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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I have heard the same thing from others. I have no idea what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Intesar Duncan via Tall-Corn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 28, 2023 5:38 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <tall-corn@nfbnet.org><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Intesar Duncan <idsummerlove@gmail.com><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Tall-Corn] Legislative Switchboards<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'>Hello Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'>Thank you very much for the information. When I called the Senate switchboard number a few times, a recording told me each time, "Sorry the mailbox is full, so you cannot leave a message."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'>The number for the House of Representatives switchboard, however, seems to be good, and I was able to leave a message.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'>Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'>Intesar Duncan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#990000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#990000'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 7:22 AM Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Below are the switchboards for both the Iowa House and Senate. These are the numbers that many of the Representatives and Senators prefer to be contacted. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Senate Switchboard 515-281-3371 is the number that we have for any member of the Senate.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The House of Representatives</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Switchboard 515-281-3221 is the number that we have for any member of the House.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Bob </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Intesar via Tall-Corn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 24, 2023 6:07 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Intesar <<a href="mailto:idsummerlove@gmail.com" target="_blank">idsummerlove@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Tall-Corn] Legislative Update<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you for all the information. I was talking with an elder member from our chapter today about the matter, and she would really like to make a phone call to express her views and support our issue. Would you please provide me with some phone numbers that she can call? That’s the only way she would like to participate with this. She lives in Iowa city. Thank you very much for all your assistance in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Peace, Intesar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” Helen Keller<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Feb 24, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Greetings, In case you haven’t heard it the Iowa Senate State Government Committee has voted the reorganization bill out by a vote of 12 to 6. Some of the members of the committee expressed concerns about some of it but didn’t change it. If you have any contacts with any State Senator, please contact them and let them know how much these changes will negatively impact the blind of Iowa. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the House so far there has been no vote. We have been concentrating on the subcommittee of the State Government Committee but now contacting the rest of the State Government Committee is certainly in order. Here again, contact your Representative even if they are not on the committee and make your feelings known.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We have done a good job so far and we are going to need to keep the pressure on in both houses. We can still win but it is not going to be easy. Ask your friends, relatives and anyone that will listen to help out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I do want to thank the number of you who have written emails and sent copies of your email and the responses to me either on either of our lists or to me directly. If you haven’t sent these to me yet I strongly encourage you to do so. With this information we know better who in either house of the legislature is likely to support us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Keep up the good work. We can still win if we work together.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Legislative Chair, NFBI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Email:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:bray@nfbi.org" target="_blank">bray@nfbi.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Tall-Corn mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Tall-Corn:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/idsummerlove%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/idsummerlove%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Tall-Corn mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Tall-Corn@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tall-corn_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Tall-Corn:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/idsummerlove%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tall-corn_nfbnet.org/idsummerlove%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>