Justice Department Delays Stupid Swimming Pool Rule Until President Romney Can Stop It

I guess they didn't want to tick off millions of hot, sweaty people who just want to go swimming this summer in the middle of an election:

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had again delayed implementation of a new regulation requiring existing public-access pools to be accessible to people with disabilities.

Implementation of the new Americans with Disabilities Act rule, which was set to take effect Monday, has been delayed to Jan. 31, after the election. The rule was originally scheduled to take effect on March 15, 2012.

“Newly constructed and altered pools must be fully accessible to people with disabilities as of March 15, 2012, by providing pool lifts, sloped entries, or other specified accessibility features. However, many pool owners had misunderstandings about how to apply the new accessibility requirements to pre-existing pools,” the department explained Thursday. “Therefore, the department has extended the compliance date for existing pools to Jan. 31, 2013.”

Failure to comply with the new regulations would result in a fine of at least $100,000.

That's 11 days after President Romney takes office. He can stomp that rule out while he's killing dozens of Obama executive orders.