{"id":12085,"date":"2010-05-27T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=12085"},"modified":"2010-06-26T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T14:44:11","slug":"like-bugs-trapped-in-amber-take-a-close-look-at-rotarian-socialist-cockroaches-and-the-pusillanimous-pissants-who-make-them-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12085\/like-bugs-trapped-in-amber-take-a-close-look-at-rotarian-socialist-cockroaches-and-the-pusillanimous-pissants-who-make-them-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Like bugs trapped in amber, take a close look at Rotarian Socialist cockroaches and the pusillanimous pissants who make them possible."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from today’s Arizona Republic:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Businesses that send employees door to door through Phoenix neighborhoods have jumped into the discussion over whether the city should require peddlers to be licensed before ringing doorbells.<\/p>\n

Phoenix is the only major city in the Valley that does not require some sort of business license for door-to-door solicitors. In the past year, council members have been getting complaints about bad behavior by people who sell door to door.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, about 25 residents and business representatives gathered at the Phoenix Public Library’s main branch for the first of seven public hearings the city will hold on the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course we need a new law. Why should fully-grown adults be expected to confront and respond to “bad behavior” without Big Brother to scare away the bad guys and Big Mother to kiss their boo-boos?<\/p>\n

But wait. There’s more.<\/p>\n

About half of those attending represented areas that are fed up with solicitors. The rest represented businesses that had a range of opinions on regulation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a fact: Business “regulations” are written by and for the businesses putatively being “regulated.” They put the Rotarian in Rotarian Socialism. Hide and watch:<\/p>\n

“We are in favor of regulation and monitoring of door-to-door solicitors,” said Magnolia Lee, who described herself as business consultant who represents a small group called Sales, Solicitation and Distribution United.<\/p>\n

“There needs to be some sort of standard for professional and courteous conduct,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s the standard? Me-and-mine, not thee-and-thine. The “regulations” will advantage Lee’s clients by disadvantaging their competitors. This is the objective sought by all “regulation.”<\/p>\n

But we’re not done yet:<\/p>\n

Marc Scher, government relations director for the Phoenix Association of Realtors, said his group favors licensing people who ring doorbells to sell products but wants any new law to exempt real estate sales people seeking listings.<\/p>\n

“Realtors have been going and knocking on doors and introducing themselves to their neighbors,” he said. “There has to be a differentiation between selling a product and a relationship.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This would the the anti-dog-eat-dog rule, straight out of Atlas Shrugged.<\/em> Steal the other guy’s dinner, but keep your mitts off mine! Makes you proud to be a Realtor, Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is from today’s Arizona Republic: Businesses that send employees door to door through Phoenix neighborhoods have jumped into the discussion over whether the city should require peddlers to be licensed before ringing doorbells. Phoenix is the only major city in the Valley that does not require some sort of business license for door-to-door solicitors. 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