[nfbmi-talk] information tim hortons, more from rodgers

Sun Sep 29 12:55:07 UTC 2013

He mentioned his "law clerk" yesterday.

Now what in the world does a director of a VR agency like BSBP need with a 
law clerk?

He is no longer a practicing ALJ and he already has an administrative 
assistant and plenty of new bureaucratic hacks beneath him including a new 
Deputiy Director and the BADP thing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine Boone" <christineboone2 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] information tim hortons, more from rodgers

> Wonder what his 2 student assistants are doing? They are supposed to be 
> law students, engaging in important legal research for him.
>
> Boone Christine Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 28, 2013, at 8:55 AM, "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Since the move to operate a food franchise within the confines of the
>> Michigan Civil Service system, is it not illegal and government 
>> corruption
>> to engage in secret negoiations with only certain franchise companies or
>> individuals?  As pointed out by Big B founder Bob Fish, Rob Fowler, Tim
>> Skubick, and numerous media, is it not unfair, if not downright illegal, 
>> to
>> not operate within an open bid process?  It doesn't take a law degree to
>> know and adhere to the law, and yet, the illegal and corrupt is being
>> engaged in and immediately supervised by attorneys.  This too, will 
>> blow-up
>> in their face, as did the Tim Horton scandal.
>>
>> If Rodgers were familiar with the laws within he is mandated to operate, 
>> he
>> might possibility function within the law.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
>> harcz Comcast
>> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 7:32 PM
>> To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
>> Cc: Marlene Malloy; Elmer Cerano (E-mail); Steve Arwood LARA Dep; Joe 
>> Sibley
>> MCBVI Pres.; Marianne Dunn; Craig McManus RSA; valarie Barnum Yarger 
>> MISILC;
>> nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; BRIAN SABOURIN; bsbpcommissioners at michigan.gov;
>> zimmerm at michigan.gov; Carol Dobak
>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] information tim hortons, more from rodgers
>>
>> September 27 to Rodgers re Expenses for Dublin Ohio Tim Hortons
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>>
>> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>>
>> joeharcz at comcast.net
>>
>> 810-516-5262
>>
>>
>>
>> To: Edward Rodgers, director,
>>
>> BSBP
>>
>> (Via e-mail)
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Sir,
>>
>>
>>
>> I, a citizen and advocate who happens to be blind, am asking you some 
>> basic
>> questions and asking for information in accessible format. Twice in the
>> public record, once being at theMCBVI convention which is recorded and
>> yesterday at the highly witnessed, BSBP Commission meeting, you stated 
>> that
>> you personally and on behalf of BSBP engaged with negotiations personally
>> with "Tim Hortons USA" in Dublin, Ohio. I also assume that other staff of
>> BSBP engaged in those negotiations, or whatever you wish to call them.
>> (Common terms are common terms as any lawyer, such as yourself should 
>> know.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Regardless I am requesting the following from you in accessible format 
>> which
>> I'll describe later in these requests:
>>
>>
>>
>> -The time, place and date where you and/or other personnel met with
>> representatives of Tim Hortons USA in Dublin Ohio (which I assume must be
>> from your anointment as BSBP director in October of last year to present, 
>> of
>> course as common logic); or any documents pertaining to said "visit".
>>
>>
>>
>> In addition I wish to request any and all records, including but not
>> exclusive of, travel, meals, hotel/motel, etc. or other vouchers,
>> reimbursements, etc. related to this documented travel.
>>
>>
>>
>> That should include, of course anything that was let or granted or
>> guaranteed through the good services of Tim Hortons, USA (or its parent
>> group Tim Hortons, Canada, or other dbas such as The TDL Group, etc.) (We
>> wouldn't wish for a public official such as you to engage in promotional
>> issues which might be rightfully be deemed a conflict of direct interests
>> would we?)
>>
>>
>>
>> Aside for the documented violations of PA 260 and other relevant laws in
>> these regards I would also hope you haven't violated state procurement 
>> laws
>> in these regards in directly negotiating contracts with the federal/state
>> nickel so to speak and without even putting out an RFP for competitive
>> bidding. In fact now that I think of it I am requesting the RFP you
>> submitted or any other agency of state has made for the "franchise" or
>> perspective franchise at the Anderson House Office Building and/or the 
>> State
>> Capitol which are priorities under PA 260 for blind operators to this day
>> clearly defined in said act and promulgated rules and said franchise if 
>> any
>> should be vested under same in the hands of the operator.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regardless, and again in the public record you've clearly stated sir to 
>> the
>> commission and to MCBVI that you personally were the agent in 
>> "negotiations"
>> relative to this franchise issue.
>>
>>
>>
>> The public records requested related to these events are to discern 
>> whether
>> or not you have followed all applicable rules, federal and state in these
>> regards and must be forthcoming.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now, as a blind person I am requesting all said documents requested  as
>> either simple plain text e-mail enclosures, and/or Word R attachments 
>> based
>> upon the ADA, Title II subpart e, effective communications and Section 
>> 504
>> of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended sent to my e-mail address
>> without surcharge. Or you might just put this stuff on BSBP's web site in
>> the interest of public disclosure. Moreover you might send details of how
>> much the Tim Hortons fiasco has cost taxpayers and send this to
>> commissioners of BSBP as well as RSA and the MRCS for that matter.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sir, you are accountable to we the people in these regards, and that
>> includes people who are blind and not the other way around.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thus I do sincerely expect that you will be responsive to this inquiry 
>> and
>> will not obfuscate it further with delays, obfuscations and silly feudal
>> abuses of FOIA over notions of openness, transparency, etc. of this
>> Administration and by LARA, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just send me the information requested sir and this will all go away or
>> maybe not!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks as always by your warm, timely and accessible response.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cc: rsa
>>
>> Cc: bsbp commissioners
>>
>> Cc: nfb mi
>>
>> Cc: inspector general usde
>>
>> Cc: arwood, zimmer lara
>>
>> Cc: mpas/cap
>>
>> Cc: mi silc
>>
>> Cc: media, legal, several
>>
>>
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