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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 09:38 AM
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8. My BIL is Developmentally disabled and cannot drive.
His lifeline is the bus system in our town in WI--to get to work (when someone will hire him), to the store for groceries,clothes, etc. to get to the Dr. and to visit people. The four or so months it's warm enough, he rides his bike. But he's been mugged on his bike and hit by a pick-up truck with three laughing goons that really hurt him.

He has a volunteer that takes him shopping for his large order, but he runs back for odds and ends just like the rest of us. It's very often way too cold to walk (he also has osteo-arthritic knees and he's getting into his mid-50's).

This will be devastating if it passes.
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