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She added that no one advocating the removal of barriers to the handicapped has accused the supervisors of deliberately erecting those barriers. “No one said it was done intentionally.”
But according to case law, discrimination is judged by fact, “not what your intent was,” interjected Ms. Saltonstall. “You are a public official. This isn’t directed at you personally,” she told Mr. Lane.
“I think the ordinance we have here today is totally spineless,” Lane replied, agreeing with the critics. “It says we shall but we don’t have to.” But he stuck with his assertion that the handicapped advocates had unfairly accused the supervisors of discrimination.
“You’re looking at this from your own point of view and not from the other person’s,” Mr. Reynolds responded. “This is not the first time these people have requested this body to do something, and they’re not seeing any action.” He pointed out that the handicapped advocates are seeking compliance with the law, and he compared them to civil rights fighters who were once maligned for their efforts but are now respected leaders in government. And he recalled Sheriff Bull Connors who set police dogs on people whose only crime was legally expressing their rights.
The means employed by Mr. Abell in seeking his legal right to equal access is a grievance procedure “you have placed into being,” he reminded the
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