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Comment by Al Thompson on September 5, 2010 at 1:46pm

I don't get any of those just those pesky jehovah's witnesses with their bs literature and off the wall tracts I tell them to leave and to get off my property but they just keep coming back. I know that Officer Shell and his comrades at PD have bigger issues to deal with so I'm not going to call the Police over something so petty and take them out of service to come deal with that.

Comment by Bobby Shell on September 1, 2010 at 9:49pm

I fthey are with a local non-profit they can go door to door and sell items. They older people that claim to be a local higher education school....well more than likely they are lying through their pearly whites. I have yet to find one that would tell the truth. I actually came across one guy when I worked in Code Enforcement that was hired from a homeless shelter in Los Vegas...don't think he was regullary attending class here in our state....LOL

Comment by Bobby Shell on August 31, 2010 at 10:02pm

Yes they have to have a permit to sell in he City of Benton...each employee should have this information on them when they are at your door and hopefully being told to leave.

Comment by Duck Bill on August 31, 2010 at 10:51am

Thanks for the tip. I will make sure I run these folks off if knock on my door.

Comment by Chris Eaton on August 31, 2010 at 2:25am

People knock on my door all the time. I've been meaning to put up a sign but I've been distracted with other things. This guy came by the other day wanting me to "sign a petition to keep Washington from taking jobs away from the area." I quizzed him and he had no idea what he was talking about, nor did he actually have said petition for me to read. I saw that quite a few of my neighbors had given their "signature" along with other information.

I told him I wasn't interested and he started getting pushy.... "WHAT? You don't care about jobs?" I said "Dude you can't even answer basic questions about what your selling. I still don't know what the hell you are asking for. Go figure it out and then maybey we can talk." It was pretty stupid.

Comment by Pam Harcrow on August 30, 2010 at 10:08pm

Harper, that is priceless!! I cannot WAIT to use it!!! LOL and Thanks!!!

Comment by Harper on August 30, 2010 at 9:04pm

When someone knocks on my door selling something I put on a big smile and give a hearty “Hi”. Soon followed with ”Say, y’all don’t mind if I look at your city permit for soliciting, do you?” A blank look on their face gets a “Ah shoot, you guys probably don’t know you need a permit. You can pick one up at City Hall. But don’t let Jack catch you before you get one. That old grouch calls the cops every time.”

Is there such a permit? I don’t know. But they not only leave my house, they leave the neighborhood.