[Nfbmo] Action Needed - Help Us Make A Difference

[mdsmith32811 at gmail.com]

I agree. This was a very easy and painless process when I did it on Friday.


Thanks,
Melissa Smith
Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 7, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Shelia Wright via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Gene for sharing this message to the list. I just used the tools provided here and it was simple and quick.
> 
> I would encourage all of our members to send letters. 
> 
> Shelia 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene Fleeman via Nfbmo
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 8:47 AM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gene Fleeman <gfleeman55 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Rest Area Commercialization- Write Your Member of Congress
> 
>        F.Y.I.
> 
> Dear friends of blind entrepreneurs.
> 
> 
> Over the last few weeks, momentum is growing for commercialization of our
> interstate rest areas. A bill has been introduced in the House of
> Representatives. The President’s proposed budget for FY 2018 communicated
> support for the idea. The infrastructure bill that will presumably be
> introduced next year is expected to include the option of commercialization
> of the rest areas through public private partnerships. Almost 400 blind
> entrepreneurs could lose their businesses.
> 
> 
> The threat is real.
> 
> 
> 
> We need your help in preventing this from happening. We need for you to
> contact your members of Congress today to tell them you oppose
> commercialization of the interstate rest areas. We’ve made it easy for you.
> Go to the link below:
> 
> 
> 
> https://nfb.constituentvoice.net/nfbaction
> 
> 
> 
> and send a letter to your two U.S. Senators and House member. The website
> will automatically find your members for you. It is as simple as 1-2-3-4.
> 
> 
> 
> 1.  Review the letter on the website that has been drafted for you to send;
> 
> 2.  Fill in all of the blanks with your contact information;
> 
> 3.  Click on “Preview Letters”;
> 
> 4.  Click on “Send All Letters”
> 
> 
> 
> It couldn’t be any easier.
> 
> 
> 
> But don’t stop there:
> 
> 
> 
> 1.  Get all of your friends and family members to send letters;
> 
> 2.  Poste the link on your Facebook Page or Twitter account and encourage
> followers to help out the cause;
> 
> 3.  Contact your member of Congress’ local office and ask for a meeting
> when they are home in a few weeks for the summer recess. We will be sharing
> talking points for such meetings or you can go to our website at
> www.blindmerchants.org to review them.Talking points will be up soon.
> 
> 
> 
> We need every U.S. Senator and member of Congress to receive as many
> letters as possible and we need them from as many different addresses as
> possible. If every blind entrepreneur sends a letter and gets 4 other
> people to do the same, we will generate over 10,000 letters. We can beat
> that.
> 
> 
> Nicky Gacos, President
> 
> NABM
> 
> 
> *Don’t sit on the sidelines. Get involved*
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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