Sunday, August 25, 2013

Another letter to Richmond...

I've emailed the Virginia Department of Health YET AGAIN. They have been lax in their openness with information. I believe they are of the idea that as long as they can drag their feet with us, the less they need to do. They probably are hoping we will go away...

NOT GONNA HAPPEN

Here's the email...

Greetings,

I am emailing to communicate with you about our progress and open communication with the JMU staff. We have had a very productive open dialog with the staff at Harrisonburg. They have been so very helpful and informative about the possibilities of a satellite office in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. They have also voiced concerns about the lack of consistent communication on your side of the equation. "It's almost like the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing," Zingraff said. "It doesn't help that all of us have talked with several key players, but never at the same time or about the same issue." For example: the files still at the CDC in Winchester, which we had mentioned to you on several occasions, WERE NOT refused by the JMU staff as you had informed us. They had actually prepared space for those very files!

We have been in constant communication with your office about all aspects of our work toward serving the special needs community in our area, but your responses have been slow and lacking any true information. Doctor Devine has constantly been in the know as far as our progress is concerned.

When can we expect an answer as to how the state can help the special needs community in our area? The longer the personnel in your office remains inactive, the greater the number of children in our area aren't served. Your inactivity is negatively impacting a growing number of children.

Please open the lines of communication with us. And supply us with facts, ideas and answers.

Jack Starry
540-692-6136
www.nsvar.org
facebook.com/nsvar
twitter.com/nsvar

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