[nfbmi-talk] Cannon Calls for Armed Gaurds, Bullet Proof Drapes at MCB Board Meeting!

Fri Apr 23 10:50:54 UTC 2010

Right on, Fred!  It certainly is a paranoiac exchange.  Dave, Christine, and 
blind vendors deserve to have jobs

Mary Ann.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "'Geri Taeckens'" <geri.taeckens at isahealthfund.org>; "'Geri Taeckens'" 
<taeckens at eup.k12.mi.us>; "'Jo Ann Pilarski'" <pilarskij at charter.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 12:54 AM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Cannon Calls for Armed Gaurds,Bullet Proof Drapes at 
MCB Board Meeting!

> Hello,
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> This is more amazing than anything I imagined.  At the end of the last MCB
> meeting I asked who needed guarding?  I asked who authorized the guards.
> President Posont filed a Freedom of Information Act request.  We were
> astonished to read the following paranoic exchange initiated by Pat 
> Cannon.
> He is apparently a little nuts or something.  Can you believe blind people
> are being told there is no money for needed services and Cannon is
> investigating bullet proof drapes and armed gaurds?  Who should be afraid?
> We have posted this on our web page www.nfbmi.org.  Please tell your 
> friends
> to read this and decide who deserves to have a job, Christine, Dave, Blind
> Vendors or Pat Cannon. UNBELIEVABLE!
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> From: Robertson, Bob (DELEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:44 AM
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> To: Haynes, Carla (DELEG); Cannon, Patrick (DELEG)
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> Subject: FW: Security at Commission meetings
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> Here is the information on the possibilities of getting security and
> bullet-proof draping at Commission meetings.
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> From: Cannon, Patrick D (DLEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:50 PM
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> To: Robertson, Bob (DLEG)
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> Subject: RE: Security at Commission meetings
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> Thanks Bob!  You did great work on gathering this information and I am 
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> I have forwarded this information on to Jo Ann Pilarski but asked that she
> not share it far and wide and I will ask you to do the same as I do not 
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> to create any sense of "alarm" on the subject of security.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Robertson, Bob (DLEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:02 PM
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> To: Cannon, Patrick D (DLEG)
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> Cc: Luzenski, Sue (DLEG)
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> Subject: Security at Commission meetings
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> Hi Pat -
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> After talking with Steve Monet, I've got some info you can "take under
> advisement" and share with Commissioners if you so wish. Steve is still
> checking into the feasibility of bullet-proof draping for the conference
> rooms tables. He wants us to take a digital photo of the tables in the
> conference room upstairs and include their measurements so the company who
> makes the draping can give us an estimate on the costs. I thought we could
> do this when Susan gets back later this week.
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> As for other buildings, he said there are several in the area. He 
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> the State Library or Capitol Commons as two possibilities downtown. There 
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> also the General Office Building at the Secondary Complex and the building
> down on Pierpont where the Public Service Commission meets. All of these
> facilities have someone at the front desk checking IDs and issuing visitor
> passes. Steve pointed out that these so-called "security guards" do not 
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> involved in apprehending or stopping bad guys. In other words, if someone
> disrupts a meeting the folks at the front desk won't come running to the
> rescue. We would need to call the Capitol Security for that.
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> Finally, Steve gave me the name of the guy in DMB, Jeff Pratt, we can
> contact (241-4391) if we want to see about having our own security guard 
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> a meeting in this building. We would need to tell him how often we'd need
> someone, how many hours each time, the place and time, and then whether we
> wanted an armed or unarmed guard. We would most likely have to pay for 
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> services. We cannot just "borrow" a guard from another building.
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> I think this is a good 'first step' in gathering some info that you and 
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> Board can use to decide a 'next step' so if you need more, let me know.
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> If you wondered if it was really someone else who requested the security,
> here is proof from the Department of Management and Budget that Cannon,
> personally, did it.
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> From: Luzenski, Sue (DELEG)
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:24 PM
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> To: Heibeck, Cheryl (DELEG)
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> Subject: For FOIA request
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> Attachments: DMB-123 Blind Comm Victor.doc
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Pratt, Jeff
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:48 AM
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> To: Luzenski, Sue (DELEG)
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> Subject: Fwd: FW: Braille and Tactile Signs
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> Sue,
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> Thank you.  Pat asked that I arrange for a security guard on Mar. 19 & 20.
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> Attached is a DMB-123 that I need to have you complete and have signed by
> your agency then returned to my attention.  I will also need a point of
> contact and phone number for these two days as well as an understanding of
> what the guard's duties will be.  I do know that on the 20th the guard 
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> need to be posted at the entrance as the building will be locked.  It 
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> be helpful if a list of those authorized to enter so that the guard knows
> who is authorized.
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> Thanks,
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