Re: Palouse Littering

[TEX <tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu>]

I am not certain what you "should" do, but you would be well within your
rights to file a complaint.  If this is a serious enough issue in your
mind, you should begin to make a paper trail of complaints you have issued
to the Daily News.  Even if it is as simple as keeping a written log of
phone calls you have made and with whom you spoken, it will go a long way
in proving your case if push comes to shove.  A certified letter of your
intent to file a complaint would go a long way too.  The emails that
Mr. Hogan sent to this forum would serve nicely to show that this is
a known issue as well.  Again, I am not advocating one action over
another, just suggestions.  It would be nice to think that we live in a
world where a phone call to a local newspaper distribution manager would
see some results, but we don't.  The bottom line is, unless you are very
serious about this being a problem and your actions pose a very serious
legal/monetary threat to the Daily News, you will not be taken very
seriously. Serious.

Your brother in legs,

           Clint "Tex" Payton
       email: tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Bob Hoffmann wrote:

> This morning, at approximately 9:00, I once again saw Palouse Living being
> thrown out of the same car that was doing this in late February.  Note that
> there are scattered showers in our area, and residents may come home to
> soggy, unsolicited papers on their lawns.
>
> Todd Hogan told me then that the Daily News' goal was delivery onto a
> porch, walkway, or driveway.  While the litterer--er, delivery man--is
> managing to clear the tree lawns most of the time, he is still throwing
> this unsolicited garbage in people's yards, generally not into the "target
> areas."  Mr. Hogan told me before, "If he does it again, he's off the
> route."  Well, Mr. Hogan, what is your response now?  Will this deliverer
> be maintained, transferred to another route, or terminated?
>
> Additionally, I took the car's license number.  Well, Visioneers, should I
> file a police complaint against the driver and the Daily News?  Should I
> contact those companies that pay hefty prices for inserts in Palouse
> Living, and tell them what is happening to their advertising dollars?
>
>
> Bob Hoffmann
> 846 Mabelle St.
> Moscow, ID  83843
>
> Tel: 208 883-0642
> Fax: 877 495-2279
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