Newspaper In Ditch

Hey Joe,

Just thought you would like to know: We received a Delmarva Crossroad’s newspaper thrown out in the ditch in front of our house tonight, (Sunday). The individuals delivering were driving so fast, most of the papers that they were throwing out were ending up in the middle of the road. I ran the delivery person down and asked them to stop throwing them out. When I went back home, I called the number on the back of the paper and left a message with our address asking to stop delivery here. Within a very few minutes an individual claiming to be John Robinson called me back (mind you I didn’t leave my phone number on my message). I informed him we did not want the paper here and also tried to inform him that the individuals delivering the paper were driving at a high rate of speed (for our neighborhood). Upon sharing this, the individual that called me (male) got argumentative. At that time, I forcefully told him “do not call me anymore”.

Upon hanging up on him, this same individual called right back. He proceeded to get very argumentative again, which escalated me to becoming very belligerent with him. Approximately 10 minutes went by and we started getting robo calls from an automatic dialer addressed thorough a weird set up of connections (which ended up being text to voice from a cell phone number), telling us that we have been removed from their publication list. Trouble is the robo dialer called four times.

I hope the computer call that we got is correct and we have been removed from their list.

I’m just wondering if anyone else feels the same way that I do. I feel quite sure I’m not the only one that does not want this paper thrown out in my yard. It seems evident that other people don’t want it either because it ends up laying on the side of the road or in ditches, never to be picked up.

Publishers Notes: Over the weekend I received a message from a very reliable source who informed me Robinson did a full page ad, (wanting to charge them $250.00 a week) and they did NOT agree to sign up. Robinson went ahead and published it anyway.

It seems Mr. Robinson is taking a page from Jonathan Taylor, putting up ads people do not want and when and if they tell them to take it down, oh boy! Taylor used to harass them and even go so far as to tell them he was going to do everything in his power to destroy their business.

We have seen several complaints come in about deliveries, radical driving, illegal flashing strobe lights on the vehicle without permits and or being an emergency vehicle, the list goes on and on similar to yours.

I have stated this from the beginning. If Robinson simply had a paper like the Coastal Dispatch, the Beachcomber, Ocean City Today and The Guide and they were all placed in specific locations where people had the opportunity to pick them up at will, that would be one thing. However, shoving it down your throats, (to me) is pretty much littering.

I would think with enough complaints to the City and County your representatives would have to do something about this nuisance. In the mean time, know that some advertisers are NOT paying to advertise in that paper and always know that Salisbury News charges $100.00 A MONTH for an ad, NOT $250.00 a week. Know that Salisbury News circulation blows away Robinson's paper and guess what, they come here because THEY WANT TO.

I too have been the recipient of numerous phone calls from John Robinson any time we publish anything he disagrees with. I'm sure I'll get yet another call on this one telling me what I'm saying is not true. Well, it is true and I have the information proving such. Mr. Robinson needs to learn in this business that he can't bully people into getting his way. I can't and I won't be bullied by ANY ONE.