[Husker] Lawsuit accuses UNL of using handicapped parking spots

[Robert Christensen]

I have to agree with you Mike.  It certainly doesn't sound like 
something that Christy would have let slide.

Bob from the sandhills
On 9/14/2012 12:58 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:
>> 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
>
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