[blindlaw] Postal question
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Thu Apr 1 05:49:29 UTC 2010
This has been a trend that has been happening with the Post Office for the
past several years. AS the blind person is not specifically being
discriminated against and all residents are doing without the drop box I
doubt that this would come under the ADA. There have been times that I have
contacted the Post Office to let them know when I had outgoing mail to be
picked up such as Braille books to be returned to the library and left them
outside my door for the mailman to pick up. The local Post office station
has been receptive to this procedure. For other mail I live within walking
distance to a Post Office or else will mail it from one of the offices I
work out of.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tammy Cantrell" <t.l.cantrell at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:41 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Postal question
>I have a legal question I need some input on from those that know more
>about this than I do. I'll give you the situation 1st and then the
>question.
> Situation:
> A totally blind person lives in an apartment complex. The US Postal
> Service delivers mail to each apartment. For out going mail, there used
> to be a drop box within the complex. It was close to the office area but
> was still available.
> Now the Postal Service has removed the drop box for the out going mail.
> The only way this blind person has of sending mail is either stand around
> and wait for the mail carrier, entrust the out going mail to somebody else
> to drop off or (here's the best one) make an appointment with Access
> which is their Paratransit service, pay $3.50 one way spend 3 plus hours
> and deliver the letter, then pay $3.50 again to return home.
> The removal of the out going drop box was not at the request of the
> Apartment Complex. The Postal Service stated that the drop box was not
> cost effective, therefore, it had to be removed.
> Question:
> What legal steps can be taken to resolve this situation.
> There has already been useless conversations with the local Post
> Office. I would be very interested in hearing your suggestions.
> Thanks so much for your assistance!
>
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