[blparent] [Bulk] Re: Blind Parents Meeting

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Thank you.  I'll consider my options.  The HOA Board is about as useless as 
dead leaves in the gutters, but I'll see what can be done.  I'd like to take 
Sarah swimming, and I'm paying for access to the pool.

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: Blind Parents Meeting


> My husband and I were talking about this last night. He had a couple
> suggestions and thoughts which I'll pass on.
> 1. This woman threatened you which is probably illegal. (note, he is not
> a lawyer).
> 2. Her threats are keeping you from using a service provided by the
> condo a service that you are expected to pay for.
> 3. Consider talking to the condo board (which probably won't work as
> those boards seem to do nothing but collect money) and/or a lawyer.
> 4. The woman made a threat and referred to what is generally a protected
> class, i.e. disability, race sexual orientation, religion) and that type
> of speech (might even be considered hate speech) is generally taken a
> lot more seriously then "Your car is parked in the wrong place" type of
> neighbor contact. Husband suggests you talk with a lawyer or even a
> police officer if you know one and basically let her know her comments
> were out of line.