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Mr. Abell also pointed out that other people with disabilities such as heart problems, arthritis and broken legs find access to the courthouse and library difficult or impossible.
“As a taxpaying citizen of this county I think I have a right to access to public buildings, and as responsible officials it is time, I feel, for you to stop delaying and avoiding your legal responsibility,” he wrote the supervisors. “I do not wish any special benefit or treatment for myself. I request only the accessibility to public buildings that other citizens have and for which all of us pay with our taxes.”
Contacted by telephone on Tuesday, Mr. Abell stressed his “strong feelings” on the issue of the board’s legal obligations. “If the supervisors aren’t going to do this (provide handicapped access) of their own free will, then I think they need to be taken to court to force them to perform their duties and comply with the law,” he said.
Mr. Abell added that he hopes the board will allocate funds in the 1986-87 budget to make the library and courthouse accessible to handicapped persons. “But if they don’t, I’m prepared to take them to court,” he concluded.
— Daphne Hutchinson
elated,” even though it meant incorporating yet another change order for the remodeling plans.
With the bid for painting still out, six subcontractors are currently involved in the renovation project. Of the six, electrician Jerry Payne and Countryside Carpets in Amissville are local; other firms are from Warren and Fauquier counties, according to Clerk Diane Bruce.
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