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And No Good Views for the Blind, Either

Toledo, Ohio, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner offered a solution to complaints from residents about high noise levels in neighborhoods near the airport: move deaf people there. Reacting to outrage from the deaf community, the mayor said “I didn’t say that it was a good or bad idea.... [just] that it was an interesting idea.” (AP) ...I’m not saying he’s a smart mayor or a stupid mayor, just an interesting mayor.


Publication Date: 13 November 1994

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