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Snyder cuts funding for Michigan's blind reading service
http://www.freep.com/article/20130826/NEWS06/308260127/blind-newspapers-reading-state-funding-magazinesA service used by about 3,000 blind people in Michigan to access newspapers and magazines is to be shut off this week because the state cut funding, the provider said Monday.
The state no longer wants to pay the $52,000 annual cost of the NFB-Newsline service, which provides 24/7 free audio access to about 360 local, national and international newspapers and magazines, including the Free Press and five other Michigan newspapers, said Scott White, who directs the service for the National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore....
Edward Rodgers II, director of Michigan’s new Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, did not return a phone message. Jason Moon, a spokesman for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, issued a brief statement late Monday suggesting the decision may not be final....
The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, along with the Commission for Blind Persons, was established last year after Gov. Rick Snyder abolished the Michigan Commission for the Blind by executive order.
The state no longer wants to pay the $52,000 annual cost of the NFB-Newsline service, which provides 24/7 free audio access to about 360 local, national and international newspapers and magazines, including the Free Press and five other Michigan newspapers, said Scott White, who directs the service for the National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore....
Edward Rodgers II, director of Michigan’s new Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, did not return a phone message. Jason Moon, a spokesman for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, issued a brief statement late Monday suggesting the decision may not be final....
The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, along with the Commission for Blind Persons, was established last year after Gov. Rick Snyder abolished the Michigan Commission for the Blind by executive order.
So basically, blind people in Michigan have their very own emergency manager.
