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From: Pat.Goltz@f3.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Pat Goltz)
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Subject: Re: Disability Rat Stickers
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Date: 10 Jan 90 04:53:16 GMT
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I assiduously leave the handicapped spaces empty. But there are times 
when I find the heat debilitating. I once was sufficiently unable to walk 
that I could have gotten a permit. I didn't for two reasons. One was that 
I didn't think I'd need it forever, and I didn't want the temptation of 
being eligible to use them when I didn't need them, and the other, more 
important one, was that I wanted to vote for the positive side of things, 
the attitude that I WAS going to overcome my problem, and so I felt that 
getting a permit would be looking on the negative side.
  Of course, I understand what you are getting at. I think the thing 
people need to realize that there are lots of different kinds of 
problems, and not all of them make a person technically eligible to use 
those spaces. I don't object to the spaces being next to the building, 
but I think that it is appropriate to place SOME of them in such a way 
that some abled parking will be left in the shade. It sometimes gets as 
hot as 118 here in the shade, you see. So there is a valid reason for 
concern here. I'm not trying to object to you getting a little 
compensation for the great loss you have suffered; I'm just telling you 
that there are other problems that no one recognizes.
  Pat

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