<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Good evening, </div><div><br></div><div>For those who are looking for the article from Cedar Rapids, I have shared the link below. </div><div><br></div><div>http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-department-for-the-blind-announces-layoffs-20170224<br><br></div><div>I am sad to see the layoffs at the Department for the Blind, but I know it was not a easy decision to have to make. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Jerad Nylin </div><div>President, National Federation of the Blind of Iowa</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Richard via Tall-Corn <tall-corn@nfbnet.org> </div><div>Date: 2/26/17 9:55 AM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: tall-corn@nfbnet.org </div><div>Cc: Richard <nf5b@wpusa.dynip.com> </div><div>Subject: [Tall-Corn] blind Iowans get shorted by governor again </div><div><br></div></div><br>Greetings coleagues,<br><br>I see we've lost ten more positions at the library for hte blind. One of <br>the reasons cited is so-called "digital braille."<br><br>I hate to tell these clowns this, but "digital braille" is only digital if <br>one is using a braille display to read it. Or, if one has a braille <br>embosser to make hardcopy.<br>Otherwise, reading braille with syntehsized speech is not using braille <br>imho.<br><br>IF folks are wondering what I"m referencing, I am referencing an article <br>in the state news section of the Burlington Hawkeye for February 26.<br>\<br>\<br>Regards,<br><br>Richard Webb<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tall-Corn mailing list<br>Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Tall-Corn:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/jerad.nfbi%40gmail.com<br></body></html>