It is no secret that I run a few different blogs in an attempt to inform, educate, and just keep even and level in this world. Blogging is great therapy and I am happy when I stumble onto a Blog or City site that has blogging capabilities on subjects that we are passionate about. While surfing our local news, to keep on top of our current Real Estate market and trends, I stumbled upon the website for the Signal, which is the Santa Clarita Valley’s Local Newspaper.
The Signal also is running a nice website with an internal blogging platform, at least I think it is internal, but not as I think about it while I am typing, it is probably crawled by those spiders. Anyway, it is accessible by going to: http://community.the-signal.com/blogs/, and registering. I hit the viewers and users with a conversation Paris and I had with a few friends that we went out with the other night.
That is Door to Door solicitation, this is something that the group thought might strike a chord in me, but I made it very clear that Paris and I are not geographical Real Estate Farmers. Furthermore, I have always respected others privacy and would rather meet them when out and about and not have them as such a "captive" audience. Almost unfair, like shooting ducks in a barrel.
The general consensus by the group 6 or the 8 were Cops and Firemen, that are working terrible hours, some of which I have chewed some of the same asphalt with. Going to the door for the knock and to see a cheery - bright eyed - bushy tailed - person standing there that wants to tell me about what is going on in my neighborhood does nothing to make me happy. This was the groups feeling as well, especially when they are woken up from a dead sleep after pulling a double and when their wives or significant others are not home.
So we tossed around the City of Santa Clarita starting a local ordinance that would prohibit Door to Door solicitation that would be an infraction, citeable on a "greenie", which is LAPD slang for a traffic ticket or a notice to appear. This would also capture those famous door droppers. The ones that have you making unnecessary trips to the trash can when you did not have to. When they leave those items on your front door. Door dropping 1000 flyers for about $100 dollars, or doing the mailing for that which is over $400, that is the reason that the door dropping is so popular.
The question that arises, is doesn’t local Law Enforcement have better things to do? Absolutely Yes, but I am wondering if some of the Home Owners associations can get involved. Most hire security, but I am going to stop there. This would be something that would be difficult to enforce by anyone other than a Sworn Peace Officer, this involves "detentions" and the right to leave etc. The City contracts out with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. So they pay money per car that is deployed. To solve a problem, maybe that could be increased and balanced with the revenue that would be generated by the fines that would be imposed when Door to Door solicitation is made a enforceable local ordinance?
Federal Do Not mail List? Is it coming? What do you think about that one? -CONNOR with HONOR (We are unveiling a new HomeValue Engine - www.HomeValue911.com - I’m still tweaking it, I will advise when I am satisfied, but the Field Forms do work and are hooked up - please excuse the mispellings, like I said its still in progress-Thanks)
