This is how rumors get started: last week hundreds of people driving through downtown Sebastopol saw councilmember Michael Carnacchi walking down the sidewalk with a long white cane tap, tap, tapping ahead of him. When he came to a busy intersection, a companion took his elbow and walked him across.
No, he’s not having problems with his eyesight.
Carnacchi is a member of a city subcommittee that’s overseeing an Americans with Disabilities Act update to the sidewalks of downtown Sebastopol, which Caltrans will be starting this June.
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