The Sacramento Bee has published an interesting article about disability access lawsuits, a topic after a local skating rink was sued.
The Bee said that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) has offered her two cents regarding perceived abuse of the state's disability access laws. The U.S. senator was quoted as being "troubled" by reports that accessibilty lawsuits are threatening small businesses during tough economic times.
Feinstein's intervention revived a stalled reform bill in the California legislature this spring. Two senators have co-sponsored a law that would give businesses notice of accessibility violations before being hit with legal action. Disability rights advocates argue that provision doesn't enforce discrimination and will water down important civil rights laws.
As Rosemont Patch reported earlier this month, , a skating center and arcade in Rosemont, for not providing adequate wheelchair access. The Rink's owners responded by claiming .
From the Washington Times April 2009 - "Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband’s real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms." "Mrs. Feinstein’s intervention on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was unusual: the California Democrat isn’t a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs with jurisdiction over FDIC; and the agency is supposed to operate from money it raises from bank-paid insurance payments - not direct federal dollars." "Her letter was sent just days before the agency determined that CB Richard Ellis Group (CBRE) - the commercial real estate firm that her husband Richard Blum heads as board chairman - had won the competitive bidding for a contract to sell foreclosed properties that FDIC had inherited from failed banks." From the article: "Feinstein's intervention revived a stalled reform bill in the California legislature this spring." Why was it stalled? Anti-gun legislation never seems to get stalled. I tire of "agendas." Let's just see if she is really fighting for the business owners or if she is only interested in getting something in return for doing this. I have a hard time trusting her.
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