TheBanyanTree: Handicapped Parking and Clutter

[Julie Anna Teague]

Quoting "Margaret R. Kramer" <margaretkramer at comcast.net>:


> After Ray died, I knew that the handicapped stickers were good until April
> 2009.  I looked at it as a last gift from Ray, and I used that baby no
> matter where I went.  It is such a luxury to always have an empty spot right
> in front of the door.  Yes, I know it’s illegal, but I didn’t care.

It's not so much that it's illegal, it's that it prevents handicapped 
people from using certain facilities at all--people like Ray, who might 
not have the option of walking into a store if they couldn't park close 
to the door.  People who don't have the "luxury" of working legs or 
lungs.  I actually condone letting the air out of tires on the cars of 
people who misuse handicapped parking tags.  Yes, I know it's illegal, 
but I don't care.

My .02

Julie