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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can absolutely, positively say that there is at
least one disabled person in California.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My cousin, Ryan, has Down's Syndrome and lives with
my aunt and uncle in Menifee, California.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=calebsomeone@yahoo.com
href="mailto:calebsomeone@yahoo.com">Robbie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 26, 2007 11:17
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Archies on the
Square</DIV>
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<DIV><BR> Good morning all, I got the following email this morning
and thought that I would share it with you all. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I'm sending this to friends I believe have a
bit of activist in them, in hopes you might want to join us next Sunday around
9:00 a.m. <BR><BR>Here's the situation as written to me by Amanda, Tom's wife.
" Tom and Dan went to Archie's on the Square for breakfast last Sunday March
18, 2007, when they were being escorted to their table, there was a gentleman
who appeared to be the cook, talking to a couple . Dan stopped and tapped him
on the shoulder, and began signing to him he was <BR>there to eat with Tom and
was excited about being there. The gentleman turned to Tom and said "can you
take care of this now" Tom went over and escorted Dan over to the table. When
the gentleman ended his conversation with the coulpe he then proceeded to tell
Tom "this is bad for my business my friend." Tom and Dan left and went and had
breakfast <BR>at The Breakfast Club. <BR><BR>After Dan and Tom finished
breakfast Tom decided to call Archie's to give the person the benefit of the
doubt that maybe he was just having a bad day. A woman answered and said
Archie was too busy and Tom explained why he was calling, explained to her
about the <BR>incident earlier and he was thinking about writing a letter to
the editor. She asked him to hold, went and got the owner, and it turned out
that the same person involved above was in fact the owner [the cook who had
them leave]. Tom went over the incident with this gentleman expressing how
rudely Dan was treated this morning. The gentleman said <BR>"your friend was
the one who was rude, for all I know he was drunk!" Tom said he was not drunk,
he has a disability, the owner said "then he should wear a damn sign around
his neck to identify himself." Tom then told him he had no choice but to write
a letter to the editor about the way he treats people with disabilities and he
told Tom "I DON'T <BR>GIVE A SHIT, WRITE TWO!" then hung up on Tom.
<BR><BR>Tom let me know late this last Friday that he and Dan were going back
to Archie's on the Square Sunday morning, taking a couple of signs and
protesting the treatment of this young man, hoping he would come out and
apologize for his behavior. I joined him, along with a few other friends.
Archie stood inside his restaurant and flipped us the bird, came out and told
us we need to come back every Sunday, as we'd really increased his business.
So we'll go back next Sunday, but I'm sure this time we'll be better
organized, and we'll see if we can get a bigger show of support from our
community, see if we can get KLEW to come up, and see if Evan will come from
the radio station to cover it to get some exposure. We'll also get a letter to
the editor going, and I know Frank McGovern is working on something for the
Argonaut. <BR><BR>We talked with one of his waitstaff, who was very upset
saying "it this how you integrate people who have disabilites?" Later she came
back out to talk, calmed down, and realized this is an issue of discrimination
and human rights. She said in Archie's "defense" that he's 'old and cranky,
and from California where they don't have people who have disabilities.'
<BR><BR>What?? <BR><BR>Anyway, I hope you can come, and that you'll spread the
word. <BR><BR>You know how we love those windmills. <BR><BR>Written by Tom
Hopper, Amanda Hopper and Valerie Cutshall </FONT><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>
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