Re “Accuser’s Gritty Determination Key in Blind Fare Case”
[img]2666|right|Carol Schwab||no_popup[/img]Bad news for James Stouvenel, the Antelope Valley activist, who is hoping courts will overturn Culver City’s freshly reaffirmed free bus-riding policy for blind persons.
His timetable may have been knocked sideways.
After announcing that he would physically challenge the policy by boarding a Culver CityBus and not paying, the doubly disabled Mr. Stouvenel said he would not act before hearing from City Atty. Carol Schwab.
Ms. Schwab has spoken.
Hoping for relief from her, Mr. Stouvenel will be disappointed. Encouragement was not forthcoming.
“There is no word that I have,” the city attorney told the newspaper. “I cannot say any more than what we said last Monday night at the City Council.
“I am not even directed…it is up to (Transportation Director) Art Ida.
“I am just there to advise them.
“They can choose to take whatever path they want to take,” Ms. Schwab said.
She said that is what she will tell Mr. Stouvenel when she returns his earlier-in-the-week telephone call.
“I will tell him it is the City Council’s decision,” she said.
“My opinion is, there is no case law on it, and there have not been any decisions on that subject matter. The way he interprets it is one way. But there is no definitive decision on this issue.”
