[Husker] Lawsuit accuses UNL of using handicapped parking spots for tailgating during football season

[Dave Luck]

Kathy, don't forget that everything in this article is either from the
plaintiff's lawsuit or the plaintiff's attorney.  These are very biased
sources.

Dave

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree, Kathy, but I'd expand your statement to say that lots of people
> don't understand others with disabilities at all (like, for instance, why
> the ADA is important).
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Richard Wessel <da_huskers at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Totally agree with you on this one.
> > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathy Jackson <kj60028 at windstream.net>
> > Sender: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:11:39
> > To: <husker at tssi.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Husker] Lawsuit accuses UNL of using handicapped parking
> > spots
> >         for tailgating during football season
> >
> > Reading the comments at the article site makes me despair.  I don't care
> > when the guy wants to use the handicapped space he has a right to.
>  Sounds
> > like he worked to avoid a lawsuit but promises were not kept.  Lots of
> > businesses and people in general don't understand the provisions of the
> ADA
> > and this is not the first time a lawsuit has been needed to make people
> > understand that this is serious.
> >
> > IMO everyone should be grateful they don't need to use the handicapped
> > stalls AND grateful they are there if they ever need to in the future.  I
> > know I am.
> >
> > Kathy Jackson
> > On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Patrick Gaule 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.
> >
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