Way to go Spring Hill

I have a former homeless person currently staying in my home in Spring Hill, TN.  She currently sells The Contributor which is the homeless newspaper out of Nashville.  I had to go to the doctor in Spring Hill today and I knew she wanted to sell some papers this week.  I thought maybe she’d have some luck selling papers in Spring Hill since no one else was selling them, to my knowledge, in this area.  We talked about it so I dropped her off at a busy intersection down the street from my doctors office so she could try it out while I was at my appointment.  She was having some success until the police showed up informing her she had to have a permit to sell the papers in Spring Hill so she put them away and waited on me at the bench in front of Walgreens.  She explained all this to me when I picked her up so we stopped by City Hall to check on this required permit.  The permit is a solicitor’s permit.  It didn’t sound too bad when the lady told us it was $25 however it went down hill from there.  It’s $25 for the first 14 days, $10 per day every day afterwards.  In addition, you must have a $1,000 bond issued or write a check to the city for $1,000 (yes one thousand dollars) that they can hold until you notify the city you are done and they will return the check if no property damage has been done.  This permit is tailored for people that go door-to-door selling but applies to anyone that wants to sell anything in the city of Spring Hill.  ”We” don’t want homeless people but we sure don’t make it easy for them to do things to make money so they can get and/or stay off the streets.  Way to be a good neighbor Spring Hill.  I don’t like politics but I see a visit to the mayor and/or the city council in my future.  Kristi Herring for City Council…Hmmm, how’s that sound?  The only way to make things better is to get involved.  Why not do it my own backyard?

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