[blindlaw] The Convention

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

He needs to file a compliant with the local city code enforcement as well as 
a compliant with the U.S. Department of Justice as the overhanging trees 
would constitute an ADA violation regarding accessibility. Details about 
filing a complaint and downloadable complaint forms are available at 
www.ada.gov.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Convention


> Will it be possible for me to come in on Tuesday or Wednesday and register
> for that day?  I cannot get down there on Sunday the bus does not run on
> Sundays and Monday is also going to be the Sunday Schedule.
>
> Next time the convention needs to be in a location that is accessible to
> mass transit!
>
> Also I was wondering if you all could help.  There is a grocery store near
> me where a totally blind man has to walk up the sidewalk to get to the 
> store
> and his guide dog is very good and helping him stop before he hits the
> trees.  The trees and the hedge are low hanging and blocks his way so he 
> has
> to guard his face as he goes down this walk, it is about 100 feet and half
> of it is covered in low limbs.
>
> I have asked that they trim it, even showed it to the manager and
> volunteered to cut it if they had a pruning saw but they have done 
> nothing.
> This is in Dallas.  The man is very independent and refuses to make a fuss
> but I think it is terrible that he has to go through this every day!
>
> James
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:18 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
>> There is no walk this year, kind of a virtual fund-raising activity.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> At 01:05 PM 7/2/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>> I live in Dallas.  Who is going to be there, because I can come down to
>>> the
>>> Anatole and meet you all in the hotel.  Are you going to be doing the
>>> walk.
>>> It has been raining for the past two days and it will probably continue 
>>> to
>>> rain all through the weekend as this is the effects of the Hurricane.
>>>  Also
>>> rain seems to start here and travel up to the east coast.
>>>
>>
>>                        David Andrews:  dandrews at visi.com
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>>
>>
>>
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