Reply #60: Puh-lease. That is complete BS. [View All]

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These nightclub owners are not evil people. They are small business owners operating in buildings that are 100 years old. What Mopaul is proposing is a massive expense for them. I'm not saying that they shouldn't work with him and others to accomodate him in the club, but you cannot expect them to install elevators, etc. These guys are fighting month to month to keep these clubs alive.

I know some of the nighclub owners in person. I object to them being villified on this board. I assure you that none of the owners in question are thinking that someone in a wheelchair might "take up valuable space." Come on...it's simple economics. They cannot afford to make massive construction and structural changes at their expense to accomodate a very small handful of patrons that MIGHT come in their joint.

Mopaul, we've communicated several times on this board. AS a few fellow KC'er, I like talking with you. I hope that you can see an alternate point of view. I'm sure that nobody is purposely trying to exclude you. It just may not be financially feasible for someplace like The Phoenix to make those changes. It sucks - no doubt about that - but it is fact.

Having said that, if you have specific evidence that any of these jazz and blues clubs are specifically, willfully and maliciously discriminating against people in wheelchairs - I will most certainly "get your back" and let those club owners know they won't be getting any of my business. But if it's a case of them not being able to make the changes because of the expense - I'm sorry, but you are on your own. It could literally bankrupt some of these clubs.