[Nfbmo] Rest Area Commercialization: Write your Congressman!

Fri Oct 6 17:02:36 UTC 2017

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On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Gene Coulter via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I done did it!
> The Original Gene
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene Fleeman
> via Nfbmo
> Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 8:50 AM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gene Fleeman <gfleeman55 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Rest Area Commercialization: Write your Congressman!
>
> Thank you to the Magoons and Daniel Garcia for singing the letter
> concerning the commercialization of Rest Areas on Federal Highways.
> I hope many others are doing the same.
>
> Gene Fleeman
> President, Missouri Assoc. of Blind Merchants
>
>
> Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil -- it has no point.
> Author unknown
>
> *Wondering what to do with your old car or truck? Donating your vehicle to
> the National Federation of the Blind is convenient and may qualify you for
> a tax deduction. Call 1-855-659-9314 or visit www.carshelpingtheblind.org
> Your donation can take the blind further.*
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 7:52 PM, Daniel Garcia via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > It's 25 now. My apologies for not doing this before.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene
> > Fleeman via Nfbmo
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 12:03 PM
> > To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> > Cc: Gene Fleeman
> > Subject: [Nfbmo] Rest Area Commercialization: Write your Congressman!
> >
> > Hello Federationists,
> >
> > Although I forwarded this email back in early August, and some of you
> > responded and sent the requested letter, unfortunately, only 24 people
> > in Missouri went to the website and sent the letter. There has only
> > been less than 1600 letters in total and we need a much larger no of
> letters.
> > Therefore, I am sending this email out again, asking you to please
> > take just a few minutes to go to the link in this email below and fill
> > in a few blanks and send your letter in showing your support not only
> > for blind vendors in Missouri, but across the nation. Then send this
> > email to your friends and ask them to as well.
> >
> >
> > Dear Randolph-Sheppard Stakeholder: As we have told you 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
> > <https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=538774fb6372a696-
> > b6c0d66e4005b19f&u=http://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
> >
> > Gene Fleeman President
> >
> > MO Assoc. of Blind Merchants
> >
> >
> >
> > *Don’t sit on the sidelines. Please Get involved*
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