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<DIV>For those of you that attended a few years ago our annual training
conference, Representative Lockhart spoke to us over avicating. I reminded him
of this and also reminded him that he once told me that he didn’t understand the
issue and would have not voted for Hickman’s bill. See below message!</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=James.Lockhart@okhouse.gov
href="mailto:James.Lockhart@okhouse.gov">James Lockhart</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 14, 2016 8:45 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rhondahutson3@gmail.com
href="mailto:rhondahutson3@gmail.com">Rhonda Hutson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kicking the Blind out of the Capital!</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Keep me up to date with this bill. I will try to kill it. <BR><BR>
<DIV>Respectfully Submitted,</DIV>
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<DIV>James Lockhart</DIV>
<DIV>State Representative</DIV>
<DIV>918-653-7571 home </DIV>
<DIV>405-557-7413 office</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Feb 14, 2016, at 4:41 AM, Rhonda Hutson <<A
href="mailto:rhondahutson3@gmail.com">rhondahutson3@gmail.com</A>>
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<DIV>James, You came a few years ago to our annual Business Enterprise
training conference in August and talked with us. </DIV>
<DIV>You told me that if you had understood you would not have voted for this
same bill Hickman is trying once again to get through the house. </DIV>
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<DIV>House Bill
3023
By: Pfeiffer and Hickman</DIV>
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<DIV>relating to the State Capitol Building; amending 7 O.S. 2011, Section 73,
which relates to vending facilities; providing exception for areas of the
State Capitol Building; and providing an effective date.</DIV>
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<DIV>The last time a bill like this was introduced, it was passed by the House
of Representatives and then was scheduled in the senate for vote on Disability
Awareness day. The Bill was introduced by Hickman. This was a total
humiliation to the blind community. Exposed by the press and thanks to Senator
Garrison of Muskogee, it was defeated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Issues:</DIV>
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<DIV>By making the Capital another exclusion for our managers, it would
promote more agencies to be exempt.</DIV>
<DIV>Many offices over the years have moved out of the Capital reducing the
amount of traffic at the Capitol during the months that the legislature is not
in session reducing profit margins for our managers.</DIV>
<DIV>Free food is welcomed at the Capital. Companies are allowed to bring in
free food to the staff at the Capital reducing profitability at the
Capital.</DIV>
<DIV>Our managers are not contacted by any staff to cater activities at the
Capital including Disability Awareness Day.</DIV>
<DIV>We have been refused the Coffee Service that the Capital has for its
staff.</DIV>
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<DIV>The unwillingness of the Capital to work with our managers has been a
challenge. We feel that our presence is very important to our
representatives so that they will not forget that our program is a very
important one. It provides us with a living, we pay local, state and federal
taxes, we employ people in our communities and we pay a certain percentage
back to our agency; one of the few programs in our state that does this.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rhonda Hutson</DIV>
<DIV>918-774-3213 Cell</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="mailto:rhondahutson3@gmail.com">rhondahutson3@gmail.com</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>NOTICE:
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