Oh now it all adds up, if she couldn't have the handicap spot, then how would she beat a hasty retreat from the store after she robbed it, how cruel and heartless can the municipality be!!!
Posted on 06/14/2010 5:59:58 AM PDT by Dayman
DANVERS — A Lynnfield woman who was slapped with a $300 ticket for parking her Mercedes in a handicapped space outside BJ's Wholesale Club last March is taking the town of Danvers to court.
In her complaint, Eberle called her use of a handicapped spot "unavoidable," then cited "physical disability and weather conditions."
It was raining that day.
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GREAT!!!!!
I thank God everyday for people such as your husband that helps keep this the greatest country in the history of earth...No matter what some say, our country is second to none....Because of the people...people such as you and your hubby....
HooooYahhhhhhh!!!!
(Her husband’s law license was recently suspended for four months over two shoplifting cases, according to an order from the Supreme Judicial Court in December).
Normally, filing such a complaint costs $275, plus an additional charge for sending notice to the opposing party. According to the case docket, Eberle filed a sealed affidavit saying she was unable to afford the filing fees, which were then waived by a judge.
Nam Vet
I can only hope that these people are taking good care of themselves and are never victim to chance circumstance such as I was at 23. I don't know how to express how much I would give to be able to be annoyed at having to park at the end of the aisle and hike it into the store because some with good intentions (and you know what they say about those) have set aside the closer spots for others.
Thank you for your post.
Her husband is a lawyer busted for shoplifting?
Boonie, you just go ahead and park in a handicapped spot. Spend your time walking around the stores, not walking in the parking lot. Any amputee will tell you about good times and bad times, and using the parking spot helps a lot.
My husband lost his leg 40 years ago, and walks very normally most of the time. However, all his family knows that the leg goes on when he leaves the car, and comes off when he gets back in. We know how fragile his stump is and how he needs to practice good stump management.
I am glad that handicapped spaces exist.
I don’t remember which Army base sometime in the seventies.
Well the government does mandate how many handicap parking spaces and further moe how high counter tops should be, bathroom bars etc ad infinitum and if you are in California or I think Florida, its been a booming business for ADA attorneys. To the point of legalized extortion. Ask any business owner who has been sued by one of these ADA abusers. Clint Eastwood fought and it cost him about $700,000 in lawyers fees and he won..the object was to crush the small business owner with attorney fees and make it easier to settle for 2-10k nad many of the claims were ridiculous and the claimmant never even went to the business.
http://www.adaabuse.com/pinnockwakefield.html
In PA, there are several criteria for being given a handicapped parking permit. Not all of them involve wheelchairs.
I have a neuromuscular disease (a form of muscular dystrophy) that I wear orthotics (splints) over my entire lower legs. They are not visible when I wear long pants, and other than walking slow, someone looking at me might not realize that I have a problem with my legs and feet.
I agree that many of these permits are abused, but looks can be deceiving.
Personally, I only use my handicapped permit on days that my walking and/or pain is bad.
on a good day some choose to leave a handicap spot open...
Yes I do. While I do not need the handicap option as much as I have in some years past, there are times I will not even try to go into a store if I have to walk much to get there. Sometimes it does not make any difference and I never use a handicap spot.
Once it was a neat experience- I was going to be at a meeting all day- there was only one handicap spot. I did nt want to tie up that one spot for 8 hours. I had never been at this building before. I drove around looking for a place to park as the rest was pretty full, found one way over on the other side.
However when I went in to the nearest entrance- there was my meeting room. Had I parked in the only availalbe handicap spot- I would have had to walk (once inside) diagonally from one end of the building to the other. Which was a very long distance for me.
Obviously with your remarks you have had no experience with physical limitations. Or is it that we who do aren’t supposed to be able to go shopping etc?
No wheelchair ...don’t need a handicap sticker
BS to you and those who think like you. There are many reasons a person may be handicapped...Not all of which are plainly visible to others.
And I might add who set you up to determine who needs and who does not.
Did you even read my comment? Her only disability from the article was that she had to pop back into the store and it was raining and grabbed a handicap spot...so I made a sarcastic comment (as I tend to do) that she must have a handicap hair-do...I wasn't bashing people with disabilities. I was bashing this twit that wasn't disabled taking a handicap space because it was raining...sorry if I pushed the PC envelope too far, jeepers....
Oh yeah, that's a real Taoist approach to the problem. :)
How do you know the handicap spaces weren't full when the handicapped person's car was parked?
I “paid” for my handicap parking tag...I paid with my leg...I “paid” by losing the ability to run and play as much with my grandchildren...
Do you wish to “pay” for the “priviledge” of a handicap tag??? Hmmmm? Do you???
I thought not.........
I’m sorry, spunkets...That was directed toward the person you posted to...My apologies...
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