OK, Does anyone else think this GREENWICH VILLAGE PEOPLE editor has a little too much time on his hands?
Ok, round up on this VILLAGE PEEPS-
Bad Boys
Bad Y
What ya gonna do?
What ya gonna do?
whatchya gonna do when the judge rules against you?
Bad Y
Bad Y
Bad Y
Reporter Merideth Blake playin sides,
Gonna keep the Handicaped off da streets,
yo the Greenwich Time always lies.
Bad Y
Bad Y
Bad Y
Bad Y
wanna take a swim?
wanna take a swim or
play some hoop in the Gym.
Yo- we have some serious discrimination against the handicaped in this affluent town of Greenwich.
Merideth Blake, are you a reporter or do you just like to DENY EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES to the handicapped, and everyone else....
Oh my GGGGOOOOSSSSHHHHH.....this aint no disco, this aint no party this aint no foolin around....this is (sadly) Greenwich newspapers in 2008!!!!!!
PLEASE SEE:
Look: if there are no good reasons not to build a temporary ramp, then the Y should say so and go ahead and do the right thing......If there are, then the Y should point them out. It’s already angered half of its (now former) members and jeopardized its financial support in town by a series of blunders
Commission Chairman Donald Heller said he expects the body to approve the extension, based on the five-year deadline.
"Tomorrow night looks like a relatively simple evening," he said Wednesday.......
...The YMCA has also had to contend with members and the public who have expressed frustration that the facility was not made wheelchair accessible during the first phase of the project, Fretty said.
"Am I horrified and sad that it is not accessible?.....
.....The Greenwich family of Luis Gonzalez-Bunster, who is in a wheelchair, has requested the facility build a temporary ramp until the rest of the facility is complete.....
The YMCA has completed some of its renovations, such as the new Olympic aquatics center, which opened in November 2007.
.....Calls were not returned from Greenwich Family YMCA officials or their attorneys Wednesday.
Rebecca Fretty Is Making Sure ThatThere Will Be No Wheelchair Basketball Games At The Greenwich YMCA
To Rebecca Fretty,apparently "headless and brain dead"Head of theGreenwich YMCAs Fretty:
Obviously you don't belong running any town facility if you ignore the LAWS REGARDING HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY. Not only are you violating a mandated code, you can/will be sued....
Family pushes YMCA for wheelchair ramp
The family of the town man who could not access the Greenwich Family YMCA because the building is not wheelchair accessible, is now pressuring the nonprofit organization to install a temporary ramp or face the possibility of being shut down.
Luis Gonzalez-Bunster's family contacted Greenwich attorney Frank Peluso, who said the facility is in violation of town, state and federal laws for not providing access to people with disabilities, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Town of Greenwich building code.
YMCA wrong to deny access
Once again, we can see the discrimination that continues in town against people with disabilities ( "Man fighting for YMCA access, Greenwich Time, Oct. 20). We have been the silent minority, but things are about to change.
We recently formed the First Selectman's Advisory Committee for People With Disabilities. The mission is to advise town officials on matters pertaining to the rights and needs of citizens with disabilities. We will also advocate for improvements to make the town more accessible for people with disabilities.
The YMCA building expansion should never have been given a temporary certificate of occupancy. Why should some people be allowed to use this facility when others are turned away?.....I hope that the YMCA will find some way to make this area accessible immediately, and that the town will consider whether its temporary certificate of occupancy should be withdrawn.
Carol Kana
Riverside
The writer is a member of First Selectman's
"I would think a temporary ramp (however inconvenient) has to be cheaper than a lawsuit. I don't get their thinking at all. "
"That is pathetic - how hard would it be to put in a temporary ramp. Sounds like the YMCA is just too damn lazy. "
"How is it that the Greenwich YMCA gets to take its own time to obey what is LAW? I'm thinking of how society would be in general if every institution said "I"m working on it" when told to obey the law. A prisoner is declared guilty--or not guilty--and the judge says we'll put you in prison, or let you go, just as soon as we get a good bid on fixing the computer that does the proper paperwork. Doing the right thing should not HAVE to be a legal mandate, especially for a "Christinan" organization, but unfortunately, it has to for the YMCA, who isn't even obeying the legal mandate. As I said on another post, a bumper sticker I saw read, "I'll trade your legs for my parking space any day"' A person who does not have the legs most of us take for granted--and who would not give up our legs for the "reward" of filing a lawsuit, as this family has been forced to do--should not HAVE to go through all this just to gain lawful access to a public institution. "Get over it"?????? Most of us can walk "over" a sidewalk step, but we should make sure those who cannot walk can get "over" these steps also. "
"Every member of the Y should be at the door of the Director and every Board Member demanding minimal compliance with the law. The Y is not exempt, and "later" is inadequate.
In fact, if damages are ordered by a Court,(I hope this never gets that far,) the Board members and staff that charted and supported this ill-advised stand-off should be held personally responsible by the membership at large. This could not be covered by any "errors and omissions" policy, that's for sure. "
"Wow! That really tells us what a great bunch of guys you are! Shame on all of you. "
"The American's with Disabilities Act was supposed to address situations like this. It is illegal not to have handicapped access, not just morally wrong. How difficult could it be to put in a temporary access? "
"Isn't it amazing that there are still people in this country who look down on the disabled. Well we now have a black president. We had a disabled President about 50 years ago, but we are still being discriminated against. The Y is now asking for a 5 year extension. Are we supposed to wait another 5 years. Not if I can help it. "
"Doesn't YMCA stand for Young Men's Christian Association? There's nothing "Christian" about denying people with disabilites the same access that non-disabled people enjoy every day."
" Are the Planning And Zoning Board Members mentally disiabled. It sounds as if the members are "handicapped": by stupidity and ignorance."
"The timbre of the Y in this matter has been abominable. It has come across as loutish. "
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