[Nfbofnc] urgent weekend legislative action needed--contacting the senate against merger

Sun May 8 22:32:25 UTC 2011

Lusi, below is the email I just sent to these folks.
Charles

I'm a blind individual who has been blind since my teens.  I'm asking for
your support to prevent the merging of the Division of Services for the
Blind with Vocational Rehab and the Division of the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing.  Merger has been tried in other states and did not work.
Mississippi State also did a study which concluded that a separate agency
for the blind results in better services.  Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin
tried merger and failed so badly that they had to go back to separate
agencies for the blind.  Rehabilitating a blind person takes in-depth
specialized services that can only be provided by a separate agency
dedicated to serving North Carolina's blind population.

Charles Parker

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lusi98
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 2:03 PM
To: nfbofnc at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbofnc] urgent weekend legislative action needed--contacting the
senate against merger

Greetings Everyone,

The House has Passed it's version of the budget. Unfortunately, Merger is in
there. Time is running out to stop this thing. This means that we must
redouble our efforts. Below is the list of Senate committee members of the
Department of Health and Human Resources   Appropriations Committee. We need
to send them an extremely loud and clear message, "MERGER IS NOT
EXCEPTIBLE!!!" 

There are five Republicans and three Democrats on this list. Spend the
majority of your time emailing and calling the Republicans. A few calls and
emails to the Democrats won't hurt either. Since the Republican Party is in
control we need to hit them harder.

In 1935 the Lions saw to it that we had the nation's first agency to serve
the blind. Perhaps future generations will say that we were the folks who
preserved it. Thanks for all the work you are doing.

Lusi

Now for the list.

Senator Stan Bingham (Rep) Chair

Office: 2117 LB

Phone: 919-733-5665

Email: stan.bingham at ncleg.net

336-859-0999

District: 33

Counties represented: Davidson, Guilford

Senator Harris Blake (Rep) Co-Chair

Office 408 LOB

Phone: 919-733-4809

Email: harris.blake at ncleg.net

910-295-3613

District: 22

Counties Represented: Harnett, Moore

Senator Louis Pate (Rep) Co-Chair

Office: 406 LOB

Email: Louis.pate at ncleg.net

910-6658-3637

District: 5

Counties Represented: Greene, Pit, Wayne

Senator Tommy Tucker (Rep)

Office: 311 LOB

Phone: 919-733-7659

Email: tommy.tucker at ncleg.net

704-654-8410

District: 35

Counties Represented: Mecklenburg, Union

Senator Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (Rep)

Office: 309-B LOB

Phone: 919-733-7223

Email: fletcher.hartsell at ncleg.net

704-786-5161

District: 36

Counties Represented: Cabarrus, Iredell

Senator Bill Rabon (Rep)

Office: 1028 LB

Phone: 919-733-5963

Email: bill.rabon at ncleg.net

District: 8

Counties Represented: Brunswick, Columbus, Pender

Senator Doug Berger Dem.

Office: 516 LOB

Phone: 919-715-8363

Email: doug.berger at ncleg.net

District: 7

Counties Represented: Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren

Senator William R. Purcell (Dem)

Office: 517 LOB

Phone: 919-733-5953

Email: William.purcell at ncleg.net

District 25

Counties Represented: Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly

Senator Eric Mansfield (Dem)

Office: 1119 LB

Phone: 919-733-9349

Email: eric.mansfield at ncleg.net

910-368-6395

District: 21

Counties Represented: Cumberland

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