[Ohio-talk] HB 309: Plan for next week in Columbus

Mon Dec 24 18:10:22 UTC 2018

Good afternoon everyone,

Dear Sheri:

As I promised you, I would like to inform you that I have sent my email to Senator Larry Obhof few minutes ago. His usual automatic reply is given below.

I wish you, Mike and the rest of the Legislative Team a very successful Wednesday and Thursday! May God be with you and help you!

Thank you so much for all you and your team are faithfully and repeatedly doing for us and the Federation. Two thumbs up!

Sorry Mike, the Cincinnati Bangles were not up to your expectations yesterday. The Cleveland Browns were better this year.

Have a great day and happy holidays y’all.

Ali

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From: State Senator Larry Obhof <Obhof at ohiosenate.gov>

Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 12:30 PM

To: Ali Benmerzouga <ali.benmerzouga at hotmail.com>

Subject: RE: Our Ohio Blind Parents Bill of Rights HB-309

Thank you for contacting my office.  This is an auto-reply to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail.  My office receives a large volume of email and U.S. postal mail each week, and we will do our very best to respond to you in a timely and helpful manner.

If you have not already done so, please be sure to include your name and mailing address as this will help me in responding to your concerns.  If you are having a problem with a state agency, please also include a brief description of your issue and any case numbers you may have.  If this is an urgent matter, please follow up with my office at (614) 466-7505.

If you are writing to let me know your opinion on pending legislation, thank you for taking the time to share your views. I appreciate your thoughts, and will keep them in mind during the legislative process.

Finally, if this is a scheduling request, please confirm the request by calling my office at (614) 466-7505.

Sincerely,

Larry Obhof

Senate President

State Senator, 22nd District

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sheri Albers via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 10:25 AM
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Cc: Sheri Albers <sheri.albers87 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Ohio-talk] HB 309: Plan for next week in Columbus

Good morning,

I would like to give a shout out to Chris, Ed, Ali, Heather and anyone else who contacted Senator Obhof's office since Wednesday. These were crucial contacts to show that we are still here, and we will "stand our ground, and we won't back down." (I was blasting Tom Petty in the car on the way back to

Cincinnati!)

What's next? I want to  wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Then, on Wednesday, Mike and I will sit down with Senator Obhof's Legislative staff to remind them that HB 309 has not met any opposition, and that it needs to be put on the agenda for Thursday's Senate session. We were able to get through the gate to this office, and we do not plan to leave without a favorable outcome.

Thursday morning, we will be at the Rules and Reference Committee again, to show our smiling faces, where we will get the agenda for the day's session.

What can you do? Because of the holiday, you can get started with flooding Senator Obhof's office with emails of Season's Greetings  and urge him to place HB 309 on the Senate session agenda.  See below the message to send to the following email address: obhof at ohiosenate.gov<mailto:obhof at ohiosenate.gov> <mailto:obhof at ohiosenate.gov>

Dear Senator Obhof,

As President of the Senate, and Chair of the Senate Rules and Reference Committee, I am contacting you in regards to HB 309. The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio is in full support of this bill. This piece of legislation would prohibit a person's blindness from being used to deny or limit custody, parenting time, visitation, adoption, guardianship, or foster caregiver regarding a minor. Again, we are in support of this legislation, it should be noted that H.B. 309 has not faced any opposition during the legislative process. Please support HB 309, and schedule it for vote before the full Senate on Thursday, December 27, 2018.

On Wednesday, you can resume your phone calls to the office with the same message at 614-466-7505.

Thank you very much, and we will keep you posted.

Sheri Albers, Vice President

National Federation of the Blind of Ohio

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