[nfbmi-talk] Governor Snyder Fills Commission for the BlindVacancies

Tue Mar 1 11:54:50 UTC 2011

Absolutely wonderful news!
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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Governor Snyder Fills Commission for the BlindVacancies


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> Larry Posont has asked me to send this to you.
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> DATE:    March 1, 2011
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> CONTACT:           Mike Powell - 586-754-1325 or Larry Posont - 517-482-1800
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> Governor Snyder Fills 2 Vacancies on Michigan Commission for the Blind board
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> Lansing, Michigan - The national Federation of the Blind of Michigan (NFBM)
> is proud to announce that Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Larry Posont,
> president of the national Federation of the Blind of Michigan as Chairperson
> of the Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB).  Governor Snyder has also
> appointed Parents Of Blind Children member  Lydia Schuck to a 3-year term on
> the MCB Board. President Posont was notified by telephone on Friday February
> 25 of the 2 appointments.
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> "I am honored that the Governor has placed his trust in me to lead this very
> important Commission.  The Commission is important to the thousands of blind
> people in Michigan who, without rehabilitation services, face a 70%
> unemployment rate.  Michigan can do better than this." Posont commented by
> phone from his Dearborn heights home.  "The commission has a quality staff
> and adequate funds to provide the highest quality services available in
> America.  Michigan has a strong law which provides that the 5 person
> policy-making board has at least 3 blind members.  We expect to act
> aggressively to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs.  Every employee of the agency
> needs to have quality, well-paying jobs for all blind MCB customers as their
> first priority.   Through the years, various studies of rehabilitation
> programs show that $5-6 are returned for every dollar spent on quality
> rehabilitation, when blind people are moved from public benefit rolls to
> taxpayer rolls.  It is a privilege to have a job and pay taxes, said Posont,
> a retired 30-year veteran of the business Enterprise program and
> entrepreneurial program sponsored by the Commission.
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> "The Michigan commission for the Blind will be an active participant in
> Governor Snyder's program to help Michigan regain its strong role in our
> nations' economy and provide high quality jobs for our state's citizens.  We
> are committed to quality effective data-driven government services that put
> the customer first," Posont said.
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> Lydia Schuck from Mason, near Lansing, a parent of a blind child, a
> Transition Specialist and a doctoral candidate in Interdisciplinary health
> Science at Western Michigan University commented, "I hope to work to
> increase the capacity of the Michigan Commission for the Blind to work
> collaboratively with the Department of Education to increase results and
> opportunities for blind students in Michigan schools.  I have the
> experience, background and passion to help improve services to create an
> environment where blind people can compete on terms of equality and achieve
> first-class citizenship."
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> Posont and Schuck join Jo Ann pilarski, a school teacher from Alpena, Geri
> Taeckens, a retired School Social worker from Sault Ste Marie and john
> Scott, an attorney from Detroit on the MCB board which sets policy for the
> 34 year old  Commission.
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> The national Federation of the Blind is the oldest and largest consumer
> organization of blind people in America.  Founded in 1940, the Federation
> advocates for quality services and programs, sponsors Newsline for the
> blind, a free Newspaper and periodical service, scholarships and is a leader
> in technology to assist blind people, including the Blind Driver Challenge,
> where for the first time, a blind person navigated a car on a road course at
> the Daytona Race track in a Demonstration of how blind people can accomplish
> things never before thought possible.
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> Visit www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/>  and www.nfbmi.org
> <http://www.nfbmi.org/>  to learn more about the national Federation of the
> Blind of Michigan.
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