[nagdu] Texas access laws and denial of service

[Tracy Carcione]

It's not the attorney general's job to enforce civil rights laws?!  Maybe 
the DOJ needs to hear about this.  Then Texas could squeal about the 
gov'ment interfering with them, insisting on that sissy Eastern notion of 
civil rights!
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Texas access laws and denial of service


Darla, I so wish the Texas Attorney General did take it seriously but we’ve 
called and they say it’s not their job to enforce the state access laws. 
They completely washed their hands of several denial of service complaints. 
Amazing. It was the first place I thought to go as well but apparently not 
so.
Jenine Stanley
jeninems at wowway.com

http://www.twitter.com/jeninems

On Mar 25, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Laurel and Stockard <laurel.stockard at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> My mother used to be on the Texas State school for the blind's board, 
> several years ago. I asked her where she might recommend people go with 
> access complaints here. She suggested that whoever's having guide dog 
> access issues, in this case NAGDU, GDF and the handlers involved, contact 
> the Texas Attourney General's office for help. I did not mention to her 
> your email message or any specific discussion we've had on list pertaining 
> to this issue, as to protect list privacy. I just asked her for general 
> info. She thinks that if the attourney general's office is contacted, 
> they'll take this seriously and help advocate for the handlers in 
> question. I hope this helps. I do not have the actual text of our guide 
> dog laws, but as far as I know our laws comply fully with ADA.
> Laurel and Stockard
> On Mar 25, 2014, at 4:20 PM, National Association of Guide Dog Users 
> <blind411 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Jenine,
>> I don't seem to have a copy of the Texas law, only a summary. If you
>> have it, would you please send it to me to
>>
>> President at nagdu.org
>> We have a very strong affiliate in Texas and an up and coming NAGDU
>> division. This would be an excellent project for them!
>>
>> Marion
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:40 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Texas access laws and denial of service
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm asking the following questions to try to help a number of our 
>> graduates
>> and others with what seem to be an inordinate number of access denial 
>> issues
>> around the state of Texas.
>>
>> Both guide and service dog grads from our programs have been consistently
>> denied entry with their dogs, or if allowed entry, harassed throughout 
>> their
>> meals at restaurants, followed around stores or denied opportunities to 
>> view
>> rental property.
>>
>> In most cases too, the owner is a local person not from another country 
>> who
>> believes these laws just don't apply to him/her.
>>
>> It's incredibly frustrating. though the Texas law states punishment and
>> such, there seems to be no real explanation of who serves up this
>> punishment. How does a person file a state-based access complaint?
>>
>> Is there any way we at GDF/AVD can work with NAGDU on some PR for this 
>> state
>> letting people know what the relevant laws are and that yes, even in 
>> Texas,
>> they have to obey them?
>>
>> Sorry, I've taken 6 access complaints since the beginning of the year 
>> from
>> Texas across the board, businesses, housing, employment, you name it. 
>> Thanks
>> for any help you can give.
>>
>> Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>
>> http://www.twitter.com/jeninems
>>
>>
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