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Tag Archives: Frank Kobliski
From Upstate Medical Center to Frank Kobliski
Taxpayer’s alert: Michael Abbot, auditor for the State University of New York, states that when he got a complaint that Upstate Medical Center’s $50 million Institute for Human Performance had been sitting two-thirds empty since its construction in 2000, he … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Transportation
Tagged Betty Petrie, Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, citizen, CNYRTA, disability, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Institute for Human Performance, Linda McKeown, Michael Abbot, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, SUNY auditor, transportation, Upstate Medical Center
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Calling Washington
What Sally Johnston did was create a program whereby the client, i.e., the competent citizen, would hire, train, schedule and supervise the aide. The program would be embedded in an Independent Living Organization, such as ARISE, which would do the … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Power, disability, disability rights, power wheelchairs, advocacy, activism, God, Powerlessness, Poverty, Transportation
Tagged paratransit, Centro, Call-a-Bus, transportation, CDPAP, Sally Johnston, Enable, consumer directed personal assistant program, ARISE, citizen, success, Frank Kobliski, Linda McKeown, Beata Karpinska, advocacy, Sara Wall Bollinger
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The Franks, and No More Jazz
Centro bus company has gotten a bazillion dollars of the taxpayers’ money to build the Hub–an unpleasant new bus center erected downtown that preempted the Red Cross blood collection station. And how is Centro serving those taxpayers? Well, it for darn sure … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, power wheelchairs
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, bus shuttle, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, disability rights, Frank Kobliski, Frank Malfitano, Jamesville Beach, Jazz Festival, Onondaga Community College, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power
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Speaking of Insanity . . . Centro, Again
My fiancé was a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps. He died when his plane crashed and his parachute didn’t open. I would like to attend the Memorial Day Watchfire that is being held at the New York State Fair. … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Depression, disability, power wheelchairs
Tagged CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Frank Kobliski, Linda McKeown, Marine, Memorial Day, Memorial Day Watchfire
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Fixing What’s Broken
Good morning, peeps. Here’s the news for today: I just saved you $155 with Medicare/Medicaid, and my open letter to Centro bus company did some good. But first, the weather: it’s gorgeous. The Broken Prong Story I have a power … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, Medicaid, Medicare, paratransit, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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An Open Letter to Frank Kobliski, Executive Director of Centro Bus Company
Frank Kobliski, Executive Director of Centro Bus Company CNY Centro Syracuse/Onondaga 200 Cortland Avenue PO BOX 820 Syracuse, NY 13205-0820 May 14, 2012 Dear Frank, Yesterday I was at Shoppingtown Mall when Call-a-Bus paratransit picked me up in my wheelchair at 3:30 p.m. … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged air condition, Air conditioner, Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, disability rights, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Health, heat, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, problem solving
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How to Act Like an American (Part V)
(Continued from July 24) So now we have Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski and his special assistant, Betty Petri, working on fixing Call-a-Bus (CAB), while Manager Linda McKeown continues to run the day to day operation—which isn’t going all that well. Every time I … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged American, Betty Petrie, Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, citizen, citizenship, CNYRTA, David Knight, disability, disability rights, electric wheelchair, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Governance, Linda McKeown, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, power wheelchair, problem solving, Wheelchair
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How to Act Like an American (Part IV)
(Continued from July 21) I got Frank Kobliski, executive director of Centro, to come to Public Transportation Advisory Council meetings at ARISE. At the first meeting Frank attended, he learned that Linda McKeown, manager of Call-a-Bus (CAB), had a standing … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness
Tagged Betty Petrie, Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, CNYRTA, David Knight, disability, disability rights, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Governance, Linda McKeown, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, Wheelchair
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How to Act Like an American (Part III)
(Continued from July 19) Now here’s the frightening thing: The only way I know to find out the rules for running Centro’s Call-a-Bus service is to talk to the Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Who else knows … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness
Tagged American, Betty Petrie, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, David Knight, disability, disability rights, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Governance, Linda McKeown, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, problem solving
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Centro: Can’t Budget 2 Dollars?
Someone calling himself zombiewalks has posted a comment on Syracuse.com saying, “Call me crazy, but 2 bucks to go anywhere? Im not sure why that is a bad thing… And this comment “I will have to decide between food and transportation,” … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Values
Tagged Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, disability, Frank Kobliski, John Renock, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, Steven Share, Syracuse.com, transportation
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