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Blind Woman Suing Nudist Community that Told Her to Get Rid of Service Dog
Yahoo! News ^ | February 28, 2014 | Will Lerner

Posted on 02/28/2014 8:11:15 PM PST by DogByte6RER

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Blind woman suing nudist community that told her to get rid of service dog

In 2011, a medical condition caused Lutz, Florida woman Sharon Fowler to lose her vision. Legally blind, she had to acquire a service dog, named Laura. Ms. Fowler and her husband, Craig, moved into the Paradise Lakes Condominiums complex in 2012 with Laura. However, after they had settled in, Sharongot a letter from the property’s management that was very upsetting, as WTSP 10 News reports.

She was told that because Laura, a black Labrador, was over the 25-pound weight limit, she needed to go. This, despite Ms. Fowler providing Paradise Lakes with the proper documentation that proved Laura was a service dog. Sharon told WTSP that Paradise Lakes also claimed, “[Laura] was out of control and needed to be removed off the property, or we would be fined $50 a day.”

She did not mislead the community. As the Tampa Bay Times notes, “Before Fowler moved into the community, she was required to fill out an application and pass a background check. She disclosed her need for Laura and the dog's weight. Her application was approved.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blind; canine; doggieping; dogs; florida; hoa; k9; labrador; lawsuit; napl; nude; nudistcolony; seeingeyedog
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1 posted on 02/28/2014 8:11:15 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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More news coverage ...

“Legally blind woman sues Paradise Lakes nudist resort over service dog”

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/358270/8/Legally-blind-woman-sues-nudist-resort-over-service-dog


2 posted on 02/28/2014 8:12:01 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

That cold wet nose in the crotch is probably what done it.


3 posted on 02/28/2014 8:14:04 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping


4 posted on 02/28/2014 8:14:44 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

The dog should sue for weight discrimination. After all, the dog is a nudist too.


5 posted on 02/28/2014 8:16:54 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: DogByte6RER

If she can’t see, what’s she doing at a nudist camp?


6 posted on 02/28/2014 8:17:20 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: DogByte6RER

a blind woman at a nudist resort

can you think of something dumber?


7 posted on 02/28/2014 8:17:48 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: DogByte6RER

OK....

Just a couple questions....

Why is a BLIND women living in a nudist colony?

Why is someone living in a nudist colony WEARING CLOTHES?
(you saw the pictures!)


8 posted on 02/28/2014 8:20:12 PM PST by G Larry (Did You Like That Better?)
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To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
Blind nudist? Why does the ideer remind me of 'Jumbo Shrimp'?


9 posted on 02/28/2014 8:20:15 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

If you saw what was at that nudist camp you might wish you were blind.


10 posted on 02/28/2014 8:21:23 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

If she can’t see, what’s she doing at a nudist camp?
= = = = = = = = = = = =
She ‘FEELS’ she belongs.
She puts a new meaning to ‘Touchy-Feely’

Of course you are NOT supposed to go to a Nudist camp to admire the Nudes.

Although there definitely are many good looking women in the Nudist Community, I would imagine that Nudists when they are being viewed by non Nudists are surprised almost as much as when they see REAL Lesbians in action, NOT the ones from the web sites or movies....


11 posted on 02/28/2014 8:24:33 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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To: Revolting cat!

I bet she would be very ‘handsy’, wanting to touch everything.


12 posted on 02/28/2014 8:24:48 PM PST by Delta 21 (If you like your freedom, you can keep your freedom. Period.)
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To: driftdiver

Mom always warned that’s one of the ways to go blind.


13 posted on 02/28/2014 8:26:08 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

That great feeling of freedom from clothing (I guess that feeling is not the same in your own home), or a strong need for exhibitionism even in blindness.


14 posted on 02/28/2014 8:27:04 PM PST by doc1019
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To: Delta 21
Q. How do you spot a blind man in a nudist colony?

A. It's not hard

15 posted on 02/28/2014 8:27:44 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: driftdiver

The kind of people who go to nudist camps make you realize the reason behind public indecency laws.


16 posted on 02/28/2014 8:29:01 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Revolting cat!

What did the blind man say when he walked passed the fish market?

Hello ladies.


17 posted on 02/28/2014 8:30:51 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping.


18 posted on 02/28/2014 8:34:26 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DogByte6RER

Why is a blind person in a nudist colony in the first place? Doesn’t that sort of defeat the whole idea? Unless, I suppose the blind woman is an exhibitionist.


19 posted on 02/28/2014 8:36:52 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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From the news story ...

“Ms. Fowler and her husband, Craig, moved into the Paradise Lakes Condominiums complex in 2012 with Laura.”

- It could have been her husband’s idea to move there.


20 posted on 02/28/2014 8:39:26 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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