CharlesAndSharonCampbell and List I'm sorry you feel so embittered toward your state agency. What you are saying, while it must reflect your own terrible experiences, is an opinion, not a fact. I have seen all kinds of results from state agencies, and many of them have good outcomes. I, for example, would have never gotten anything purchased for me if I hadn't worked my tail off to find and land a job, and then prove it to my counselor. Contrary to popular belief, state agencies are not rolling in money, they have to "brown-nose" (disgusting), the feds in order to get every dime they have. Consequently, they have stringent requirements for someone to qualify for large expenditures. Also, I apologize to any list member who is offended by the off-topic subject. I will now crawl back in my hole where I belong. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of charles and sharon campbell Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:22 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] changing places
Hi Sarah and list, The cold hard fact is this: to get anything from a State agency, you have to be a puppet on their string, or you have to be "well-liked" by them, or a good brown-noser. Not all of us qualify for any of the above. Everytime we tried to get assistance, we ran into a brick wall. Around here, they want you in the vending stand program. You don't need a BrailleNote to run a vending stand, so you're still out of luck. For those of you that get cooperation, good for you. You're the lucky few. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:50:36 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] changing places >Dear List, >First of all, Rhonda, I apologize for the use of your name in the below >response to my message, I know you weren't involved in this little battle of >words and I hope you won't take it too personally. >Now, CharlesAndSharonCampbell, and anyone else who is wondering about my >statement earlier. When I said that if there were more blind people, >specialized equipment would cost less, I wrote nothing less than the hard, >cold truth. This holds true for all aspects of economy, if more people are >buying something, the price goes down. >I know I have no right to assume anything about anyone on this list. If, in >fact, CharlesAndSharonCampbell bought their own BrailleNote, that is a >wonderful thing! I wish more than I can say that all blind people were able >to buy the equipment and services of their choice, with their own hard-earned >money. Reality has proved otherwise, up and down the line. I can say this >from personal experience; I was born totally blind and have always had to >struggle to find money to buy the "special" equipment that I needed. Most of >us do, we are generally overworked and underpaid, or even poorrer due to >receiving government entitlements. >Another hard truth is that many of us would have no where to turn for >assistance in purchasing expensive equipment if it weren't for their state >agencies. We can put them down all we want, and those of us who buy our own >equipment can feel superior to those of us who can't do this if we so choose, >but the fact is that well over half the equipment sold by "blindness vendors >and companies" is paid for by either state or federal government. I know this >is a drag, but again, it's reality. I am very sorry for the bitterness my >previous message brought out, I had no intention of causing this reaction. >Now, to get back on topic. Has anyone tried to delete an Email folder and not >been able to do so? >Sarah >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of charles and >sharon campbell >Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:09 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: re: [Braillenote] changing places >Hi list, >Did you know that the price of compact flash cards is the cheap part of all >this? Big deal! How many of these cards are used for cameras? If you think >this news makes us jump up and down, it doesn't! >The next part of this gripe is this: Rhonda, what makes you think we want more >blind people because we want lower prices? What does one have to do with the >other? You must be one of those sighted teachers with no compassion, afraid >that the blind disease will touch you. Either that, or the State buys any >equipment you want. Which is it? Maybe you're one of these fortunate few the >State will do anything for. >Speaking of the State, is the reason for the high prices because State >Agencies will put out the bucks? How about some honesty today. >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
