Disabled shouldn't run for office?

[dccrossman]

WTF

The quote from the Mayor of East Point just floors me: "If you're disabled, then why did you run for office?"

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25804093/detail.html

EAST POINT, Ga. -- Disabled Forest Park councilwoman Karen-Brandee Williams wants the city to buy her an ergo-dynamic orthopedic chair that would ease her pain while she sits during council meetings.

“I have a lot of excruciating pain,” said Williams. “And I only ask for a chair,” she said.

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“She can buy herself one I guess,” said East Point Mayor Corine Deyton.

Deyton told Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones that the city had nothing to do with the accident and shouldn't have to pay for a chair that costs $1,900.

“If you're disabled, then why did you run for office? I mean, … if you're really disabled. That's just the way I feel about it,” said Deyton.

Williams was offended by the comment.

“To me, that sounds very discriminatory,” said Williams.

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Yeah, that sounds very discriminatory to me too.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. Ugh

[grilled onions]

2. Let's check his office.....

...and see how many things that tax payers paid for that really were not needed for his job. So glad he has respect for any disabled person working in political office. Would he be the first to whine if she was on disability saying she needs to get off her behind and work like the rest of us?

[Mz Pip]

3. Should someone

with the IQ of Cool Whip be Mayor? I mean, if you're stupid, then why did you run for office? I mean...if you're really stupid.

[amyrose2712]

4. Hey. My cat is smarter than that!

Hehehe!

[undergroundpanther]

5. Deyton's an asshole

WTF is it with bigoted,stupid,greedy elitist fuckwads like deyton?

[Skittles]

6. that's disgusting

there's a couple of those chairs where I work - I use 'em at night when the intended folk are not here :D

[Hannah Bell]

7. yeah, go into your dark corner & eat your gruel, geek.

[slampoet]

8. Sounds like someone needs to break this fucker's legs ......

starting at the neck.

[eridani]

9. So who else instantly thought of FDR?

Jeebus. Some people would hire Einstein and refuse his requisition for a chalkboard.

[mmonk]

11. Me.

I was going to post something about FDR until I saw your post.

[LeftishBrit]

10. If you are a disgusting, right-wing, anti-disability bigot, why did you run for office?

I hope this Mayor gets defeated for re-election by a disability activist.

If this is what she says to a colleague, I wonder what is her attitude to disabled citizens of the town!

In the UK, workplaces are required to provide 'reasonable accommodation' for people with disabilities.