Being a newly disabled person with an amputated leg has brought me to the realization that the handicapped parking in the city of Ventura is woeful.
I have contacted several people who are supposedly in charge of this problem. I can state three outstanding problem areas that need immediate looking-into:
-- The orthopedic group located at the top of Mills Road and Loma Vista Road.
-- The medical building next door at 3555 Loma Vista Road, where my personal physician is located.
Here is a perfect example of understated handicapped parking. Both of these medical facilities have only two spaces per building, which is ridiculous.
-- The Hill Cafe on Hill Street, which is frequented by older people, many of whom are disabled, and yet they have only one space.
I can go on and cite other places, such as Channel Islands Prosthetics on Market Street and Goodyear Avenue, which does nothing but build prosthetics, yet has only two spaces.
This is a very woeful situation for a city of our size, and somebody needs to take the bull by the horns and make it right.
-- Larry Maxick, Ventura