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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>In Addition Fred and all, John McEntee also actually
trained potential operators to be effective business owners and equipment
problem trouble-shooter and self-diagnostic-and-repair operators, saving the
set-aside funds countless thousands of dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>And
what do we have now? Classes taught by sighted and blind individuals that
don't know the material needed to be taught. Speaking of money waste and
savings; Why are taxpayers paying for BEP trainees to be housed in a hotel
when classes are being conducted by phone? Why cannot the trainees be taught
from home by telephone, and save the wasted money? Of course, we are told the
answer to BEP's problem is to hire another promotional agent, and move BEP
operators from WORK-TO-WELFARE! Aren't those great solution strategies?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>By
the way, the EOC Ad Hoc Committee on BEP Issues formulated many great ideas for
solutions to training and other BEP problems. Yet they were dismissed because
it was determined that the NFB had too much influence by individual Ad Hoc Commmittee
members, who were concerned and dedicated to show up and actively participate
at meetings. And it is not that other organizations and stakeholders weren't
invited to attend and participate. They were invited, and simply chose not to
attend and participate. Now here it is the 9th month into an EOC term, and what
has been discussed and advanced by EOC subcommittees and The full committee,
during the 9 months? I suppose the doctrines of let's wait-and-see what will
happen with the new BS4BP, and the if it happened prior to October 1, 2012 it
does not matter, are the guiding doctrines for BEP challenges. Meanwhile, BEP
trainees are taught by telephone and without meaningful vending equipment
exposure and hands-on experience, and an agenda of WORK-TO-WelFARE is being advanced.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: Fred Wurtzel<br>
Subject: What is really up with the BEP equipment inventory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi
Terry,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You
and Joe are doing a great job of describing the situation. I would add<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>that
John McEntee was probably 1 of the most operator-oriented staff ever<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>employed
by BEP. His efforts improved operator's abilities to keep their<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>equipment
up and running, thus improving profits, meanwhile saving more than<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>$100,000
his first year on the job. Now, that is effectiveness. Given all<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>that,
I was never able to get him classified in a civil service position<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>which
compensated him fairly. Yet, people are being paid more than 100k who<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>have
no blindness knowledge or experience.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You
have hit the nail on the head. The simple time-honored idea of hiring<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>qualified
people to do a professional job is the very simple solution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Warmest
Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fred<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:
joeharczt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject:
What is really up with the BEP equipment inventory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On
top of all this now <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rogers</st1:City></st1:place>
in the public record wants to raid Independent<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Living
funds for some new data base system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Just
another issue in a long line of misappropriation of federal funds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Here's
the schem:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Too
molify the Auditor General <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rogers</st1:City></st1:place>
has talked about this new and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>undefined
data system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Oh,
but look at the MI SILC's recent public hearing on the IL state plan and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>look
at the revision to try to use IL funds for this same database and thus<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to
rob elderly blind of services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Oh,
yes and Rodgers and Zimmer have been annointed to be Ex-Officio members<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of
the SILC though Zimmer stated in the public record he didn't even know<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>what
it was until July.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I'm
sure Rodgers didn't either.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>More
on this later....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Joe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----
Original Message -----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:
"David Robinson" <drob1946@gmail.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject:
Re: [nfbmi-talk] What is really up with the BEP equipment inventory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Terry,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Your comments are exactly on target. What you say is all so true even<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
though BEP management makes excuses for everything they do or don't do.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Sometimes we just shake our heads and shutter in disbelief. How could any<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
State administration allow such bias, incompident and dishonest people to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
continue to hold positions in state government. We also must be reminded<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
that your comments just highlight the tip of the iceberg. Much, much more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
has been part of the destruction of the BEP and no one is sure if it can <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
be<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
saved. It is despicable that such a valuable source of employment for the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
blind is being destroyed, but we know of the cause and we know we must<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
continue to stand for the operators and their chance at success.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Dave Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
From: Terry Eagle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] What is really up with the BEP equipment inventory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Is this any surprise to anyone? It can be summarized easily as the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
symptom<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
is fraud and cover-up, and the cause is total incompetence. The student<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
inventory-takers, promotional agents, and BEP and BS4BP management are<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
incompetent, as they obviously and clearly know little or nothing about<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
business, and food service and vending best practices.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
As pointed out John McEntee was driven out, along with Fred Wurtzel. And<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
let us not forget the firing of David Robinson, who actually attempted to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
do<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
that which the state auditors report is lacking: support to operators.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
What is the real truth about Dave Robinson's firing? We see from public<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
documents that it was for being behind six months in paperwork, yet it is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
now documented that at least one promotional agent is behind in paperwork<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
processing for more than a year and still employed by BEP. And another<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Promotional agent is still employed with BEP after costing the program $<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
7000 dollars after failing to do paperwork to remove a vending machine <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
from<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
a closed and demolished rest area. This also was noted by the state<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
auditor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
