Just to clarify, we have the Bloomberg Administration for three more years. Being a City employee, that's a painful reality, but that's another matter. Barring some scandall, Sadik-Kahn will last that long, probably longer, because it generally takes a new mayor several months to get all of his or her commissioners in place. So we'll be dealing with these folks for a good while. And, for Matt's sake, I hope his health holds out. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Hansen" <mhansen1@xxxxxxx> To: unknown <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 10:10:56 Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, Matt > > > I'm sure that we all remember the game "telephone". Each time that the > message is passed along, there is a bit more distortion not to mention > delay. > My other concern is that Bloomberg is a lame duck mayor. I don't know how > much time is left in his term. There would be a delay in appointing a new > commissioner and bringing hm/her up to speed. The expertise lies with us > (especially Gene, Annalyn and Ken). > If there is a diplomatic way to work with Matt as, say, a facilitator, that > may stroke his ego and smooth things out for us. However, I think that we > must maintain control. > Maria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ellen Rubin" <ellenr5@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 9:38 AM > Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, Matt > > > > Like Maria and Ray I am concerned about allowing Mat to take the lead > > with DOT rather then PASS being the leader. Is there a diplomatic way to > > maintain our leadership on the issue of Safe Streets for those of us who > > are blind or low vision? > > > > Ellen > > > > > > > > > > At 07:37 PM 2/11/2011, you wrote: > >arI agree with Maria's concerns. I think we need to give Matt the benefit of > >arthe doubt; that is, take him at his word, but keep the doubt in the back > >arof our minds. I think he is committed to addressing our concerns. That > >arsaid, his influence is probably limited, and we have no idea if he will > >arhave further health issues. So my bottom line is that we should proceed, > >arbut do so with caution. > >arRay > >ar > >ar > >>----- Original Message ----- > >arFrom: "Maria Hansen" <mhansen1@xxxxxxx> > >arTo: unknown <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >arDate: Friday, Feb 11, 2011 13:29:23 > >arSubject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, Matt > >ar > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Karen, > >ar > I, for one, am a bit skeptical. Working with Matt may be fine > >ar but having him be the lead or point person on our side may not be the > >ar best thing for us. > >ar > It may be a bad precedent to have the Mayor's Office for People > >ar With Disabilities be our spokesperson. We do not know who the > >ar Commissioner will be under the next administration and Matt has serious > >ar health problems. > >ar > I think that we should diplomatically work with him but retain > >ar our position which we have been working hard to establish with DOT. PASS > >ar should take the lead and we welcome Matt's support. > >ar > Maria > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > ----- Original Message ----- > >ar > From: Karen Gourgey > >ar > To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >ar > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:10 AM > >ar > Subject: [passcoalition] Update, Matt > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Hi All, > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Got a call from Commissioner Sapolin yesterday. He is anxious > >ar to move forward with adapting the prioritization tool. Also, he asked > >ar pretty directly that we work with him and that we and his office approach > >ar DOT as a united front. He has asked for a meeting next Wednesday with me > >ar and Gene to work out the tool and then strategize on a way forward. I > >ar also received the famous list of aps requests that DOT has. They sent it > >ar to Matt, and then he sent it to me. (and, I can't send it out till > >ar Monday due to a network outage at Baruch today.) Matt said in our > >ar conversation that he's committed to moving on the other issues we have, > >ar but that he wants to get a little traction on the APS's first, and he > >ar asks us to try this strategy with him. I told him I for one would be > >ar willing to try this. I think his idea is to present some places for DOT > >ar to start and just keep feeding them direction . > >ar > > >ar > So, are you all willing to have us try to work with him? He > >ar seems really to want to try and seems to be asking us to give his way a > >ar chance. Please let me know what you think Also, that meeting is 2:00, > >ar possibly running till 4:00. Does anyone have an interest in coming? > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Thanks and talk soon. > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Karen > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Karen > >ar > > >ar > Karen, > >ar > I, for one, am a bit skeptical. Working with Matt may be fine > >ar but having him be the lead or point person on our side may not be the > >ar best thing for us. > >ar > It may be a bad precedent to have the Mayor's Office for People > >ar With Disabilities be our spokesperson. We do not know who the > >ar Commissioner will be under the next administration and Matt has serious > >ar health problems. > >ar > I think that we should diplomatically work with him but retain > >ar our position which we have been working hard to establish with DOT. PASS > >ar should take the lead and we welcome Matt's support. > >ar > Maria > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > ----- Original Message ----- > >ar > From: Karen Gourgey > >ar > To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >ar > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:10 AM > >ar > Subject: [passcoalition] Update, Matt > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Hi All, > >ar > > >ar > Got a call from Commissioner Sapolin yesterday. He is anxious to > >ar move forward with adapting the prioritization tool. Also, he asked > >ar pretty directly that we work with him and that we and his office approach > >ar DOT as a united front. He has asked for a meeting next Wednesday with me > >ar and Gene to work out the tool and then strategize on a way forward. I > >ar also received the famous list of aps requests that DOT has. They sent it > >ar to Matt, and then he sent it to me. (and, I can't send it out till > >ar Monday due to a network outage at Baruch today.) Matt said in our > >ar conversation that he's committed to moving on the other issues we have, > >ar but that he wants to get a little traction on the APS's first, and he > >ar asks us to try this strategy with him. I told him I for one would be > >ar willing to try this. I think his idea is to present some places for DOT > >ar to start and just keep feeding them direction . > >ar > So, are you all willing to have us try to work with him? He > >ar seems really to want to try and seems to be asking us to give his way a > >ar chance. Please let me know what you think Also, that meeting is 2:00, > >ar possibly running till 4:00. Does anyone have an interest in coming? > >ar > > >ar > Thanks and talk soon. > >ar > > >ar > Karen > >ar > > >ar > > >ar > Karen > > > > >