5 ADAPTers Banned from Governor’s Reception Room. PACT & ADAPT vow to continue their call for action!

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Having received no replies to our letter to Governor Abbot regarding attendant wages and the HHSC Commissioner’s total lack of a plan to deal with the problem of no attendants, PACT/ADAPT took action. We brought a copy of the letter over to the Governor’s Capitol Office. They did not know how to get ahold of him and bizarrely they were unable to call his scheduler. (That office really needs to upgrade it’s interoffice communications.) We said we’d wait and wait we did. Julie looked very official sitting at the Governor’s signing desk, maybe if she runs and wins the Governorship someone will do something about this crisis! But at the end of the day Capitol police were dispatched to escort us out. Those that still waited were given a paper banning them from the unreceptive Reception room for a year. What a blow! But of course we are still strong in our resolve to get this problem dealt with.

Inside the Reception room Cathy tries to call scheduler when staff refuse. Julie and Ron sit at Governor's signing desk and Keith sits and waits. Nicky's legs visible behind Cathy.
PACT and ADAPT delivering our message in the Governor’s “Reception” Room.
Nancy Crowther sits in front of the Insurance Building stairs holding the GIANT letter to the Gov. She's wearing her tie-dye PACT shirt and a look of determination.
Nancy and a determined group of PACT/ADAPT folks delivered a copy of a letter to the Governor’s office in the Insurance Building by the Capitol. They made it extra big so it wouldn’t get lost like the other copies he has been sent.

Meanwhile Desert ADAPT & PACT brought the message to the local Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC, office, (the Governor doesn’t even have an office in El Paso) and had them fax our request for a meeting so the Governor’s people would know the request was not just from pointy headed Austin folks.

Of course we will continue to demand the Governor stop ignoring this issue. If you want to help call Cathy or Nancy 512-442-0252, and call or email the Governor’s scheduler 512-463-7210 invite@gov.texas.gov and tell them to meet with PACT& ADAPT!