[net.legal] bell-ringing in malls

cej@ll1.UUCP (One of the Jones Boys) (12/14/84)

>	A few days ago I was shopping at a local mall (Tippecanoe Mall,
>right across from Tyler Too Plaza <if you can believe that>) and noticed
>that the Salvation Army volunteer was shaking two sticks with paper
>bells on the end of each stick.
>
>	As it turns out, it's supposedly illegal for these volunteers to 
>ring bells in malls...  Is this true, and has it happened in other places?

	At least that's better than what's happened in Cleveland.
(and a few other places from what I hear.)  Some mall owners are not
letting the Salvation Army in the mall or on mall property AT ALL!!!
The reason, they claim, is if they let the S.A. solicit, they would
have to let any and all organizations solicit on their property, or
else be sued!  There are, however, several "brave" malls, and you
can just guess who will get my business if I can help it.

...mgnetp!ll1!cej			Chuck Jones