AnnArbor.com unsolicited Trash being thrown in Yards.
I just received a complaint from a neighbor about an AnnArbor.com-weekly ad-'paper' getting stuck in her snow-blower. These papers have been an issue around the city for years. I would like to see AnnArbor.com stop the 'automatic' delivery of these papers.
Not only are these papers a waste of resources, they create a mess, and they let thieves know when people are not around to pick them up.
A couple of years ago I wrote about this very problem and if you follow the link you will see the City Ordinances that I believe AnnArbor.com is violating.
http://ppna.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/ypsilantis-biggest-litter-bug/
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32 votes. This must really be an issue with alot of people.
Instead of posting on this board take your complaints to the mayor at the monthly meeting. Demand a date and time for these to be fixed. If nothing happen remember this mayor at election time. Go to the paper. Make a stink.
I would also add pizza fliers.
It was registered at a forum to tell to you thanks for the help in this question, can, I too can help you something?
Luther, It sure is a disappointment for me. I had high hopes. I guess as a lifetime Ypsilanti dweller, life hasn't been the same since the Ypsilanti Press died (or more accurately put, was murdered by the Ann Arbor News).
So now not only do I not get daily Ypsilanti news in a paper form, but I get the ads from the A2dotcom paper on my front yard adding insult to injury.
Judy,
They sure aren't 'JOURNALISTS' are they?
They aren't supported by a reading public, otherwise we'd still have the AA News, therefore, they fall within the nasty realm of telemarketers and the like, huh?
LR
Steve,
I don't know why cities and townships have to 'PUT UP' with this trash and question 'WHY' don't they just add a flier to their water bills (or other distributions like Neigh. Watch Newsletters) to inform their residents that they have an option to OPT OUT. It's like they're afraid to inform their taxpaying residents of the actual situation, my initial e-mail to those in YT questioned if they were getting KICK-BACKS to tolerate this garbage. Within 4 days Brenda S had the distribution stopped in my area.
I directed another YT resident who was tired of it to Brenda S a week or so ago and this resident received an apologetic phone call from Tony Dearing the other day.
LR
Congrats, Mr Pierce! Wow. I still think our answer lies in an organized paper drop at the door of A2.com....a giant pile of trash in front of their headquarters might make them realize it's ain't per-tee!
However, the question I have is....do they actually HAVE headquarters anymore? Or do they drive around in an RV?
:-)
Ta-Dah!
After emailing Tony Dearing directly and then spending another 15 minutes on the phone with circulation in Ann Arbor, I made it through the weekend with no annarbor.com delivered to any of my properties.
A2.com needs to make it WAY EASIER to get off the merry-go-round. Perhaps they would be willing to post phone numbers of email addresses of whom to contact so residents can quickly get your property off their delivery route.