Re: [QUAD-L] follow-up on transportation issues

2006-08-25 Thread gina
That's great Austin.. Congrats..  Hope it keeps going good..[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Congratulations Austin! You won this battle. Next one may be the war! Just make sure that you are not being set up and do your homework. Best Wishes  WIn a message dated 8/21/2006 2:28:20 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: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

[QUAD-L] follow-up on transportation issues

2006-08-21 Thread 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


Re: [QUAD-L] follow-up on transportation issues

2006-08-21 Thread Bill_J



Austin,
The squeaky wheel does indeed get 
the oil. Congrats!

Bill age 56C6 Incomplete since 
7/20/68Leesburg, FLIt's scary when you start making the same noises as 
your coffee maker.

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Austin 
  
  To: Quad-L 
  Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:27 
  PM
  Subject: [QUAD-L] follow-up on 
  transportation issues
  
  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


[QUAD-L] follow-up on transportation issues

2006-08-21 Thread wheelchair




Congratulations Austin! You won this battle. Next one may be 
the war! Just make sure that you are not being set up and do your 
homework. Best Wishes
W



In a message dated 8/21/2006 2:28:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  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