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Voting for Obama, tomorrow...
Feb. 11th, 2008 07:18 pm...Finally checked out his website, and saw, among his list of issues, that he specifically included Disability Rights (including proposing a UN Resolution for Disability rights around the world). That prompted me to donate $25.
Also, there was an email form for you to fill out, and suggest your own ideas for the platform... So I gave my suggestion.
...I forget the exact words I used, but I said that I was a woman in her forties with a college education, but I still cannot get and keep meaningful employment because I don't have affordable, reliable access to transportation. I went on to say that my city does provide wheelchair accessible buses, but I cannot use them, because there are no sidewalks I can use to get to the bus stop.
I suggested, therefore, that support pedestrian infrastructure be included in transportation monies sent to the states, along with money for highways and bridges. I pointed out that this would also help the elderly, and would help the poor (who often cannot afford cars) to get off welfare.
And I also pointed out that this would help our energy goals of lessening our dependence on foreign oil.
I don't expect a reply. But maybe I've put a bug in someone's ear (that is the right saying, isn't it?). I mean fuel cells and magnetic trains, and biofuels are all very shiny. But there's also a partial solution out there that's low-tech and simple -- sidewalks have been around since the Ancient Romans, and we don't need to spend decades figuring out how they work...
Also, there was an email form for you to fill out, and suggest your own ideas for the platform... So I gave my suggestion.
...I forget the exact words I used, but I said that I was a woman in her forties with a college education, but I still cannot get and keep meaningful employment because I don't have affordable, reliable access to transportation. I went on to say that my city does provide wheelchair accessible buses, but I cannot use them, because there are no sidewalks I can use to get to the bus stop.
I suggested, therefore, that support pedestrian infrastructure be included in transportation monies sent to the states, along with money for highways and bridges. I pointed out that this would also help the elderly, and would help the poor (who often cannot afford cars) to get off welfare.
And I also pointed out that this would help our energy goals of lessening our dependence on foreign oil.
I don't expect a reply. But maybe I've put a bug in someone's ear (that is the right saying, isn't it?). I mean fuel cells and magnetic trains, and biofuels are all very shiny. But there's also a partial solution out there that's low-tech and simple -- sidewalks have been around since the Ancient Romans, and we don't need to spend decades figuring out how they work...
