[nfbmi-talk] reiterated request financial info not funny anymore

[joe harcz Comcast]

January 18 2012 Re-iterated request ADA for FY 11 Operating Budget

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

joeharcz at comcast.net

 

Patrick D. Cannon

Director

Michigan Commission for the Blind

(Via E-mail)

 

 

Dear Mr. Cannon,

 

I’m writing today for an accessible copy of MCB’s FY 2011 Operating Budget (also see unanswered request for similar information after my signature line). Now, you in your objectives promised this information to Commissioners and the public quarterly in your objectives for last year. You did not honor that obligation whatsoever. There are no excuses for not having this information ready and at hand and published on the MCB web site as the Fiscal Year closed September 30, 2011 months ago. Bills supposedly were paid and all that.

 

Frankly, it is more than a sign of a grossly incompetent manager to not have ready access to this information and it certainly is a slap in the face and a black eye to the Snyder Administration as one of his own agencies cannot seem to meet basic transparency guidelines regarding this simple information re: his “dashboard” program.

 

Regardless send it out please and please have it posted prominently on MCB’s web site.

 

You know my accessible format by now.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: MCB Commissioners

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: S. Arwood LARA

Cc: Elmer Cerano, NISH, MPAS

Cc: Richard Bernstein, Esq.

Cc: Mel Farmer

Cc: Carla Haynes

 

 

Attached unresponded to request for information:

 

 

July 8, 2011 ADA Rehab Act Request for Third Quarter MCB Financial Report

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

joeharcz at comcast.net

810-516-5262

 

Patrick D. Cannon

Director, MCB/LARA

Michigan Commission for the Blind

Via E-mail

 

Dear Mr. Cannon,

 

I’m writing today to request in accessible format the MCB Operating Budget through the Third Quarter of this current fiscal year as you and the agency have promised in public records to commissioners, and thus to members of the public too…I mean don’t forget we citizens of this state and country please including those of us with disabilities. I’m also requesting that MCB in the spirit of Governor Snyder’s “dashboard” principle of transparency post this uniformly, affirmatively and in a timely and accessible manner to its own web site.

 

Regardless, I’m requesting same as a Word attachment to my e-mail address listed above.

 

The people of this state including me have the right to know how MCB’s money is spent.

 

Oh, and a further thought here: I’d like to see a complete line item break down of precisely how much MCB has expended to date this fiscal year on legal  expenses including but not limited to the settlements of the Robin Hill v. Michigan Commission for the Blind case; the Dave Robinson settlement; and the Christine Boone case.

 

In other words how much is MCB losing in state and federal funds relative to these cases including any expenditure to the Michigan Attorney General for defending these cases and others in the first place?

 

I thank you in advance for your prompt and compliant  response to this inquiry.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: MCB Commissioners

Cc: Steve Arwood, LARA Deputy Director

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: MCBVI

Cc: several list serves and media outlets

Cc: MPAS 

Cc: “Great Lakes TAC”

Cc: Elsie Duell, MCB “Financial”