[QUAD-L] follow-up on transportation issues

[Austin]

I thought I would give a follow-up to the group on my transportation problem. I faxed and the governor and the Transportation Department. My first telephone call from the Department of Transportation informed me that I could access my pharmacy, dentist and eye doctor and all of this would be considered medical trips. I told the nice man I was talking with that decision was still unacceptable. I told him that my doctors determined that social interaction outside the home was absolutely necessary to maintain good mental health and he also determined that a person must eat as a medical necessity. That was on Friday and today I got a call telling me that I have been approved for public transportation. I have been asked to consider running for an at large city Council seat. The person pushing this has begun soliciting people to do the legwork and get the necessary petitions to save me the filing fee. And I requested all of the paperwork required to operate a public utility here. Now if I can find a grant source I might just do it. if I knew a lot about computers and such I would create a web site and try to contact everyone in my state that has had similar problems. I just found me a new hobby of making interesting workdays for community transport here. Hope everyone is having a terrific day. Austin