ACLU busybodies now telling NC city how much it may charge for bus fare
How intrusive can one organization be?
From the Greenseboro News-Record: ACLU looking into SCAT fares
GREENSBORO — Some disabled bus riders, upset over losing their $35 unlimited monthly ride pass, have enlisted the ACLU’s help in getting it back. And “help” translates to the threat of legal action.
But one member of a task force studying Specialized Community Area Transportation fares says it won’t return. Period.
“Make no mistake: The unlimited monthly ride pass is not an option that’s on the table,” said Greensboro City Councilwoman Florence Gatten, who next week will attend a task force meeting about alternatives to the monthly pass.
It’s the latest turn in a debate that’s been brewing since June, when members of the disabled community began protesting increases in fares. The city opted for a 60-ride pass for $72. Those prices take effect in January.
On Thursday, a representative from the American Civil Liberties Union called the increase “shameful” and said her organization was looking into whether the change violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The ADA says users of a handicapped bus service cannot be charged more than twice the fares of traditional bus riders.
If the city is in violation, then the civil rights group could file a lawsuit in January on behalf of riders, according to Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the ACLU of North Carolina.
Attorneys from the ACLU and the Governor’s Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities sent a letter to city leaders Thursday. It said both groups are investigating other possible ADA violations by the Greensboro Transit Authority.
No one has the right to the bus fare of their preference in perpetuity, not even the disabled. Sorry, it sounds harsh, but I am sick of the federal government (via blatantly unconstitutional legislation like the ADA) and a Stalinist “legal” organization having ANY say over the affairs not only of state, not only a county, but over mundane city affairs like bus fare. Is this what the Founders intended?
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Posted by Greg Scott on August 27, 2006 12:31 am
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If she is right then the unconstitutional Americans with disabilities Act needs to be changed.