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Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley => Youngstown in General => Topic started by: jay on July 20, 2016, 05:31:49 AM

Title: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: jay on July 20, 2016, 05:31:49 AM
A practice of the local newspaper is creating problems.  The newspaper distributes an ad bag by throwing them at the end of the driveway.

These ad bags are often thrown on the driveways of vacant homes.  Because a home is vacant, the ad bag just lies on the driveway for days.  All this does is announce to criminals that the home may be empty.

On windy days, the ad bags blow around the neighborhood and become litter.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: Nicholas Serra on July 22, 2016, 01:13:31 AM
I was actually gonna call about this. It's pissing me off. Any idea who to talk to?
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: jay on July 22, 2016, 05:27:02 AM
QuoteAny idea who to talk to?

I'm going to ask the newspaper delivery man.  He may know who tosses the ad bags and who to call.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: jay on August 28, 2016, 02:11:06 PM
I just picked up a few more of these ad bags in my neighborhood. 

Distributing the ad bags by just throwing them at the end of a driveway is littering.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: Irishbobcat on August 28, 2016, 03:33:27 PM
Wow...they deliver ad bags in Y-town? I can't even get my regular newspaper delivered here in Struthers.....still waiting for today's paper....maybe tomorrow?
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: Nicholas Serra on August 29, 2016, 11:36:26 PM
I talked to someone at the vindicator about this today.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: jay on September 04, 2016, 12:34:17 PM
Our neighborhood was hit again over the weekend.  The ad bags are on almost every driveway.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: Nicholas Serra on September 04, 2016, 08:47:37 PM
Yeah i'm pissed.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: jay on September 13, 2016, 05:27:03 AM
The ad bags were thrown around our neighborhood again this past weekend.

A neighbor suggested that we gather up the ad bags and throw them on the newspaper company's driveway.
Title: Re: Local Newspaper Creates Problems
Post by: Nicholas Serra on September 13, 2016, 10:44:08 AM
Anybody else call? I called. Maybe i'll call again.