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

[Lusi98]

Good work, Charles.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Parker" <angusparker at suddenlink.net>
To: "'NFB of North Carolina List'" <nfbofnc at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbofnc] urgent weekend legislative action 
needed--contactingthe senate against merger


> 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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