Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The Access Umstead Committee had several communications with Rep. Ty Harrell and his assistant Lara Swanson today. This included phone conversations with both.

They wanted us to know that they were completely surprised when told that Rep. Harrell's name was listed on this blog as having not responded to the petition. They had, in fact, replied to an email sent to them on January 9th by one of our more enthusiastic supporters. Since that time have been researching our issue.

We had a good conversation with Rep. Harrell. He seems down to earth and wants to do what is right for all concerned parties. He suggested that we get together to talk and offered several different alternatives for this conversation. He calls one of these a "Community Conversation". This is an informal meeting that takes place on a Saturday and can last for several hours. We are going to accept his invitation and will let all of you know when it is going to take place.

We thank Rep. Harrell for his response and anticipate his active participation in helping us satisfy the goals stated in our petition.

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