[nfbwatlk] WTBBL and HB-2033

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
Good!!!
Thanks
Lauren
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:32 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] WTBBL and HB-2033


> Fellow Federationists:
>
> I received word earlier today that HB-2033 was amended during executive 
> session in the House State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee today 
> to exclude the State Library (including the Washington Talking Book and 
> Braille Library) and the Oral History Project from entities that would be 
> moved to the proposed new Heritage, Culture and the Arts Department. 
> We've won a provisional victory.  The bill still includes the fund 
> transfer from the office of the Secretary of State to the new department 
> but we stand a good chance of stopping this in the Senate.
>
> While we shouldn't yet celebrate, we may sigh with satisfaction.  Thanks 
> to all those who wrote letters and made phone calls to their legislators 
> letting them know what a dumb idea it is to move the State Library and 
> WTBBL from the purview of the Secretary of State.
>
>
> Mike Freeman
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