Phone book weasels routed in court in Seattle
It is way past time for the Portland City Council to do the "green" thing about the gigantic mounds of unwanted trash created by the likes of Dex phone directories. Our neighbor to the north is doing it, and doing it well. Come on, Portland council -- think of it as penance for the mortal sin you're committing on SW Lincoln Street.
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I wrote to the PDX council about this subject recently and the response I got was that it is illegal under the Oregon state constitution to regulate things like this. I think Portland should do it anyways and duke it out in court. I am so sick of this litter being allowed to pile up around the neighborhood.
Portland's motto should actually be "We're green only when it's sexy and costs millions."
Posted by NoPoGuy | September 17, 2011 2:16 PM
The constitutional argument is bogus. You don't have the right to toss garbage on people's property, even if it has letters written on it, and even in Oregon. Besides, all people are asking for here is a serious opt-in (or even opt-out) system, one with teeth.
Posted by Jack Bog | September 17, 2011 3:25 PM
Just as we have the freedom to travel, the government doesn't hand everyone a new automobile to drive.
Just because we have the freedom of speech, doesn't mean the Postal Service is required to deliver "junk mail"; nor are these phone book companies somehow legally protected in trespassing on our property to dump phone books we don't want.
The city only cares when it wants to care. It isn't "green" by any stretch of the imagination; it pretends to be green, toots its horn far more than necessary...but at the root of it, the City of Portland is so far behind other cities in more ways than one.
Posted by Erik H. | September 17, 2011 8:26 PM