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From: joe harcz Comcast
To: Kevin Green DSE DHHS
Cc: Suzanne Howell Director MRS/DHHS ; BRIAN SABOURIN ; Timothy Beatty ACL/HHS
; Kimball.Gray@xxxxxxxxxxx ; Sarah Gravetti MISILC DNM ; Rodney Craig ED MSILC
; Larry Posont NFBMI Pres. ; Kelly Buckland NCIL ; Laura Hall ADAPT MDRC ; Bill
Earl MI ADAPT ; Scott Heinzman ; Clark Goodrich MIADAPT ; Dawn Reamer MSILC ;
Robin Bennett MSILC Member ; Jim Wheyland MSILC Member ; Wanda Travis MSILC
Member ; Steven Locke MSILC DMMN
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:40 PM
Subject: my cil and ada/504 and contract violations
(Note: This is just the tip of the iceberg!)
March 13 2015 to Green on TDN ADA/504 Violations
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
joeharcz@xxxxxxxxxxx
810-516-5262
(re: Concerning my CIL and Chronic ADA/504 violations over time
Kevin Green, IL Program Analyst
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
235 S. Grand Ave., Suite 414
P.O. Box 30010
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Desk Phone: (517) 241-3457
TTY: (888) 605-6722
MRS-Grants-Contracts@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Mr. Green,
I point your attention to the following contract (pasted as you, Mr. Green
sent me):
“State of Michigan
Department of Human Services
Office of Contracts and Purchasing (OCP)
PO Box 30037, Lansing, Ml 48909
Or
235 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 1201, Lansing, MJ 48933
AGREEMENT NO: MRSIL-14-25001
Between
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
And
' .
The Disability Network
Mike Zelley I
mikezelley@xxxxxxx
CONTRACTOR ADDRESS
•:. -;. "" . TELEPHONE
.
3600 S. Dort Hwy., Suite 54, Flint, MI 48507-2093
I
:'$TATE CONTACT 'NAME
EMAIL
517-373-8297
jonest@xxxxxxxxxxxx
517-335-6 173
kammern@xxxxxxxxxxxx”
The above is for contract reference. Now, I point your attention to the
following:
“The Contractor shall also comply with the provisions of:
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101 et seq.
The Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.1101 et seq.
Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 791 et seq.,
which states that no employee or client or otherwise qualified handicapped
individual
shall, solely by reason of this handicap, be excluded from participation, be
denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program
or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
HIPM regulations at 42 CFR Part 160 and Part 164.
4. Freedom of Information Act
All information in this Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Freedom
of Information Act 1976 Public Act 442, as amended, MCL 15.231, et seq.”
I have sent you and your office numerous instances of basic and core violations
of the ADA and Section 504 over years and to the present. The short list is:
-TDN in documented fashion has held numerous events including ADA celebrations
themselves that are not ADA compliant both physically and in regards to
effective communications. In fact at this years celebration there was plenty of
print information but not one single item in any alternate format.
-TDN and Zelley retaliate against folks like me who point out ADA and 504
violations.
-They do not allow PWD even in to their board meetings which violates the very
non-discrimination provisions of 504 referenced above.
-They refuse to remit or even respond to requests for accessible information to
people who are blind and/or do not remit it in anything close to a timely
manner.
-They do not have all materials used for consumers readily available in
Braille, audio, large print, and electronic forms affirmatively and lie in 704
reports when they say that they do.
-Their own web site and elements therein are not fully compliant with these and
other civil rights laws.
-Again they often have not even responded to requests for accommodations which
is a violation in and of itself.
-Though TDN and indeed I along with TDN have conducted numerous ADA
accessibility surveys in most cases identified barriers have never been removed
and moreover, TDN has refused to remit to me even recently accessible copies of
those surveys, even related to my own polling place. Some advocacy huh?
Again this is but a very short list.
Time for an in-depth and comprehensive monitoring of this scofflaw entity!
Please remit to me what you all are going to do about this renegade and serial
ADA/504 violator of my and others fundamental civil rights.
Sincerely,
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
Citizen with Disabilities/Blindness
Cc: KB, ACL
Cc: TB, ACL
Cc: BS, CAP/MPAS/Chair MCRS
Cc: Suzanne Howell, DSE/MRS/DHHS
Cc: NCIL
Cc: NFB
Cc:MSILC
Cc: ADAPT
Cc: several
