Susan- I just can't fathom why! LOL Good for you! Question folks.... here in WI- once you are called you can RARELY/NEVER get out of it- (Less your dead LOL) but if you are called- you have to be free to serve a 2 week capacity. A friend had a 2 day trial- and had 2 days off...but she could have to go back next week- any given day. Is this the same everywhere/anymore? Paige On Fri, 09 March 2001, Susan Moskowitz wrote: > > Paige, > I got out of jury duty many years ago because I don't drive, nearest bus > stop is half a mile away from the courthouse and local (suburban NJ) taxi > co. estimated daily fares (round trip) at over $30. The courthouse is only > about 15 minutes away by car. I have yet to be asked to serve again. > Susan > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Paige" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:14 PM > Subject: Re: Curb Cuts - Jump up and down on Desks, People! > > > > Ok folks- talking about stupidity......... Phoenix City courthouse. I > was called for jury duty (got out of it twice cuz of teaching Special Ed) > but the third time I decided I NEEDED a break- so I called to see what there > accomodations for disabled people were. > > Said they were accessible... so the morning of- I drove there and there > was NO disabled parking except in garages-- which were ALL a mile or more > away from the building! I had brought my wheelchair- so I could ride > inside- but to get into the building I'd have to walk in, and then I could > push myself. I called on my cell phone........ hmmmmm no one could come out > and get me- NO one had any info of where else I could park, so they excused > me- mind you after I had taken the day off of work. I was NOT a happy > camper! How ridiculous! A city Courthouse- not accessble- parking > wise!!!!!!!!! GEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > On Fri, 09 March 2001, "Barber, Kenneth L." wrote: > > > > > > > > sometimes people don't have a clue. i went to another cdc building. they > had > > > disabillity parking spaces right next to the end door of the building. > the > > > trouble was that the door was locked and only those with a coded access > card > > > could go in there. not everybody in cdc had access to that part of the > > > building. on top of that the building held administrative departments > that > > > took public visitors. it gets better. to go to the door that anyone > could > > > enter one would have to climb quite a few steps. to avoid the steps and > > > > steep bank there a person with a walker or a chair would have to go all > the > > > way back out the parking lot entrance and up a hill to the sidwalk on > the > > > street and finally to another side of the building. this is one of the > > > nations premier disease agencies. just absolutely clueless. they did > their > > > duty to the law and had the parking spaces without anythought as to what > a > > > person in a chair would need. this kind of stuff really gets on my > nerves. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: greer.bobby [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:07 AM > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: Re: Curb Cuts - Jump up and down on Desks, People! > > > > > > > > > The City of Memphis must have gotten a load of Federal dollars for curb > > > cuts. > > > They are putting them on all the main streets of East Memphis(the > upwardly > > > mobile section, no pun intended). Anyway, they put in these super nice > curb > > > at > > > the bottom of which is about one and a half to two inches of jagged > asphalt! > > > No > > > on thought to tell the bozos that the curb cut should be level with the > > > pavement! > > > > > > Bobby > > > > > > Barber, Kenneth L. wrote: > > > > > > > you are so right carla, nothing moves politicians like publicity. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Carla MacInnis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > > > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:00 AM > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Curb Cuts - Jump up and down on Desks, People! > > > > > > > > Mag, > > > > > > > > You need to use the media to your advantage with regard to getting > curb > > > > cuts. > > > > Call the lifestyles editor of several papers. Heck call your local tv > > > > station. Tell > > > > them it's a human interest story that affects everyone, not just those > > > with > > > > mobility disabilities. Or, you could chain yourself to a lamp post > until > > > > things > > > > start to happen :) > > > > > > > > Years ago, in the city of Fredericton, I called the Mayor's office > and > > > > they gave > > > > me a police officer and a van for the day. We drove around the city, > > > scoping > > > > out > > > > poor side walks and crappy curbs, and I wrote a report and it was > > > submitted > > > > to City > > > > Council. Within a month, work began, street by street, on fixing cuts; > > > heck, > > > > there > > > > were 4 curbs in front of a nursing home that had no cuts. Scary. > > > > > > > > Approaching the newspaper is one of the best ways to get the message > out > > > > there - > > > > not only wheelchair users need the assist, but parents with tots in > > > > strollers, the > > > > elderly with walkers/canes. Nothing worse than getting a cane lodged > in a > > > > crack on > > > > the sidwalk - I've seen more than one elder take a flip. Not fun. > > > > > > > > If each of us did this sort of thing in our city/town, things would > move > > > > along > > > > very nicely, I'm sure. > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > Carla > > > > http://www.brunnet.net/terrier > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html