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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=joeharcz@comcast.net href="mailto:joeharcz@comcast.net">joe harcz
Comcast</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rbernstein@sambernstein.com
href="mailto:rbernstein@sambernstein.com">Richard Bernstein Esq</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=MCODY@mpas.org href="mailto:MCODY@mpas.org">MARK
CODY</A> ; <A title=Ocr.cleveland@ed.gov href="mailto:Ocr.cleveland@ed.gov">OCR
Cleveland Office</A> ; <A title=sally.conway@usdoj.gov
href="mailto:sally.conway@usdoj.gov">Sally Conway USDOJ</A> ; <A
title=guiness@uic.edu href="mailto:guiness@uic.edu">Robin Jones</A> ; <A
title=pberg@uic.edu href="mailto:pberg@uic.edu">Peter Berg</A> ; <A
title=ECERANO@mpas.org href="mailto:ECERANO@mpas.org">Elmer Cerano MPAS</A> ; <A
title=valarie@misilc.org href="mailto:valarie@misilc.org">valarie Barnum Yarger
MISILC</A> ; <A title=Craig.McManus@ed.gov
href="mailto:Craig.McManus@ed.gov">Craig McManus RSA</A> ; <A
title=pegan@freepress.com href="mailto:pegan@freepress.com">Egan, Paul</A> ; <A
title=mikezelley@aol.com href="mailto:mikezelley@aol.com">Mike Zelley TDN</A> ;
<A title=katrinadisability.info@gmail.com
href="mailto:katrinadisability.info@gmail.com">Susan Fitzmaurice</A> ; <A
title=lukez@disnetwork.org href="mailto:lukez@disnetwork.org">Luke Zelley
TDN</A> ; <A title=kathym@disnetwork.org
href="mailto:kathym@disnetwork.org">Kathy McGeathy</A> ; <A
title=nfbmi-talk@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:nfbmi-talk@nfbnet.org">nfbmi-talk@nfbnet.org</A> ; <A
title=cannonp@MICHIGAN.GOV href="mailto:cannonp@MICHIGAN.GOV">Patrick Cannon MCB
Dir.</A> ; <A title=zimmerm@michigan.gov
href="mailto:zimmerm@michigan.gov">zimmerm@michigan.gov</A> ; <A
title=ShamsiddeenJ@michigan.gov href="mailto:ShamsiddeenJ@michigan.gov">Jaye
Porter MRS Director</A> ; <A title=Carol.dobak@ed.gov
href="mailto:Carol.dobak@ed.gov">Carol Dobak</A> ; <A title=laschuck@juno.com
href="mailto:laschuck@juno.com">lydia Schuck MCB Comm.</A> ; <A
title=jcscot@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:jcscot@sbcglobal.net">John Scott MCB
Comm.</A> ; <A title=president.nfb.mi@gmail.com
href="mailto:president.nfb.mi@gmail.com">Larry Posont MCB Comm.</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:37 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> illegal and inaccessable public hearings </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">All,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This building houses daily
Michigan Rehabilitation Services and Michigan Commission for the Blind Offices.
Program access to such facilities was required as of January 26, 1992. Yet they
are not compliant to this day. Moreover, this facility is required to have
raised character and Braille signage on every permanent room including room
numbers (ADAAG 3.40.1, 4, 5, 6). It does not.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Moreover all Vocational
Rehabilitation Agencies are required to hold public hearings in accessible
facilities. Both the Michigan Commission for the Blind and the Michigan
Rehabilitation Services are holding public hearings this very week on its
so-called, and highly illegal state plan in this very inaccessible building.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The ADA is a civil rights law. We
people with disabilities have the right to access our government facilities!</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is incredible at the amount of
documentation I’ve given over the last decade <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>on these issues without any
compliance!</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Sincerely,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Joe HarczNational Federation of
the Blind</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">ADAPT</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Woman sues state, says Detroit
office building hinders handicapped | The Detroit News |</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">July 11, 2012 at 1:00 am</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Woman sues state, says Detroit
office building hinders handicapped</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">List of 3 items</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">• By Robert Snell</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">• The Detroit News</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">• 0Comments</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">list end</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Detroit— A Farmington Hills woman
sued the state in federal court Tuesday, alleging workers with disabilities are
denied equal access to a state office</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">building in Detroit.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Michigan</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Economic</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Development Corp. employee Jill
Babcock said wheelchair ramps are too steep outside the Cadillac Place building
on West Grand Boulevard, and the facility</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">lacks available handicap
parking.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The building, which formerly
served as General Motors Corp. headquarters, was renovated in 2002 but failed to
comply with the Americans with Disabilities</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Act, according to the
lawsuit.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Babcock wants to force the state
to comply with the disabilities act.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">rsnell@detnews.com</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">(313) 222-2028</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
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