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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=CBrown@mpcdd.com href="mailto:CBrown@mpcdd.com">Catherine Brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=imre@ilrcjcmo.org
href="mailto:imre@ilrcjcmo.org">imre@ilrcjcmo.org</A> ; <A
title=DSparks@mpcdd.com href="mailto:DSparks@mpcdd.com">Dolores Sparks</A> ; <A
title=mburke@paraquad.org
href="mailto:mburke@paraquad.org">mburke@paraquad.org</A> ; <A
title=mader_alan@yahoo.com
href="mailto:mader_alan@yahoo.com">mader_alan@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=badrld@juno.com href="mailto:badrld@juno.com">badrld@juno.com</A> ; <A
title=chiphailey@cableone.net
href="mailto:chiphailey@cableone.net">chiphailey@cableone.net</A> ; <A
title=mswings9@comcast.net
href="mailto:mswings9@comcast.net">mswings9@comcast.net</A> ; <A
title=erinb@disabilityresourceassociation.org
href="mailto:erinb@disabilityresourceassociation.org">Erin Benz</A> ; <A
title=garystevens41@yahoo.com
href="mailto:garystevens41@yahoo.com">garystevens41@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=gregcg3@msn.com href="mailto:gregcg3@msn.com">gregcg3@msn.com</A> ; <A
title=msatterwhite@bcfr.org href="mailto:msatterwhite@bcfr.org">Mark
Satterwhite</A> ; <A title=mpendleton@mchsi.com
href="mailto:mpendleton@mchsi.com">mpendleton@mchsi.com</A> ; <A
title=melinda@ilrcjcmo.org
href="mailto:melinda@ilrcjcmo.org">melinda@ilrcjcmo.org</A> ; <A
title=maryleep@att.net href="mailto:maryleep@att.net">maryleep@att.net</A> ; <A
title=jprail@paraquad.org
href="mailto:jprail@paraquad.org">jprail@paraquad.org</A> ; <A
title=lebcpd49@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:lebcpd49@sbcglobal.net">lebcpd49@sbcglobal.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> FW: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1,
2010)</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">To
the REAL Disability Rights Legislative Day Planning Committee
:)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">If
you haven’t already seen, there is another rally being planned March
1<SUP>st</SUP>. The language “disability rights rally” might make some
people confuse this with our rally. Please just know and be prepared to
field questions about the difference. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">It
is my understanding that their rally is about the PCA hour cuts.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I
hope we can continue our effort to get the word out about our cross disability
rights rally on the 23<SUP>rd</SUP>, and this will not detract. Please,
everyone continue to do your best at outreach.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Thank
you, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Cathy
Brown<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR><B>Subject:</B>
FW: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1, 2010)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><BR> <BR>>
From: <A href="mailto:blake@misn.com">blake@misn.com</A><BR>> To: ;<BR>>
Subject: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1, 2010)<BR>> Date: Tue, 16 Feb
2010 14:03:37 -0600<BR>> <BR>> Hello Everyone,<BR>> <BR>> It's been
a year since we have had to do battle with the General Assembly in <BR>>
Jefferson City. I was hoping this year would be different. I was hoping <BR>>
with the change in the Administration our job to get a fair budget for <BR>>
people with disabilities would be less time consuming and more fair. I was
<BR>> hoping we could take a break from the constant attacks we always seem
to be <BR>> under when we try to get the basic services we need.
Unfortunately, I was <BR>> wrong. This year is as bad as any year in
Jefferson City since the 2005 <BR>> budget cuts.<BR>> <BR>> The
Governor has proposed capping our consumer directed services at 60 hours
<BR>> per month. This is based on a 5 day plan. If you do the math it
averages <BR>> out to less than 3 hours per day. Most people with significant
disabilities <BR>> cannot live independently on less than 3 hours per day.
Why the Governor <BR>> has proposed slashing peoples most closely guarded
resource (attendant care) <BR>> is beyond me to comprehend. If you have a
significant disability, or have a <BR>> loved one with a significant
disability, you understand why I am shocked and <BR>> disappointed at the
proposed reduction in level of care.<BR>> <BR>> The other item the
Governor is requesting to be passed by legislature is <BR>> third party
assessments. Currently assessments for needed attendant <BR>> services are
conducted by licensed medical professionals. Under this <BR>> proposed new
rule we believe there will be an initiative to control the <BR>> amount of
hours given or to reduce the level of care a person may receive. <BR>> Either
one of these approaches are unacceptable to people with disabilities <BR>>
relying on attendant services.<BR>> <BR>> In fact, in my opinion, any
reduction in services in this fiscal year is <BR>> unacceptable. People with
disabilities who rely on Medicaid to survive took <BR>> their beating in
2005, with Matt Blunt's Medicaid cuts. Cuts that threw <BR>> almost 100,000
people off of Medicaid, or kept them from receiving <BR>> desperately needed
services. These cuts still haunt some of us with <BR>> disabilities whose
quality of life was diminished and may never again be the <BR>> same.<BR>>
<BR>> This is why we are calling on you to attend a Rally in Jefferson City
on <BR>> Monday, March 1st. I was not planning a Rally this year. As I
mentioned I <BR>> felt the Governor would cut other areas that had not been
so previously <BR>> brutalized by budget cuts. If you use an attendant, if
you are an <BR>> attendant, if you are a family member of a loved one with an
attendant, if <BR>> you are a friend of someone who uses an attendant you
will want to be at <BR>> this Rally. We must stop the proposed cuts from
seeing the light of day. <BR>> Your health and your job depends on
it.<BR>> <BR>> Attached is a flyer detailing the time and place of the
Rally. We will get <BR>> you more information as it becomes available. We
have buses scheduled and <BR>> will get more if needed. But most of all we
need you to show up to this <BR>> Rally, voice your disapproval to cutting
CDS services and let the <BR>> legislators and the Governor know you care.
Hopefully, we can make a <BR>> difference.<BR>> <BR>> Please pass this
on. It is too important to keep to yourself. See you at <BR>> the Capitol
Monday, March 1st, at 11:30 a.m.<BR>> <BR>> Sincerely<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> Rich Blakley<BR>> 573-244-5402<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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