kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) (02/26/86)
> This makes me a target of much "un-mail" such as sales > brochures, sample newspapers, local phone books, etc. > The items are frequently rubber-banded to the side of my > mailbox (to avoid conflicts with the P.O.) or are placed > in plastic bags and thrown in my front yard (and every other > front yard for miles). ... How can this un-mail be effectively > controlled? How is this practice different from simple > littering in the eyes of the law? Another one of my pet peeves. And another service to your local neighborhood burglar who'd like to know who's home and who isn't. I'm fuzzy on the details about this, but the city I live in has some sort of ordinance involving licensing people who do this. Residents can request the company to avoid delivering to their houses, and if the company doesn't shape up, their license gets cancelled. I know this works, because I had trouble getting a company like this to stop leaving junk in my yard, and the city attorney wrote them a threatening letter (= instant results). It's different from just littering because of first amendment stuff.