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Vartabedian Handicap
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Dan Carino
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Oct 20, 2007
Vartabedian Handicap
LA Times writer Ralph Vartabedian shows John the rampant abuse of disabled parking permits. Ten percent of California drivers have them. Do they all really need them, or is it a scam?
his was just one of more than a dozen handicap placards John and the LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian found in a two block stretch of parking meters in Little Tokyo. No wonder: one in ten California drivers has a disabled parking permit.
his was just one of more than a dozen handicap placards John and the LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian found in a two block stretch of parking meters in Little Tokyo. No wonder: one in ten California drivers has a disabled parking permit.
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John Rabe
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LA Times writer Ralph Vartabedian shows John the rampant abuse of disabled parking permits. Ten percent of California drivers have them. Do they all really need them, or is it a scam?

LA Times writer Ralph Vartabedian shows John the rampant abuse of disabled parking permits. Ten percent of California drivers have them. Do they all really need them, or is it a scam?