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<p>I feel that aratransit should not stop at County Lines. Small
eunties should work with larger counties links to other cities and
door to door Service when necessary.Some people fall through the
cracks because theyt have no Medicaid. . Collen Roth<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/28/25 15:01, Richard Payne via
Ohio-Talk wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Barbra,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks for
this post I have also sent out my email and hopefully others
are following up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Richard Payne,
President </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">National
Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">937/829/3368<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Rchpay7@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">The
National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its
members and all blind people in the United States. We know
that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you
or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of
blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power,
determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of
all blind people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Ohio-Talk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org"><ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org></a> <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 28, 2025 9:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org"><ohio-talk@nfbnet.org></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Barbara Pierce
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com"><barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Talk] I sent my letter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We all got a request to contact our
legislators to urge them to cosponsor H.R.1175 and H.R.1529.
In case it will help you to write your letter, Below is what I
wrote. You would have to put in your name and city and your
member’s name. I used the name of Latta’s legislative
director. We got a spread sheep with the names of contact
people in each office. This is what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Hello, my
name is Barbara Pierce, and I am a constituent living in
Oberlin. I urge Representative Latta to cosponsor the
Blind Americans Return to Work Act, H.R. 1175, introduced
by Representative Pete Sessions; and the Access Technology
Affordability Act, H.R. 1529, introduced by Representative
Mike Kelly. Both of these bills will eliminate barriers
for blind people. H.R.1175 will institute a two-for-one
phase out of benefits for any income earned above the
substantial gainful activity threshold in the SSDI
program, and H.R. 1529 will create a refundable tax credit
for the purchase of qualified access technology. These two
bills will create a true work incentive for all blind
Americans currently on SSDI and a method for blind
Americans to be able to afford the access technology they
need to obtain and maintain employment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">hanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pierce (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">President Emerita<br>
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<br>
<a href="mailto:Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com</a><br>
440-774-8077<br>
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that
blindness is not the characteristic that defines you
or your future. Every day we raise expectations for
blind people because low expectations create
obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You
can live the life you want; blindness is not what
holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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