Buy Indian Gold

Howdy Comrades!

From the dearth of recent posts on my favorite blog, Blind Confidential, I surmise that Chris Hofstadter has skyed off to India on some feckless quest to discover new access technology or that magic algorithm to solve all our AT problems.  Ho, hum.  I’d hoped to remind him to purchase 22k gold Indian jewelry for his spouse Susan, both as a well deserved reward for putting up with his quirky behavior and a tremendous investment.  If you’re listening BC, get thee to a reputable jewelry store and purchase as much 22k gold jewelry as you can afford.  Don’t pay more than ten percent over the spot price.  Tanishq is the largest jeweler retailer in India with

    A chain of stores (around 80 stores) all around the country, from the

    House of TATA. There is a karat meter to test the purity of Gold in

    Most of the Tanishq show rooms where you can do a non-destructive

    purity testing to ensure the gold purity.

 

    There are three Tanishq stores in Bangalore - one in Dickenson Road,

    One in Jayanagar and the third one is in Malleswaram. You can look at

    www.tanishq.in for the address details and the details about the

    Brand / company.  Be safe and live long and prosper.

Regards,

Chairman Mal

Power to the Peeps!

Cap Metro Power Play Part Two

Cap Metro Power Play Part Two

Howdy Comrades!

As predicted in my post last December, Cap Metro officials are apparently seeking to limit the power or intimidate the Access Advisory Committee again.  Under the guise of “determining future strategies for STS,” the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Access Committee have been summoned to a confab with the powers that be at the agency.  Two disabled citizens pitted against at least five Cap Metro officials.  These officials include a rep from the legal department, the Assistant Director of Cap Metro, Director of Para-Transit, and Gina Estrada, Metro Board Liaison and the ubiquitous Nancy Crowther, our so-called ADDA / Accessibility expert and general factotum.  Do I smell just a whiff of a possible gang bang in the works here?  Metro is probably devoting 250 man hours to this rather vaguely defined meeting according to one estimate by an expert source, who happens to be both a gentleman and a statesman.

The question arises, what is Cap Metro really up to by calling this high caliber meeting?  Moreover, if the meeting is so important, why weren’t members of the major consumer group in the blind community, the Austin Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, invited to attend these important deliberations?  Moreover, if the point of the meeting is to explore the future of the Special Transit Service and accessible transportation in our community, why has Metro lawyered up?  NFB boasts two excellent lawyers as members of our local chapter, and I’m sure we could get one or both of them to attend as well.  After all, that’s only fair, right? 

Well, comrades, I’m not sure if this meeting will actually happen.  Clearly, the disability community here in Austin will not stand for the Access Committee’s role being diminished, and we will continue to speak truth to power; the Cap Metro Board.  If staff thinks this latest gambit will scare our Access Chair, Ms. Judy Watford, they simply don’t know her or her supporters.  Ms. Watford has been speaking truth to political leaders here in Austin since the late 1970’s.  She will not be cowed or shocked and awed into submission.  What’s more, she has the backing of the Access Committee.  Comrades, stay tuned and prepare to man the barricades when called!

Regards,

Chairman Mal

Power to the Peeps!