[Nfbmo] Action Needed - Help Us Make A Difference

[Gene Fleeman]

Thank you to everyone who has signed the letter so far.
As Melissa said, it is a very easy and painless process.
Please forward the message to anyone you know that is not
on this list you think would sign it.

Thanks,
Gene


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On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Melissa Smith via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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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