[nfbwatlk] FW: hearing on House Bill 2033
Mike Mello
mike at mello.com
Wed Mar 30 03:25:41 UTC 2011
If you would like to be on the bus, Please contact me asap but by the end of day tomorrow at the latest.
Thanks.
-Mike Mello
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:11:39 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:
>Fellow Federationists:
>
>I believe Mike Mello has already apprised you of the issue discussed below.
>Basically, there's another attempt to break up the State Library, ultimately
>resulting in a twenty percent reduction to its budget. This would adversely
>affect WTBBL. If you can make it to Olympia for the hearing Thursday
>morning at eight o'clock, the WCB has a bus coming from Seattle. I urge
>those who can to attend the hearing.
>
>We are all in this together on this one.
>
>Mike Freeman, President
>NFB of Washington
>
>
>From: wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org [mailto:wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org] On Behalf
>Of Denise Colley
>Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:26 PM
>To: wcb list
>Subject: [Wcb-l] hearing on House Bill 2033
>
>I wanted to let everyone know that last Wednesday, March 23, HB2033 was
>introduced in the House that would take the State Library out of the
>Secretary of State's office and place it in a newly created combined
>Department of Heritage, Arts and Culture. This would also reduce the
>Library's budget by 20%. There is concern that some parts of the State
>Library's mission may not be a good fit under the Heritage, Arts and Culture
>umbrella, and one of those is the Washington Talking Book and Braille
>Library. We don't want the State Library moved to another agency.
>A hearing is set for this Thursday, March 31, before the State Government &
>Tribal Affairs committee in House Hearing Room E at 8:00 a.m.
>
>We are trying to get as many people to the hearing as we can. We are
>chartering a bus to leave Seattle at 5:30AM. If you live in the Seattle
>area and would be available to come with us we still have room on the bus.
>You will need to contact Sue Ammeter before noon tomorrow if you would like
>to make this most important trip to Olympia. Please call her at
>360-437-7916. It's important that we have a good representation and we let
>this committee know we do not support this bill.
>
>I hope to see a lot of you in Olympia.
>
>Denise
Michael J. Mello
mike at mello.com
(208) 301-0565
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