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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=osb-alumni@googlegroups.com>'Lynn Golightly' via OSB-Alumni</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:19 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title=osb-alumni@googlegroups.com>osb-alumni@googlegroups.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Last chance to act on HB2230</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>HB-2230
takes one more bite out of the state’s most successful self-employment program
for blind Oklahomans, by exempting jail commissaries from the state vending
facility law.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>HB-2230
robs a blind man of the business he built, ostensibly to relieve Tulsa County
taxpayers from having to meet their responsibility to fund their local
jail. In no other instance in Oklahoma would the legislature consider
taking away an individual’s business for such a
purpose.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>HB-2230
will not solve the money management problems at the Tulsa County jail, but it
will reduce sales tax revenue paid to the state and Tulsa
County.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>HB-2230
will reduce business opportunities for the blind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>HB-2230
will not benefit Tulsa or the state, and it will deprive a blind person of his
business and foreclose on an avenue for future business development by blind
citizens.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>Views
on this bill must be shared with the Governor by this
Saturday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Update:
HB-2230, exempting county jail commissaries from the vending facility state law,
was sent to the Governor today, May 9<SUP>th</SUP>. The Governor has five
days in which to sign or veto the bill. Contact information for the
Governor’s office is provided <SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d">below</SPAN>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Governor Mary
Fallin<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d">Mailing:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Oklahoma State
Capitol<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room
212 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Oklahoma City, OK 73105
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d">Phone:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Local: (405) 521-2342
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Fax: (405)
521-3353<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Email
form:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="https://www.ok.gov/triton/modules/formbuilder/form.php?form_id=0d5f27f90f279a5b64535ec11836feaa07db37cbb20807e960b2c0aa58b9f358">https://www.ok.gov/triton/modules/formbuilder/form.php?form_id=0d5f27f90f279a5b64535ec11836feaa07db37cbb20807e960b2c0aa58b9f358</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Or go to the Governor’s
website at <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="https://www.ok.gov/governor/Contact_the_Governor/index.html">https://www.ok.gov/governor/Contact_the_Governor/index.html</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Then go to Contact, then
Contact the Governor, then Email the Governor.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
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