[Blindtlk] Sheriff's Office/State Condone Discrimination against Disabled

[Peter Donahue]

Good afternoon everyone,

	Better still get yourself in  a financial position to not have to
use services like this and hire your own transportation like we're doing
here not due to guide dog discrimination but to have more transportation
options. By all means keep the complaint going but elevate your
transportation to another level to protect yourself from missing conferences
like this again. This was brought home to us last month when our paratransit
service failed to show up to take my wife Mary to work because the driver
got lost. Thanks to the reserve income we created she didn't lose a day's
work and did not miss a podiatrist appointment due to paratransit's failure
to return for her once they realized the driver had gone to the wrong
building. Fixing the money thing can do wonders to help reduce the
discriminatory treatment we receive.

Peter Donahue


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray Foret
Jr via blindtlk
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:15 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Cc: Ray Foret Jr
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Sheriff's Office/State Condone Discrimination
against Disabled

Seems to me, with all due respect, you made one very big mistake which
perhaps contributed to your lack of success in this matter.  You sought to
argue your own case based on the merits.  You really ought to have procured
the services of an attorney the instant you saw the situation spirling out
of control as it did.




Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in

Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,

Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless
iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

> On Feb 17, 2016, at 9:39 AM, Marion Gwizdala via blindtlk
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Please circulate the following message as widely as appropriate.
> 
> 
> 
> Sheriff's Office/State of Florida Condone Discrimination against 
> Disabled
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> 
>                On February 11, 2016, in a stunning blow to the rights 
> of the disabled, the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit in 
> Tampa, Florida released a two sentence statement in response to a 
> criminal complaint filed with their office as the result of a clear 
> and unequivocal denial of the rights of a person with a disability 
> accompanied by a service dog that condones discrimination against the 
> disabled. This two sentence statement, released by Mark Cox, Chief of 
> Investigations for the state Attorney, stated.
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> 
> 
> Please read the entire article by visiting
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> 
> 
> http://www.harnessup.wordpress.com
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> 
> Fraternally yours,
> 
> 
> 
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> 
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.
> 
> National Federation of the Blind
> 
> (813) 626-2789
> 
> (888) 624-3841 (Hotline)
> 
> President at nagdu.org
> 
> http://www.nagdu.org
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> 
> 
> High expectations create unlimited potential for the blind!
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