From: Cynthia Handel 
Subject: Re: Why the NFB?
David,
You're a very unhappy person.  It seems that nothing the NFB does can
please you.  So then, what have you done to help change the things you
want to have chnaged.  I don't mean complaining on mail lists either.  How
have you constructively participated in any organization or your community
to keep the busses and paratransit running?  If you have a job, how many
blind people living in poverty have you helped financially.  The NFB is
not an abstract consept of "those people".  It is blind people working
together, and you could be part of the solution rather than part of the
problem.
"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then...find the way."
Abraham Lincoln
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Daveed Mandell wrote:
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> 
> If something doesn't conform with the national agenda, it is either not
> done, or strongly discouraged.  I have never seen the NFB fight to keep
> the buses, all the buses, running my area, nor has it fought to make sure
> paratransit service throughout this country is truly up to snuff.
> I find that sort of ignoring transportation issues to0 be hypocritical at
> best.
> The organization is indeed autocratic, and I feel sorry for its
> membership, because, throughout the years, it has done quite a lot of
> good, but in very narrow sorts of ways.
> Most blind people still live without work and in poverty.
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