[blindlaw] decision in the money case

[Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.]

Hi Everyone:

I applaud the Court of Appeals for upholding the ruling of the lower court. 
I can only hope that the case WILL NOT BE APPEALED to the Supreme Court. 
And, if it is, I sure hope that the Supreme Court WILL REAFFIRM the ruling 
as the Court of Appeals has done.

Developing nation states, who DO NOT even have rules in their books that 
mimick the ADA, make paper money in varying sizes thus making it fairly easy 
for their blind citizens to identify it without having to get help from a 
total stranger.  Holland, when she used the Deutsch Mark, had TACTILE 
markings on her currency to make paper money identification easy.  I bet she 
still does so with the new currency, the Euro.  How come that it has to TAKE 
A LENGTH COURT BATTLE to right a wrong?  Why shouldn't my ability to 
identify paper money be seen as part of the SELF EVIDENT TRUTH "THAT ALL MEN 
ARE CREATED EQUAL" that our founders proclaimed?

I am in he process of opening a retail store front; I MUST find a way of 
purchasing commercial paper money identifier at a cost of $745, I need about 
three of them for three stations.  Whenever the money is REDESIGNED to 
prevent counterfeiting, I have to PACK UP THE MONEY IDENTIFIER and SCHLEPP 
to the ENDS OF THE EARTH in order to get a software update.  Wll, then, how 
will I identify paper money handed to me whilst waiting for the equipment to 
be returned to me?

It could be argued that I could buy the KNFB MobileReader for $1595 or more. 
But it ONLY WORKS ON THE NOKIA N82; suppose I choose to use a different 
phone, then I am stuck!  If federal law allows me to receive standard 
printed material in an alternate format, why should paper money 
identification not be an issue under law?

If our President were to go blind and LEARN BRAILLE, will the State of the 
Union address not be presented to him in a format he can read to the 
country?

I understand that a thousand holes CAN BE POKED into the arguments I have 
paucited; I can only hope that it will form the bases for a genuine 
discussion on the merits of being able to identify paper money as a blind 
individual.  If it is OK for those with a pair of eyes to identify paper 
money with ease, then that which is GOOD FOR THE GOOSE, as the old English 
saying goes, OUGHT TO BE FAIR AND EQUALLY GOOD FOR THE GANDER.  This DOES 
NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM DIMINISH or UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY of a 
blind person; if anything else it enhances it in my opinion.

Our focus, assuming we can get there, is to find a way to help the Treasury 
Department MAKE THE COURT'S ORDERS easy to implement.  Personally, I support 
a combination of tactile markings, as well as different sizing for paper 
money.

In closing, I suport wholeheartedly the idea of MAKING THE ADA far better 
than it is now; I also believe that it is wrong for the courts to CHEAPEN 
AWAY the rights and privileges stipulated in the ADA.

Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado