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I agree!

Valerie




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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Richard Schefdore
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:48 AM
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In a word...Yep!


At 07:35 PM 5/13/2004, Sherry Wells wrote:
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>Well, I will probably get a lot of flack for this response but I don't =
>see
>why people whose vision is too bad to drive or the hearing impaired sho=
>uld
>get a handicapped parking permit.   I think these parking places should=
>  be
>for people who have trouble walking, breathing, heart problems etc.  I
>would even think it fine for anyone over 70 to get one.   I may be blin=
>d
>but am grateful that I have the health to walk from the back of the par=
>king
>lot.
>
>Sherry Wells
>
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>
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>                       Mary Blanton                                     =
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>                       <mary.blanton@MINDSP        To:       VICUG-L@MAE=
>LSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
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>                       Sent by: "VICUG-L:          Subject:  Visually Im=
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>                       05/12/2004 08:55 PM                              =
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>                       Mary Blanton                                     =
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>Well, sometimes it DOES pay to have a "big mouth", the willingness to
>use it and to know the "right people".  It seems that in the 1999
>Session of the Georgia Legislature redid the procedures to obtain a
>Disabled tag.  (Until then, all it required was a letter from the
>doctor, in-state or out-of-state, treating the disability.)  A form had=
>
>to be filled out by the owner(s) of the vehicle.  Then the treating
>doctor, who HAD to be licensed in GA had to check a box that
>appropriately covered the disability, sign it and GET IT NOTARIZED!!!
>That form then had to be presented at the Tag Office.  Oh and the
>Visually Impaired was NOT on the form.  (it took a while but I FINALLY
>got my in-state eye doctor to check a somewhat ambiguous line.  He had
>to keep the forms because the Notary Public was in his other office.  S=
>o
>he was out the postage for this STUPID new piece of red tape/)
>
>I did not find out about this until late last year.  (We have not bough=
>t
>a vehicle since 1999.  However, every 10 years, GA changes its tags and=
>
>EVERYONE has to get new ones.)  I got the forms for our 2 vehicles and =
>I
>immediately got ticked off.  (Because of my Bilateral Coloboma, catarac=
>t
>in my right eye and Nystagmus, I am VERY light sensitive.  I also know
>alot of other conditions that can result in a person being light
>sedative or night blind.)  I called my State House of Representatives
>person.  She got back with me the NEXT day.  I faxed her a copy of the
>form and she took it from there.
>
>She thought that having the Hearing Impaired but NOT the Visually
>Impaired listed was absurd.  (Heck, even her teen aged kids thought the=
>
>same thing!!!)  BEFORE the 2004 Session even started, she had already
>lined up a co-signer and had the bill ready to go into "the hopper" on
>the first day.  (All but 2 HR reps voted in favor of the addition of th=
>e
>Visually Impaired.)  It took most of the rest of the Session for the
>State Senate to read it and vote in favor of it.
>
>I got home tonight to find a message from my Rep.. (Jan Jones for anyon=
>e
>in GA that wants to thank her.)  Friday morning at 11:00 I am invited t=
>o
>be present in Gov. Perdue's office to witness him sign the Mary Blanton=
>
>Bill into law.   I am pretty excited about this.  (Oh, "my" bill caused=
>
>a couple of others to be drafted for some other deserving groups.)
>
>Just HAD to share this one.
>
>MaryB.
>
>
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>Well, I will probably get a lot of flack for this response but I don= 't
>see why people whose vision is too bad to drive or the hearing impai= red
>should get a handicapped parking permit. I think these parking pl= aces
>should be for people who have trouble walking, breathing, heart pr= oblems
>etc. I would even think it fine for anyone over 70 to get one. = I may be
>blind but am grateful that I have the health to walk from th= e back of
>the parking lot.
