[Vendorsmi] I only heard

[Terry Eagle]

Is this any surprise to anyone familiar with the Commission's attitude
toward the blind?  It truly says much about living up to the Commission's
new name:  B S for Blind Persons!  Re-inventing the way state government
does business for efficiency:  get rid of the programs that empower people.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vendorsmi [mailto:vendorsmi-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joe
Sontag
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 8:13 PM
To: VENDORSMI List
Subject: [Vendorsmi] I only heard

If you've checked the bidline announcement at the time of this writing, you
may have noticed that the Anderson Building Cafeteria, AKA the State Plate
is not among the listed facilities.  I have it from a credible source that
Ed Rodgers, the new Director of the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons has
ordered the facility removed from the bidline and has turned it over to the
Michigan House of Representatives, saying that PA260 of 1978 does not apply.
Were any of you on the Elected Operators' Committee informed that anything
like this was coming?
 
If you have factual knowledge about this, please share it with all of us who
care about the BEP, as the future of the Program depends on it.  If the
State Plate is lost, can all of the remaining State facilities be far
behind?  I won't reveal my source; and no, I'm not joking about any of this.
 
Joe Sontag