NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - On any given Saturday, you'll fine a zillion other people and chairs, umbrellas, coolers, football jerseys, pads and for the Campbell family, add a wheelchair to the mix.

Her 14-year-old daughter can't walk. Recently, they went to Aviary Park in North Las Vegas.

"We came because we had a game, an early game, and there was no parking," Campbell says.

The lot, she says, was full, including all the handicapped spots and more.

"When I came, there was an SUV here, in this stripe zone, which is the only way once everything's filled, that you load and unload," Campbell explained.

She took some pictures and sent them directly to Action News.

"I just happened to notice the license plate, because it's not a normal license plate," said Campbell.

In fact, it's virtually a moving billboard advertising the fact that there's a State Senator behind the wheel.

"And then we come back out and that SUV is still parked here.  We were here 5 or 6 hours. We were here a very long time," said Campbell.

That busy Saturday, State Senator 17 left his SUV parked not only in the handicapped loading zone, but completely blocking the only ramp that allows wheelchairs to get onto the curb and into the park.

"I purposely look just because I'm sensitive to it, if there's a handicapped placard. There was no placard in it," Campbell says.

That's because State Senator 17 has no placard and no right to park in the spot.

"It made me very uncomfortable and made me want to find out who is this, so that I don't vote for him again," Campbell says.

Contact 13 investigated and found State Senator 17 is none other than Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford.

His sons play in the same football league as Heidi's.

"I think it's horrendous that we have a public official that was elected by the people, and then have him be so inconsiderate or so mindless that he would actually park in an access space designed for people with disabilities with no regard for those individuals," says Paul Martin, president of Nevadans for Equal Access. 

Martin works regularly with lawmakers on issues affecting the disabled. Heidi Campbell has some pointed questions for Senator Horsford.

"Do you understand what I go through?  Do you understand that trying to park to come to a little league game is very difficult not just for me but for any person that has any type of disability? And do you understand what you did? How it affected not just me, there were a lot of people there with handicapped placards."

You're probably wondering what Senator Horsford has to say for himself. Well, you're not going to hear him say anything.

Here's how it all went down. When we first contacted Senator Horsford, he called back to find out what the investigation was about.

After we told him, he cut off all contact, choosing to only go through a spokesperson who works at the office of Nevada's Senate Democrats.

She first said he couldn't go on camera because he was traveling. Then she said he chose to stay in town but still would not make time for an on-camera interview.

Instead, he chose to have her send a short written statement. We spoke to his political director, Alisa Nave, on the phone.

"It's just a matter of taking 10 minutes out of his schedule to show the people that he cares enough to address this issue and to own up," said Contact 13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears.

She still says no.

"What reason can I give my viewers? He's too busy to address this on camera," Spears asked.

Not busy, she says, just unavailable. We couldn't convince her or him to go on camera.

The written statement says, "I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused in inadvertently parking in an unauthorized parking space."

It's kind of hard to inadvertently park in a handicapped space, after all, they are clearly marked.

The statement goes on to say, "I deeply respect the rights of Nevada's disabled citizens and have worked in my own career to further those rights. I can assure the citizens of Nevada that such a situation will not arise again."

"He's saying now, he knows he got caught," says Martin.

"Does it just sort of suggest an 'I don't care' kind of an attitude to you when someone makes the choice to park illegally like that?" Spears asked Heidi Campbell.

"Well, yeah, I mean what other thing would you think?"

You would think a State Senator with no disability whatsoever would know better.

Contact 13 asked Senator Horsford's spokesperson whether he'd take a lesson from this experience and be willing to raise issues affecting the disabled in the 2011 session: issues like lax enforcement of handicapped parking violators, how easy it is to get a handicapped placard, and how little dedicated parking is available for vehicles that have wheelchair lifts.

She says he's reaching out to advocates to work on new legislation.