>
>Sherry Wells
>
>
>
>3d
>Mary Blanton <mary.blanton@MINDSPRING= .COM>
>
>
>3d
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>3d
>Mary Blanton <[log in to unmask]&gt= ; Sent by: "VICUG-L:
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>05/12/2004 08:55 PM Please respond to Mary Blanton
>3d
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>
>To: [log in to unmask] .EDU
>cc:
>Subject: Visually Impaired An= d Disabled Tags In Georgia
>
>
>Well, sometimes it DOES pay to have a "big mouth", the wi= llingness to
>use it and to know the "right people".  It seems that in= the 1999
>Session of the Georgia Legislature redid the procedures to obtain a
>= Disabled tag.  (Until then, all it required was a letter from the<= br>
>doctor, in-state or out-of-state, treating the disability.)  A for= m had
>to be filled out by the owner(s) of the vehicle.  Then the treatin= g
>doctor, who HAD to be licensed in GA had to check a box that
>appropriately covered the disability, sign it and GET IT NOTARIZED!!! That
>form then had to be presented at the Tag Office.  Oh and the<= br>
>Visually Impaired was NOT on the form.  (it took a while but I FIN= ALLY
>got my in-state eye doctor to check a somewhat ambiguous line.  He= had
>to keep the forms because the Notary Public was in his other office. &n=
>bsp;So
>he was out the postage for this STUPID new piece of red tape/)
>
>I did not find out about this until late last year.  (We have not = bought
>a vehicle since 1999.  However, every 10 years, GA changes its tag= s and
>EVERYONE has to get new ones.)  I got the forms for our 2 vehicles= and I
>immediately got ticked off.  (Because of my Bilateral Coloboma, ca= taract
>in my right eye and Nystagmus, I am VERY light sensitive.  I also = know
>alot of other conditions that can result in a person being light
>sedative or night blind.)  I called my State House of Representati= ves
>person.  She got back with me the NEXT day.  I faxed her a co= py of the
>form and she took it from there.
>
>She thought that having the Hearing Impaired but NOT the Visually
>Impaired listed was absurd.  (Heck, even her teen aged kids though= t the
>same thing!!!)  BEFORE the 2004 Session even started, she had alre= ady
>lined up a co-signer and had the bill ready to go into "the hopper= " on
>the first day.  (All but 2 HR reps voted in favor of the addition = of the
>Visually Impaired.)  It took most of the rest of the Session for t= he
>State Senate to read it and vote in favor of it.
>
>I got home tonight to find a message from my Rep.. (Jan Jones for anyon= e
>in GA that wants to thank her.)  Friday morning at 11:00 I am invi= ted to
>be present in Gov. Perdue's office to witness him sign the Mary Blanton=
>Bill into law.   I am pretty excited about this.  (Oh, "= my" bill caused
>a couple of others to be drafted for some other deserving groups.)
>
>Just HAD to share this one.
>
>MaryB.
>
>
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In a word...Yep!<br><br>
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Well, sometimes it DOES pay to have a &quot;big mouth&quot;, the
willingness to<br>
use it and to know the &quot;right people&quot;.&nbsp; It seems that in
the 1999<br>
Session of the Georgia Legislature redid the procedures to obtain a<br>
Disabled tag.&nbsp; (Until then, all it required was a letter from
the<br>
doctor, in-state or out-of-state, treating the disability.)&nbsp; A form
had=<br><br>
to be filled out by the owner(s) of the vehicle.&nbsp; Then the
treating<br>
doctor, who HAD to be licensed in GA had to check a box that<br>
appropriately covered the disability, sign it and GET IT
NOTARIZED!!!<br>
That form then had to be presented at the Tag Office.&nbsp; Oh and
the<br>
Visually Impaired was NOT on the form.&nbsp; (it took a while but I
FINALLY<br>
got my in-state eye doctor to check a somewhat ambiguous line.&nbsp; He
had<br>
to keep the forms because the Notary Public was in his other
office.&nbsp; S=<br>
o<br>
he was out the postage for this STUPID new piece of red tape/)<br><br>
I did not find out about this until late last year.&nbsp; (We have not
bough=<br>
t<br>
a vehicle since 1999.&nbsp; However, every 10 years, GA changes its tags
and=<br><br>
EVERYONE has to get new ones.)&nbsp; I got the forms for our 2 vehicles
and =<br>
I<br>
immediately got ticked off.&nbsp; (Because of my Bilateral Coloboma,
catarac=<br>
t<br>
in my right eye and Nystagmus, I am VERY light sensitive.&nbsp; I also
know<br>
alot of other conditions that can result in a person being light<br>
sedative or night blind.)&nbsp; I called my State House of
Representatives<br>
person.&nbsp; She got back with me the NEXT day.&nbsp; I faxed her a copy
of the<br>
form and she took it from there.<br><br>
She thought that having the Hearing Impaired but NOT the Visually<br>
Impaired listed was absurd.&nbsp; (Heck, even her teen aged kids thought
