My Letter To The Mayor
Thanks to whomever made me aware of kids going door to door on Halloween being panhandling, I wrote a letter to Eureka's Mayor suggesting something be done to control the situation:
Mr. Mayor;
You may be aware I'm
no fan of Halloween. However; someone just pointed out to me that
Halloween does involve panhandling, albeit not by the homeless. The City
has done its best to discourage panhandling by the homeless and less
well off. Shouldn't we discourage panhandling by young children as well?
Unlike panhandling by the poor being consistent with the human right to
ask for help, Halloween kids generally can't use that excuse.
Warmest Regards;
posted by Fred Mangels @ 10:00 AM
3 comments
3 Comments:
BRAVO!
The activity is much closer to door-to-door sales. You should lobby the mayor to redefine such sales as not requiring an exchange of money, and then require children to obtain a business license.
The child receives candy in exchange for entertaining the resident of the home. This is evident by the child having prepared a special costume specifically for the resident's entertainment. If the resident deems the entertainment not worth 'purchasing' then he says "trick" and closes the door. It's a clean cut case of exchanging goods for services.
But, your efforts will still fail. Per the precedent of the annual Lemonade Day, the city would approve a blanket business license for children within city limits lasting just for October 31 each year.
Bravo!
I tend to think of it as prepping for graduation day.
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