And what was up when James Hull's relative was hired to do the BEP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
inventory, as reported in MCB Board minutes, and the inventory results <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
were<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
not to the liking of BEP management, as also reported to the Board. Did <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
not<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
the former BEP manager come under attack for hiring a relative to oversee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
the BEP wharehouse? Do you see a double standard in ethics, a hallmark of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
the Patrick Cannon administration?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
I guess it is all about management-by-selective-paperwork, and the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
selective<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
results desired by management of LARA down to the promotional agents.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Consider the most recent costly paperwork knee-jerk reaction to the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
auditor's finding about accountability for poor money management by BEP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
management. Now LARA management is happy to cost operators thousands<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
annually in sales and profits, also costing the set-aside fund countless<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
dollars annually, because of new paperwork requirements just to get<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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equipment repaired. Here is a novel idea for the Snyder administration to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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save money and save jobs for blind persons: How about taking care of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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cause of the problem, rather than just continuing to treat the symptoms:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Move the incompetent management out of BEP, and hire competent<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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business-oriented and knowledgable management. How is that for <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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REINVENTING<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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HOW <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">MICHIGAN</st1:State></st1:place>
DOES BUSINESS, Mr. Governor? Perhaps that idea can also<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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address and eliminate the administration's legislative agenda to move <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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blind<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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vendors from WORK-TO-WELFARE. Just maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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From: Joe Sontag<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Subject: What's Really Up With the Equipment Inventory?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Two reports received here within the past 72 hours have got me wondering <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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if<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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the new BEP equipment inventory has any chance of being satisfactory to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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anyone who really cares. One report comes from a highway vending <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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operator,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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the other from a snack bar operator, but both have some striking<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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similarities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Both operators say that they were never asked to open any vending<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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machinesfor the inventory takers, a problem because manufacturer's serial<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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numbers are often accessible only from inside the units, as well as the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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fact<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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that additional items for the inventory may be housed in the cabinet of a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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vending machine, including but not limited to video and digital recording<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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equipment used for site security purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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The other common detail is that the inventory takers showed no interest in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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checking storage areas at the vending facilities, even though storage <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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rooms<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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often contain refrigeration, soft drink service and other items that may<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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belong on the final inventory. The roadside operator was told that their<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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presence was not required at the designated time for the inventory taker's<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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visit. I well remember being asked by my PA for equipment identification<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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details and opening all store rooms and all Agency-owned equipment for <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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McEntee, as he methodically documented the equipment at the Comstitution<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Hall facility while I ran it. In fact John's inventory was notable for <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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its<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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thoroughness in documenting what was present in the locations and for his<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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documentation of equipment that the BEP had purchased but that could *Not<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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be located, including various vending machines and several security <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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for highway facilities. John was driven out of the BEP shortly before he<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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would have completed his work on this project.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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What kind of accuracy and completeness are we likely to get under current<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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conditions from two student interns with no experience in the Program and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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who are being paid at bargain rates? My guess is that we'll get what we<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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paid for; and that's not likely to work very well for anybody, especially<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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those who insist that BS for Blind Persons is doing everything right and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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should be held harmless.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Joe Sontag<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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