[Husker] Lawsuit accuses UNL of using handicapped parking spots

[Mike Nolan]

> On 9/14/2012 10:33 AM, Lavarus Meechum wrote:
> > I expect, as with most stories, there are two sides to this.  Or maybe 
> > someone at the U simply dropped the ball.  Too bad it had to come to a 
> > lawsuit.
> 
> It sounds like UNL wrote a letter to the defendant and said they would 
> stop this practice.  Allegedly, UNL didn't follow through with that 
> promise and that's when the lawsuit was filed.  There are two sides to 
> every story, but if that part is true, then it sounds like UNL dropped 
> the ball.
> 
> My guess is that this is something that has gone on for years (long 
> before the ADA), and nobody has called them on it until now.  According 
> to this page (http://www.unl.edu/equity/dservices.shtml), UNL has an ADA 
> Compliance Officer on staff.  It seems like this is something that she 
> should have noticed and corrected long before it came to a lawsuit.

We have known Christy Horn for many years, and she has been a tireless 
advocate for ADA compliance throughout the University system, often insisting 
that they go well beyond the letter of the law to the spirit of it.  I have 
to wonder if this particular issue ever got to her or if someone tried to 
handle it without referring it to the ADA office.
--
Mike Nolan