[Nfbf-l] My own proposal

[Sherri]

RJ I admire that you did your research and came to this conclusion, since on 
the FCB list, you previously speculated that the one-agency-fits-all model 
might be worth considering. Thank you also for including our NFBF resolution 
in your submission. I urge you to send your ideas through the NFBF leaders, 
as we will be working closely with the leaders of the FCB to hopefully 
squelch this one-agency idea.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 7:46 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] My own proposal


>I think We should write our own proposal, and submit it to the state house 
>and senate. I'm sure you guys are doing this al ready. Hers what I've been 
>working on.
> Proposal for a separate agency serving the Blind
>
>                Realizing that under its present form the Florida division 
> of blind services is presently under the auspices of the department of 
> education, their bye limiting its service delivery, I am proposing to 
> create a separate commission for the blind. This commission would consist 
> of 9 commissioners, a majority of which are to be blind, and this 
> commission for the blind would have a director. Congress has recognized 
> that blind people have to learn things such as daily living skills, 
> orientation and mobility in order to seek and maintain a job. States with 
> separate commissions for the blind, have more consumers in the workforce 
> than due agencies who are under a super agency such as APD is proposing.
>
> What authority gives a state the right to create such a commission? The 
> relevant federal law is Title 29 USC, Section 701 (a) (1) (A) of the
>
> Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. At its 2005 convention, The 
> national federation of the blind of Florida passed a resolution concerning 
> this issue.
>
> Resolution 2005-4 Concerning an Independent Florida Commission for the 
> Blind
>
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF FLORIDA
>
> RESOLUTION 2005-04
>
> CONCERNING AN INDEPENDENT FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND
>
>
>
> WHEREAS
>
> the blind of Florida have the right to rehabilitation services that 
> address our
>
> unique needs;  and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS
>
> the National Federation of the Blind of Florida resolved in 2001 to 
> support the
>
> formation of a State Commission for the Blind, an independent
>
> consumer-controlled organization, made up of  9 Commissioners as such a
>
> Commission would respond to blind consumers; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS
>
> the State legislature has not moved to create such a Commission but has 
> moved
>
> the Division of Blind Services from the Department of Education to the
>
> Department of Labor and back to the Department of Education again; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS
>
> the State legislature has not acted to create such a Commission but has
>
> explored privatizing the Division of the Blind;  and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS
>
> the State legislature has not moved to create such a Commission but is 
> working
>
> to dismantle the Division of the Blind by proposing to incorporate blind 
> services
>
> into an agency to serve all disabilities;  and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS
>
> it has become obvious that the legislature of the State of Florida does 
> not have a
>
> clear idea of the unique needs of the blind or how to best serve our needs 
> and
>
> has failed to ask us, the State's largest disability organization, The 
> National
>
> Federation of the Blind of Florida, what we want and need
>
>
>
> THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
>
> by the National Federation of the Blind of Florida assembled in Convention 
> this
>
> 30th  day of May, 2005, in the city of Boca Raton, that we strongly 
> oppose,
>
> object to and  condemn all efforts to transfer the Division of Blind 
> services to a
>
> department of Disabilities; and
>
>
>
> BE It Further Resolved
>
> that we, the organized blind of Florida,  loudly and clearly restate our
>
> enthusiastic, unshakable resolve that the Florida State Legislature place 
> all blind
>
> services under a single, independent Commission , reporting directly to 
> the
>
> Governor and Legislature. This is what I'm proposing for Florida. Blind 
> Floridians would not have to worry about the Division of blind services 
> loosing funding because the commissioner of education disagrees with 
> something DBS is doing, rather the director and commissioners, would 
> submit their own separate to the Florida legislators, and they could pass 
> it or reject it. Any ideas? RJ
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