[nfbmi-talk] Fw: oregon blind sues v a randolph shepard

Tue Jan 6 16:15:01 UTC 2015

Indeed, the worse is yet to come from Rodgers and all of the other sell-outs
of the blind.  On Saturday, the Elected Operators" Committee has scheduled a
a special meeting, location not yet disclosed, touted as a discussion with
BS4BP director Rodgers.  We can be certain the meeting will be heeld in the
Mr. Rodgers' neighborhood, with borders of sell-out the blind, more
opportunity for the incompetent sighted, non-compliance with the law, and
conflict-of-interest abounds.  We can be assured this public non-published
meeting will in no way benefit the blind BEP operators or the opportunities
for the blind.  BEP will not exist for the blind soon--mark my word.  It is
coming soon!   

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The very thought of what the agency is doing to the blind in the BEP makes
me grieve for the blind of Michigan and more convinced that state officials
are corrupt, underhanded and outright thieves. The blind will suffer
greatly,and the worse is still yet to come. 

Dave
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From: joe harcz Comcast 
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Subject: oregon blind sues v a randolph shepard

But what do we do in Michigan when the very Bureau itself violates state and
federal law? Well we shoot the messengers until there is no one left to
fight.

Joe
Oregon sues VA for not employing blind vendors at southern Oregon rehab
center

VA.Rosenblumcollage.jpg

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, representing the Oregon Commission
for the Blind, has filed a federal lawsuit against Veterans Affairs for
allegedly

failing to follow a federal law that gives a leg up to blind workers at
government facilities. (Veterans Affairs, The Oregonian file)

Bryan Denson | bdenson at oregonian.com

By

Bryan Denson | bdenson at oregonian.com

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on January 05, 2015 at 11:18 AM, updated January 05, 2015 at 11:19 AM

The state of Oregon accuses the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of
breaking a law that gives preference to blind people to run vending
operations on

government property.

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, acting on behalf of the

Oregon Commission for the Blind,

has sued the VA for failing to follow the law at its

Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics

in White City, about 10 miles north of Medford.

At issue is the

Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936,

which is intended to provide economic opportunities and job stimulation for
people who are blind, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in Medford's
U.S.

District Court.

SORCA(va.gov).jpg

U.S. Veterans Affairs has operated the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center
and Clinics since 1949.U.S. Veterans Affairs

For more than 40 years, the VA's White City facility has employed up to 600
employees and maintained a food court and 28 vending machines, according to

the lawsuit. In recent years, those machines have generated a net profit of
about $6,000 a month.

The Oregon Commission for the Blind accuses the VA of failing to follow the
Randolph-Sheppard law. The dispute has  dragged on since 2009, when the
state

agency requested a permit to provide vending services at the White City
facility.

Veterans Affairs

denied the request, saying it was exempt from the law, according to the
lawsuit. But a panel of arbitrators found that the law did apply to the
facility

and that the VA was in violation of the law.

"Notwithstanding the issuance of the arbitration panel's decision, the VA
continues to maintain that the (Randolph-Sheppard Act) does not apply to its
facility

and refuses to take any remedial action to issue the permit sought by the
OCB or to otherwise prioritize blind vendors," the lawsuit alleges.

The VA facility, contacted about the lawsuit on Monday, had no immediate
comment.

bdenson at oregonian.com

503-294-7614;

@Bryan_Denson

Source:

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/01/oregon_su
es_va_for_not_employi.html

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