Back to basics, I guess.
Posted on 03/14/2012 11:25:37 AM PDT by dmzTahoe
President Obama's Department of Justice -- led by Attorney General Eric Holder -- has found a new way to make the Americans with Disabilities Act pay off for Democratic trial lawyer campaign donors...
The DOJ has been issuing a growing wave of such guidelines over the years, reaching an ever larger portion of business activities. In September 2010, the DOJ issued guidelines for "recreational facilities," including a new rule that all public access swimming pools must provide a lift capable of moving disabled patrons from their wheelchairs into the water...
On Jan. 31 of this year, DOJ granted the industry's call for a clarification: But it was not the answer they wanted. All 300,000 public pools in the United States must install a permanent fixed lift. The deadline for compliance is tomorrow, March 15. Call it "Poolmageddon."
So what happens tomorrow when a disabled individual checks into a Holiday Inn and finds no lift at the pool? The Obama DOJ has said it will not be enforcing the new guidelines right away. That means no fines from the government, for now.
But the ADA also empowered citizens to sue businesses that are not in compliance with DOJ guidelines. The result will be a huge payday for enterprising trial lawyers everywhere....
This will certainly mean the closing of the Middle School pool which is open to the public in our town. The school system is at a breaking point and I am sure there are zero funds available for this communist stupidity.
These vile maggots are pushing the Cloward and Piven strategy to the very limits to collapse the system.
Back to basics, I guess.
Could use this for our advantage... hot, long summer... cities close all swimming pools due to this regulation... November vote. Another example of an out of control DOJ. If only we had a candidate that would add this to the campaign stump.
S.R. Smith is a large manufacturer of pool lifts. Their current CEO used to work for GE...
In California they passed this thing called the "Deep Pockets" law, i.e. if multiple people are at fault for an accident the one with the most money (not the most at fault) gets to pay most of the damages.
If little Johnny got hurt from being pushed off the top of a slide by little Bobby and little Bobby's parents were destitute, then the city got to foot the bill.
It was only a few months before all of the playground equipment at all of the public parks was put off limits or removed.
Yeah in Vegas can you imagine that
I bet lawyer send his/her client try check in to Holiday Inn or one of fancy hotels complain there no pool access for disabled sue for BIG Money
Also what about you can’t discrimnate against your other hotel guests who want use the hotels how you going react to that
A lot of time, people who need wheelchairs also don’t have bowel or bladder control.
Noooo, heaven forbid... you aren't insinuating it is all about money, are you??? Shame on you, you Obama hater, vast rightwinger... not this administration!!! (sarcasm)
what makes you think the pools where Holders peepul swim wont get a Fed grant so the taxpayers get to finance the lift. Bank on it.
Run with this, add to list how the Obama administration has gone off the deep end
America needs a tsunami in DC to wipe away these tyrants
Stand with Newt
LOL. I guess we need Bill Murray to clean this up. Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper, for President.
If only we had a candidate that would add this to the campaign stump.
Have you not been paying attention? Newt is the ONLY candidate sharing plans and details to fix this country, the others are empty suits.
In what edenic paradise do you live where they still allow diving boards? - who_would_fardels_bear
Care to read it again?
It was only a few months before all of the playground equipment at all of the public parks was put off limits or removed.
No way... are you serious?
Let’s see who runs with this first... Newt or Santorum. People can relate to this.
You're doing it wrong.
All the executive branch has to do is decree that all pools have a lifeguard on duty 24/7, then mandate that these lifts have specially designed cages to keep unsupervised kids off.
See how easy this is?
bttt
Poolgate... I'm sure our crackpot, investigative journalists in the media will look into this...
Our town put in a lift in 2001. That’s good, but my gracious what a lot of trouble for the one or two people that might use it.
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