do damage control, for the failure of state
> officials to think through the plan, and anticipate reaction to the 
> plan.",
> added the unnamed NFB board member.
>
>
>
> The Director of Services to the Blind and Department of Civil Service
> officials were unavailable for comment on this story because of the 
> weekend.
> Also unavailable for comment was Robert Essenberg, as he is currently in
> Canada for Tim Horton franchise training.  Essenberg is the newly 
> appointed
> state division director of the BADP, hired as a civil service employee at 
> a
> salary in the $100,000 per year range, to oversee operation of the two Tim
> Horton franchise locations at
>
> the Capitol and Anderson House of Representatives office building.
>
>
>
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