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hawklost t1_j8wo0bz wrote

Reply to comment by P_K148 in “Humiliating”: Denver City Council candidate had to crawl on debate stage due to lack of wheelchair access by Sandstorm400

"López said his office reviews and approves applications for venues looking to host debates. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance’s application, obtained by The Denver Post through a public records request, indicated that its “theater is ADA accessible via our back entrance.” López office granted the application approval."

The article literally states that one of the offices reviewed and approved.

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JustDiscoveredSex t1_j8wsz0v wrote

Right. This is the recorder’s office and they blindly approved a facility that had ADA access to the building without ensuring there was ADA access to the stage itself. López’s office fucked up BIG TIME, which is why this is news.

Why they thought they’d “just lift” a 250-pound electric wheelchair containing a 150-pound man onto a stage that’s several feet high is beyond me. Clearly didn’t work and now the organizers have well-deserved egg on their faces for embarrassing a disabled man and breaking the law.

Dude would have been fined $124,000 for NOT getting up on stage.

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