An incident involving a Holton resident and a representative of a telecommunications company attempting to sell services to the resident was the focus of discussion at a recent Holton City Commisssion meeting. During the commission’s Tuesday, May 19 meeting — held a day later than usual due to severe storms that moved through the area the previous day — commissioners met with Holton resident Jim Ricketts about a recent incident involving a representative of Brightspeed whom Ricketts said got aggressive with him when he asked the employee for a copy of a solicitor’s permit. Door-to-door salespersons visiting Holton are required to get a solicitor’s permit or “peddler’s license” from Holton City Hall before engaging in door-to-door sales, Holton City Manager Teresa Riley said, noting that “we’ve had a lot of trouble with the Brightspeed people not getting permits and they’ve been cited quite a few times for trying to solicit without a permit.”
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