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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">February 8 2012 Comments on
Todays’s Commission Meeting</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Colleagues,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Time is short, but I would like
anyone including the commissioners to show me any place in the promulgated
rules, P</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A 260 itself, the Randolph
Shepard Program, the Rehab Act or in any manner where a building manager has any
role in granting a license to operate any BEP facility.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I cite the following section from
what was “approved today” to cite the fundamental violation of these laws in
this regard:</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt">At the
conclusion of the bid period, all qualified complete proposals will be reviewed
by an interview panel consisting of Commission for the Blind staff, Elected
Operator’s Committee representatives, and building management. Interviews
will be offered to the responsible person(s) submitting a qualified and
complete proposal and will be conducted in Lansing by the same panel who
reviewed the proposals. The facility will be offered to the successful
bidder based on the results of the face-to-face interviews and associated
business plan.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt">“<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt">None of
the statutes or rules grant such an authority in the first place. MCB is the
State Licensing Agency and not some building manager. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt">Joe
Harcz<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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