Thursday, April 17, 2014

The State of Florida has a history of noncompliance.

 "Opting Out" of bathrooms for the public and those falling under the ADA is during times of voting is not legal. The DOJ will probably have to intervene again to insure the public is not a victim to the State of Florida to prevent them from voting. 

Public bathrooms are a public health issue. The idea the disabled are not compromised if there are no bathrooms for anyone is stupidity. Everyone is compromised when bathrooms are not available, especially the disabled.

The 1993 Florida Legislature (click here) enacted the "Florida Americans with Disability Accessibility Implemenation Act"  which incorporated the architectural accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law No. 101-336, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et.seq. ADA,into Florida law and maintained existing prof  Florida law thought to be more stringent than the ADA accessibility guidelines.In1997 the legislature amended the Act to address U.S. Department of Justice(DOJ)concerns with Florida requirements,which might not have been equivalent or more stringent than ADA architectural standards, to obtain federal certification of Florida’s building code as substantially equivalent to the Federal ADA Standards for Accessible Design as adopted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 28 CFR36.The United States Access Board adopted revised ADA Accessibility Guidelines in 2004. DOJ published final regulations September 15, 2010adopting the 2004Guidelines with additions pursuant to 28 CFR 35and 28 CFR 36 as the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. The Florida Building Commission updated the Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction for consistency with the2010 ADA Standards and Florida law, Part II, Chapter 553, Florida Statutes, in the summer of 2011. The intent as established bys.553.502, Florida Statutes, is to maintain the US Department of Justice certification of the Code as substantially equivalent to the ADA Standards so compliance with the Code provides presumption of compliance with theADA Standards.The 1997 Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction was certified by DOJ, however, the 2012 Florida
Accessibility Code for Building Construction must also be reviewed and certified by DOJUntil the review is completed and DOJ notifies the State the 2012 Code is certified all parties should maintain due diligence to ensure compliance with both the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design  and the 2012 Florida Accessibility Code. Note:Code certificationprovides presumption of  rebuttable evidence of compliance with the ADA for private entities (Title IIIentities) but not public entities  (Title II entities)...

I saw several people rub the poop, perhaps for luck. Toilet Culture Park, Suwon. (click here)

I sure hope voters don't get angry and do something crazy like delivering a truck load of shit at the driveway of the Governor mansion. That wouldn't be good and a public health issue, too. Florida does have a pooper scooper law, right?

Remember (click here) how bad the voter lines were on Election Day in 2012? In Florida, some stayed in line for over six hours.

And now, they won't be able to use the bathroom. The Miami-Dade County Elections Department has quietly implemented a policy to close the bathrooms at all polling facilities.

Make no mistake about it. This is a political scheme to depress voter turnout in a heavily Democratic county, and it's also probably illegal for violating basic disability law.

Urge U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate this new Florida voting rule which closes all restrooms at polling places on Election Day....

Remember how bad the voter lines were on Election Day in 2012? In Florida, some stayed in line for over six hours.

And now, they won't be able to use the bathroom. The Miami-Dade County Elections Department has quietly implemented a policy to close the bathrooms at all polling facilities.

Make no mistake about it. This is a political scheme to depress voter turnout in a heavily Democratic county, and it's also probably illegal for violating basic disability law.

Urge U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate this new Florida voting rule which closes all restrooms at polling places on Election Day.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/restroom.asp#opYV32o572403MYG.99