INC NEWS - Prohibit Unrequested Phone Books?

[Ken Gasch]

Kelly,

Capitalism is great.  Advertisers will eventually realize what we are
saying.  Many already have.  Yellow phone books are obsolete.  I have not
kept one for years.  I recycle them.  Yes, this is wasteful.

Still, as a business owner, I need to be able to reach a target audience.
That is my right as an American.

Market forces will kill these dinosaurs.  I prefer to let them die a natural
death.

I would be delighted if we could get a rep from a couple of these companies
to come speak at PAC2 or INC.  They need to hear what the community is
saying.

I would be willing to support an opt-out sort of program.  I would not be
willing to back an initiative that put legal barriers in the way of
companies and required tax money to operate.

Your pal,

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kjj1 at duke.edu>
To: "Ken Gasch" <ken.gasch at hldproductions.com>; <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Prohibit Unrequested Phone Books?


> Ken: But I don't need and will never use three honking huge phone books.
> Why should they be allowed to simply dump them on my driveway and leave me
> (and the city recycling program) to deal with them. The reality is that
> folks use phone books less and less in the internet age--and yet the
number
> of phone books delivered to me is proliferating every year.
>
> They can advertise--put them out in grocery stores, malls, etc. for people
> to pick up. But they shouldn't be able to simply drop them at my house. I
> don't want them and there is no way to have this wish recognized and
> honored.
>
> This, to me, is the same as telemarketing phone calls. Lets get a "do not
> deliver" list or somethink.
>
> Kelly
>
> --On Friday, November 18, 2005 9:29 AM -0500 Ken Gasch
> <ken.gasch at hldproductions.com> wrote:
>
> > Kelly
> >
> > I could not agree with you more about the waste aspect.
> >
> > However, I believe that this is "free speech" and should be protected.
> >
> > If we do not allow business to advertise, Durham will be seen as
> > unfriendly toward businesses and we will suffer in the long run.
> >
> > Fondly,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <kjj1 at duke.edu>
> > To: "Laura Drey" <ldrey at nc.rr.com>; "Interneighborhood council"
> > <inc-list at durhaminc.org>; "Peoples Alliance" <durhampa at mindspring.com>
> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:43 AM
> > Subject: INC NEWS - Prohibit Unrequested Phone Books?
> >
> >
> >> I came home earlier this week to find two HUGE Talking Phone Books in
> > front
> >> of my house. Phone books that I don't want and will never use. Can't we
> >> prohibit unrequested delivery of these things. I get these from about
> > three
> >> different companies a year. It is a waste of resources, of city
recycling
> >> services, and of my time.
> >>
> >> Kelly J.
> >>
> >> --On Thursday, November 17, 2005 5:51 PM -0500 Laura Drey
> > <ldrey at nc.rr.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Phone books and mixed paper are now accepted along with the other
> >> > recyclables once a week. There is also a large bin located in the
> > parking
> >> > lot next to Kroger's, on Hillsborough Rd., where mixed paper may be
> >> > dropped off 24 hours a day.
> >> >
> >> > For more information on recycling call   957-8803 Tidewater Fibre
Corp.
> >> > sub-contractor.
> >> >
> >> > Hazardous Waste collected on the 2nd & 4th Sat. at the landfill.
> >> > (during the winter there are fewer drop offs.  560-4185
> >> >
> >> > Garbage  560-4185 (including bulky item pick up roll-out trash can
> >> > repair)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Laura Drey
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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