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Residents urge Atoka to require solicitor permits and improve bill transparency; website usability questioned
Summary
During public comment at the Sept. 9 Atoka meeting, residents urged the board to adopt a solicitor-permit ordinance after reports of persistent door-to-door sales and asked staff for clearer check-register notes and better mobile website usability.
Several Atoka residents used the Sept. 9 public-comment period to press the board for changes to local permitting and transparency practices.
Dennis Kupp told the board about a recurring door-to-door seller he identified on a neighborhood social page as “Mark the education man,” saying the person knocked late at night, sold children’s books and asked for referrals to homes with children. “He’s persistent. He kind of forces his way into people’s homes,” Kupp said, and he urged the board to consider a solicitor-permit ordinance that would require door-to-door sellers to register at town hall so…
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