[nagdu] Enforcement

[Marion & Martin]

Ron,
    Please write to me off-list at
president at nfb-nagdu.org
In what state did this occur? There may be other options.

Fraternally,
Marion Gwizdala, President
National Association of Guide Dog Users
National Federation of the blind


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Davidson" <fuzzy_1 at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:42 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Enforcement


>I found out recently that the ADA laws are not the easiest to get enforced. 
>I was denied access to a local restraint with my guide dog and as I was 
>taught in school did not force my way in.  I explained the law to the 
>management and they still refused. They changed their mind after I asked 
>them to call the police to have me removed and they refused to do this so I 
>called the police and filed a complaint or report. When I got home I filled 
>out a complaint form with the DOJ and also with the state attorney generals 
>office  because I received a email from DOJ saying to do so. The state 
>attorneys generals office emailed me and told me they couldn't enforce the 
>federal law and to contact my local City ADA compliance office they sent me 
>to the district attorneys office and they sent me to the Human Rights 
>Commission. Then I received a letter from a law office that worked as 
>mediators and we set up and met with the restraint owners and worked out a 
>settlement. The restraint then broke the
> contract of settlement with me and I recontacted the mediators office and 
> they said there was nothing more they could do. I contacted the DOJ and 
> they said the only thing I could do was privately sue the restraint and 
> the state has limitations on the amount I could receive and may not be 
> enough to cover my legal fees. Is this normally how this works a big run 
> around just to be dumped on. I think if we give local agencies the power 
> to enforce the ada laws that would help maybe I am wrong. By the way the 
> terms of the contract was that I and someone from the local low vision 
> center would train all their employees on how to deal with as far as sight 
> guiding and waiting on us and other things helpful for them to know just 
> some educating of the public and the management thought that was a great 
> idea.  But he never had a intensions of sticking to the terms of the 
> contract.
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