Rep. Julia Hurley (source: Tennessee General Assembly)
Posted on 03/20/2012 5:25:01 PM PDT by SmithL
KINGSTON (WATE) - Roane County officials are looking to clarify the rules after state Rep. Julia Hurley (R-Lenoir City) was kicked out of the Roane County Courthouse for taking her dog in with her.
Hurley claims the 11-pound Chinese crested is a service animal, which is permitted in public places according to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
She had the dog on a leash when it was spotted by County Executive Ron Woody last week.
Hurley says she simply didn't know dogs weren't allowed in the courthouse. She says she's upset because of the way she was treated and the way the situation was handled, not because she and her service dog were told to leave.
"I wasn't being attacked for my dog being a service dog. I was attacked for having a dog in the courthouse. I was not requested respectfully to remove the dog. I was not spoken to at all. I was snapped at and yelled at across the courthouse," Rep. Hurley said.
That's not how Woody says things unfolded. "As I went out of my office, I saw a little dog walking down the hall, and of course it was on a leash so I had asked security, you know we need to get the dogs out of the courthouse. That was basically the extent of it."
Hurley says the dog was already registered as a service dog when she adopted it, and it serves as a companion.
"That's why I got her was to be my companion. I mean if I wanted to take her, if I put on her little service sweater and took her to the hospital for cancer patients, then she would be a service dog, but she's my dog. She's my companion," Rep. Hurley explained.
She says the confrontation was to make a point with county employees. "If he has a problem with his employees, he needs to speak with his employees and not use me as an example to get to them."
The courthouse security committee decided at a meeting Monday that because the sheriff's office runs security in the building, they would have to decide what kinds of animals are acceptable in the courthouse.
According to the committee, the next step will be for the sheriff's Office to determine what the policy is on animals in the courthouse, and post signs alerting the public of the policy.
The U.S. Department of Justice clearly outlines the rules for service animals in places of business.
Rep. Julia Hurley (source: Tennessee General Assembly)
guess what? a lot of us are thoroughly disgusted with our treatment at the hands of government...join the club.
So now the regulation needs to specify that the animal is actually on the job?
What’s his real name?
What is her need for the dog?
Political gain.
This whole “companion” dog stuff is mostly hooey. Years ago, when I flew 1st class everywhere, idiots would bring their Doxen, Pomeranian, Chuahua, etc on the plane and put them on their laps. invariably the dogs would run up and down the aisles and under the seats yapping their little itchy snouts off. Other times, morons would try to entertain themselves by attempting to engage the rest of us in their self seeing “Attention Boredom”. So now everyone is agitated by these narcissistic idiots and like me probably ordering more drinks.
Those animals are nothing more than props for their owners who have mere hollowed out egos and suffer terribly from insecurity.
You want to bring your dog on the plane? Fine. But, keep the dog to yourself, in a sherpa carrier and if you bring it out so it can stretch don’t F%%&*k with rest of us. Put in on a leash and hold it close.
I shouldn’t have pirouet or tip toe around your baby answer your fragile ego.
“What is her need for the dog?”
Apparently, it’s a companion.
And all human beings need companions.
Therefore we can all have a service dog.
Therefore dogs can now go anywhere, apparently.
Here is real crime in the Kingston, TN courthouse:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165199,00.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95217&page=1
Story about two women bringing their 300 pound hog onboard a cross country flight claiming it was a ‘service animal’. They were upgraded to first class and the pig got his own seat free.
Some are even trained in mouth-tomouth and CPR.
No wonder they're called "service dogs"
(Yes, I'm not including an /s, but if you belive what I've written, it really wouldn't matter now, would it)
Stoopit. That is just plain unacceptable
Much too French.
All you need to know about this story.
So, if I sell her my car with disabled plates, she should be allowed to park in my spot? Bottom line: If she is not the disabled one for whom the good dog is certified, she cannot treat the good dog as a "service animal."
Not Guilty.
Anywhere that's not Muslim dominated, anyway. ;^) There are taxi cabs in Minnesota that would kick her and her dog out. Go make a scene there, lady.
She is kinda hot. If she’d keep her mouth shut (for most activities).
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