[idaho-connection] FW: [leadership] Fw: Urgent Action Required: Commercialization Amendment to S. 1813

[Carol Baron]

Please, please, PLEASE contact your/our legislators immediately on this issue in support of our blind/low vision BEP entrepreneurs/vendors statewide! Thanks,Carol
 From: abazyn at bazyncommunications.com
To: CCB-Presidents at ccbnet.org; Leadership at acb.org; rsva-board at acb.org; rsva-l at acb.org; ivie at acb.org; bsc-officers at ccbnet.org
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:16:24 -0800
Subject: [leadership] Fw: Urgent Action Required: Commercialization	Amendment to S. 1813










All-
Below is a very important email alert which 
was sent to the NCSAB members and stakeholders
this morning on the latest 
actions for the commercialization of roadside rest areas.
Time is of the 
essence and we all must join together immediately and contact Senator
Boxer 
(202) 224-3553 and Congressman Drier of the House Rules Committee
(202) 
225-2305.  You could also call Senator Feinstein's office as well, and 
send
emails referring to the new Senate Amendment S. 1813.
Thanks to all 
who are taking the time to make the calls
on this very important issue to 
thousands of blind
vendors throughout our nation.
Here is the latest alert 
just put out to NCSAB. Looks like things are moving fast,
and the Senate will 
likely be where this is won or lost.
Good morning NCSAB members:
We have 
learned that the plan on the surface transportation reauthorization bill
is 
for the Senate to move S. 1813 first, and then for the House to take up the 
Senate
bill. Senator Portman of Ohio continues to push hard for the 
opportunity to offer
his commercialization amendment – amendment number 1742 
to S. 1813 - which would
threaten business opportunities for blind 
entrepreneurs along federal highways and
have a devastating impact on 
Randolph-Sheppard programs across the country.
The Senate is poised to move 
quickly on S. 1813, and it is absolutely vital that
all United States 
Senators hear from blind vendors, SLAs, and anybody who cares about
the 
future of business opportunities for the blind as soon as possible. Please 
call
your Senators today to register your concerns with Portman amendment 
1742 to S. 1813,
and pass this message along to your elected committees and 
consumer organizations
so that they can do the same. Again, we are working in 
a very tight timeframe, so
contacts will be most effective if made 
today.
You can reach your Senators’ offices by calling the Capitol 
switchboard at
(202) 225-3121
.
Thank you for your continued efforts to 
preserve business opportunities for blind
entrepreneurs!
Take 
care,
Sean
Sean Whalen
Policy Associate
Linchpin Strategies, 
LLC

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