{"id":16054,"date":"2017-03-08T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T19:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/working-partner-update-digital-right-to-repair\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:04:27","slug":"working-partner-update-digital-right-to-repair","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/working-partner-update-digital-right-to-repair","title":{"rendered":"Working Partner Update: Digital Right to Repair"},"template":"","class_list":["post-16054","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-right-to-repair","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":7937,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[115],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"

States move forward on right to repair legislation, one veteran’s view, and Right to Repair expands to eight states.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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States move forward on right to repair legislation, one veteran’s view, and Right to Repair expands to eight states.<\/p>\n

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Listen to interview of <\/span>Hiawatha Bray<\/b><\/a>, technology\u00a0writer for the Business section of The Boston Globe on the right to repair bills in Massachusetts, available aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anthony Walton, a disabled veteran from Kokomo, IN is also fighting for the right to repair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hello,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I just wanted to reach out. I can tell you we are working on this in Indiana. I am a Wounded Soldier. \u00a0While severely wounded, and 100% disabled. I know what it\u2019s like to be put out in the junkyard. \u00a0With this, I have made several connections, many of which are political. I\u2019ve gone before Senate and Congress and got 4.5 million dollars funded for homeless Vet projects. \u00a0Recently, upon hearing about lobbyists trying to remove our right to repair. I contacted all of Indiana\u2019s politicians. I happen to be close to the Senator. He, along with State Senators, are working on this here. In fact, I\u2019ve fixed some of my local politicians phones, iPads, and computers. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

They can\u2019t believe the 100% disabled guy with one arm can do it. Anyways, so much in fact that the other day, a packaged arrived, and the Senator had iFixit send me everything they thought I would need. \u00a0I have sent out messages to all the soldiers who have serve underneath me, starting with the Wounded ones. Lobbyist think they have power and money, but Vets and especially Wounded can easily get our voice heard and point made. \u00a0I have soldiers in 28 of the States. All of which have copied me on their emails. \u00a0So, let\u2019s fight and keep what is right.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/em><\/p>\n

Anthony Walton |\u00a0Kokomo, Indiana<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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We are also following “Right to Repair” bills in eight different states.\u00a0See articles in Motherboard,<\/a>\u00a0Popular Mechanics<\/a>, y\u00a0Mashable<\/a>. Farmers and ranchers are joining the fight.<\/p>\n

Both\u00a0Tennessee<\/a>\u00a0y\u00a0Illinois<\/a>\u00a0filed Fair Repair bills in early February 2017 -joining\u00a0Kansas<\/a>,\u00a0Massachusetts<\/a>,\u00a0Minnesota<\/a>,\u00a0Nebraska<\/a>,\u00a0Nueva York<\/a>, y\u00a0Wyoming<\/a>\u00a0for a total (so far) of 8 bills.<\/p>\n

Keep up to date on Twitter, using the hashtag #RightToRepair.<\/p>\n

The Right to Repair message is going viral. State legislators are contacting the group for help writing legislation in their own states. \u201cThe right to repair is necessary for everybody,\u201d states Gay Byrne, director, Right to Repair, \u201cIn the home, at work and on the farm.\u201d \u00a0Click on <\/span>spread the word<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out some of the latest articles about Right to Repair:<\/span><\/p>\n