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Jul. 25, 2009
Finding Middle Ground
As the state high court recognized in 'Munson v. Del Taco,' disability-rights plaintiffs and businesses want to peacefully co-exist, writes Arthur Blaser.
FORUM COLUMN
By Arthur W. Blaser July 26 will be the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In his autobiography, "Moving Violations," journalist John Hockenberry juxtaposed the plaudit that the ADA has "heralded a new era of civil rights in this country" with the criticism that it is "the most useless, empty, unenforceable law of the last quarter-century." The same comments could be made about California's own laws on the rights...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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