[dizpatch]

This was in our local paper last night.Kinda timely. It did make AP.
It happened in Seattle.

Handicapped woman wins second bias case
Seattle (AP)-For the second time, a handicapped woman has won a discrimination case against a motel that denied her a room because of the service dog she needs to pull her wheelchair.
On Aug 29 a city hearing examiner ordered the Georgian Motel to pay Dawn Lucas $2500.00 and post a sign on the front desk saying service dogs are welcome. Motel owener Bill Han could not be reached for comment except to say he will appeal.
Lucas, 37who now lives in a subsidized apartment, won a similar case in 2003 when the city's civil rights office negotiated a $300 settlement with the Way West motel.
"It's not about the money," Lucas told the Seattle Post-Intellingencer for an article published today. She said the purpose was to raise awarenss that people other than the blind rely on service dogs and that they should not be considered merely pets. The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act requires access for service animals, which are trained to perform some functions for people with disabilities. Lucas says she and her dog Otter are readily admitted to the Pike Place Medical Clinic, Westlake Center and various movie theaters.
Her second discrimination case arose in May 2004 after she received a disability check and sought a night of privacy at an inexpensive motel after sleeping on two chairs pushed together in a room with 15 other women at YWCA Angeline's Center for Homeless Women.
When she arrived with Otter, however, the motel manager told her, "we don't allow pets," and would not relent after she showed him a note from her doctor that verified her reliance on the dog and Otter's certification from a training school. As a result she had to return to the shelter. end of article.

Just something to keep in mind, we do have the disabilities act however, while they are required to allow access, but as you saw they do not have to let you have access. They are suppose to, but if they don't the disabled person has to find an alternative and then take them to court. It is wrong.
Once again for me this is why I can not sneak my furbaby in. I know what it is like to be out with a service dog and be denied access.