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Paraplegic Vet Gets Mobility Back
WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) ^ | 4.26.10 | n.a

Posted on 04/26/2010 10:18:21 PM PDT by DemforBush

A Vietnam veteran who lost the wheelchair elevator that allowed him to get to the sidewalk because the project did not meet city codes now has his mobility back...

(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: permits; redtape; vietnamvet
Happy ending to the story, and kudos to the company for being willing to fix its mistake and the property owner for working with them to make it possible.

At the same time, I gotta ask...was it really necessary for the city to require the removal of the original set up simply because the contractor filed the wrong permit? You'd think they could have given them a window of a few days to correct the problem, or at least hold a variance hearing.

1 posted on 04/26/2010 10:18:21 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

It used to be that veterans would meet with deference almost anywhere in the USA.


2 posted on 04/27/2010 12:51:26 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: DemforBush

Nice post. Thank you. :)


3 posted on 04/27/2010 1:27:27 AM PDT by bronxville
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To: DemforBush

wasn’t this the ramp that went over the property line onto the neighbor’s land?


4 posted on 04/27/2010 4:10:43 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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