the=<br><br>
same thing!!!)&nbsp; BEFORE the 2004 Session even started, she had
already<br>
lined up a co-signer and had the bill ready to go into &quot;the
hopper&quot; on<br>
the first day.&nbsp; (All but 2 HR reps voted in favor of the addition of
th=<br>
e<br>
Visually Impaired.)&nbsp; It took most of the rest of the Session for
the<br>
State Senate to read it and vote in favor of it.<br><br>
I got home tonight to find a message from my Rep.. (Jan Jones for
anyon=<br>
e<br>
in GA that wants to thank her.)&nbsp; Friday morning at 11:00 I am
invited t=<br>
o<br>
be present in Gov. Perdue's office to witness him sign the Mary
Blanton=<br><br>
Bill into law.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am pretty excited about this.&nbsp; (Oh,
&quot;my&quot; bill caused=<br><br>
a couple of others to be drafted for some other deserving
groups.)<br><br>
Just HAD to share this one.<br><br>
MaryB.<br><br>
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Well, I will probably get a lot of flack for this response but I don= 't
see why people whose vision is too bad to drive or the hearing impai= red
should get a handicapped parking permit. I think these parking pl= aces
should be for people who have trouble walking, breathing, heart pr=
oblems etc. I would even think it fine for anyone over 70 to get one. = I
may be blind but am grateful that I have the health to walk from th= e
back of the parking lot.<br><br>
Sherry Wells<br><br>
<br><br>
<img src="3d" width=34 height=3 alt="3d">Mary Blanton
&lt;mary.blanton@MINDSPRING= .COM&gt;<br><br>
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<img src="3d" width=34 height=3 alt="3d"><br>
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<b>Mary Blanton &lt;[log in to unmask]&amp;gt=
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05/12/2004 08:55 PM
Please respond to Mary Blanton
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To: [log in to unmask] .EDU<br>
cc: <br>
Subject: Visually Impaired An= d Disabled Tags In Georgia<br><br>
<br>
<tt>Well, sometimes it DOES pay to have a &quot;big mouth&quot;, the wi=
llingness to<br>
use it and to know the &quot;right people&quot;.&nbsp; It seems that in=
the 1999<br>
Session of the Georgia Legislature redid the procedures to obtain a<br>
= Disabled tag.&nbsp; (Until then, all it required was a letter from
the&lt;= br&gt; doctor, in-state or out-of-state, treating the
disability.)&nbsp; A for= m had<br>
to be filled out by the owner(s) of the vehicle.&nbsp; Then the treatin=
g<br>
doctor, who HAD to be licensed in GA had to check a box that<br>
appropriately covered the disability, sign it and GET IT NOTARIZED!!!
That form then had to be presented at the Tag Office.&nbsp; Oh and
the&lt;= br&gt; Visually Impaired was NOT on the form.&nbsp; (it took a
while but I FIN= ALLY<br>
got my in-state eye doctor to check a somewhat ambiguous line.&nbsp; He=
had<br>
to keep the forms because the Notary Public was in his other office.
&amp;n=<br>
bsp;So<br>
he was out the postage for this STUPID new piece of red tape/)<br><br>
I did not find out about this until late last year.&nbsp; (We have not =
bought<br>
a vehicle since 1999.&nbsp; However, every 10 years, GA changes its tag=
s and<br>
EVERYONE has to get new ones.)&nbsp; I got the forms for our 2 vehicles=
and I<br>
immediately got ticked off.&nbsp; (Because of my Bilateral Coloboma, ca=
taract<br>
in my right eye and Nystagmus, I am VERY light sensitive.&nbsp; I also =
know<br>
alot of other conditions that can result in a person being light<br>
sedative or night blind.)&nbsp; I called my State House of Representati=
ves<br>
person.&nbsp; She got back with me the NEXT day.&nbsp; I faxed her a co=
py of the<br>
form and she took it from there.<br><br>
She thought that having the Hearing Impaired but NOT the Visually<br>
Impaired listed was absurd.&nbsp; (Heck, even her teen aged kids though=
t the<br>
same thing!!!)&nbsp; BEFORE the 2004 Session even started, she had alre=
ady<br>
lined up a co-signer and had the bill ready to go into &quot;the hopper=
&quot; on<br>
the first day.&nbsp; (All but 2 HR reps voted in favor of the addition =
of the<br>
Visually Impaired.)&nbsp; It took most of the rest of the Session for t=
he<br>
State Senate to read it and vote in favor of it.<br><br>
I got home tonight to find a message from my Rep.. (Jan Jones for anyon=
e<br>
in GA that wants to thank her.)&nbsp; Friday morning at 11:00 I am invi=
ted to<br>
be present in Gov. Perdue's office to witness him sign the Mary Blanton=
<br>
Bill into law.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am pretty excited about this.&nbsp; (Oh,
&quot;= my&quot; bill caused<br>
a couple of others to be drafted for some other deserving
groups.)<br><br>
Just HAD to share this one.<br><br>
MaryB.<br><br>
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