[NFBMT] Fwd: [Colorado-talk] Urgent, Please act!

Sat Aug 5 01:27:04 UTC 2017

Greetings -

I'm forwarding this urgent message because, unless something's changed
in the past four years, the Montana BEP relies on rest area
commissions for some of its funding.  Even if it doesn't, we should
support blind vendors across the U.S. whose incomes will be negatively
impacted if this provision passes.  Please read and act on the
instructions.

Dan

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From: Kevan Worley via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:09:35 +0000
Subject: [Colorado-talk] Urgent, Please act!
To: "colorado-talk at nfbnet.org" <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>, Bridget
Worley <bridget.worley at worleyenterprises.com>, Maggie Norden
<maggie.norden at worleyenterprises.com>, Jessica Beecham
<Jessica at wefitwellness.com>, kevin Kovacs <Kevin at wefitwellness.com>,
Mary Wheeler <mary.wheeler at worleyenterprises.com>, "Bruce Marquardt
(Blackstone Consulting)" <bruce at blackstone-consulting.com>, "Abraham
Fisher (Abraham.fisher at comcast.net)" <Abraham.fisher at comcast.net>, Al
Travers <al at a1foodservice.com>, Alan Moss <alangm89 at gmail.com>, Brad
Basta <bmfvend at yahoo.com>, Gary Nelson <vendcrew at msn.com>, Gladys
Crespo <gladysc1983 at gmail.com>, "Haas, Doug (doughaas505 at gmail.com)"
<doughaas505 at gmail.com>, Jack Riley <jrservice at q.com>, Joy Lynn Nelson
<joyfulliving.joy at gmail.com>, Mike Cozzalino <mikecozz at comcast.net>,
"Nancy Hoover (nhoover54.nh at gmail.com)" <nhoover54.nh at gmail.com>, Paul
Pichardo <paulpichardo at rocketmail.com>, Scott Marcotte
<scottmarcotte5937 at comcast.net>, Steven Hickey
<stevenhickey3131 at comcast.net>, Ty Burnham
<burnhamsbestcafe at yahoo.com>, "v_sorensen at comcast.net"
<v_sorensen at comcast.net>, Aaron Youngblood
<aaron.youngblood at state.co.us>, Christie Haus
<christie.haus at state.co.us>, Dan Whalen <Dan.Whalen at state.co.us>,
Jennifer Bostick <tnjbostick at yahoo.com>, Jessy
<jessy.gullatte at state.co.us>, Jody <jody.mchazlett at state.co.us>, Julia
Zanon <julia.zanon at state.co.us>, Kenny Parrish
<Kenny.Parrish at state.co.us>, Larry Gehring
<larry.gehring at state.co.us>, Michelle Raymond
<michelle.raymond at state.co.us>, Travis Yoder
<travis.yoder at state.co.us>
Cc: Kevan Worley <kevanworley at worleyenterprises.com>

Greetings family, friends, and colleagues. Many of you will have
received this through other sources. However, please entertain my
personal ask! Operators in Colorado and the Nation will lose
significant opportunity if congress makes changes to the law which
allows blind individuals to manage vending operations on roadside rest
areas. Not only will this change effect 3 blind entrepreneurs and all
of our employees in Colorado, it will significantly reduce funding for
the entire program. This is because the program will lose the fees
paid by the roadside rest area entrepreneurs. This will have an impact
on our employees and those family and friends who are able to benefit,
in one way or another, by these businesses. Do we really want a
McDonalds or Denny's on the highway roadside rest areas?

Will you please read the announcement below and generate your letters
today! Please urge your friends and family members to help. If you
need someone in my office to assist, please call. But I think this is
very simple and straight forward for us. Can you please let me know
when you have accomplished this so that we can keep a chart. I do
apricate everyone's effort.

At Your Service,

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Office: 1-866-543-6808
Cell: (303)929-2369
Fax: (719)527-0129
www.worleyenterprises.com<http://www.worleyenterprises.com/>

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<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

Don't sit on the sidelines. Get involved

-- 
Dan Burke
My Cell:  406.546.8546
Twitter:  @DallDonal
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