Hit Piece Or Political Public Safety Report: Paid Canvassers Spark Prairie Village Debate

Hint . . .

Mayoral recall advocates say it's a hit piece and we think they might have a point.

The big picture: Perfect Village are quick to call to cops amid pretty standard political advocacy. Sure, it's not a crime to ask somebody to sign a piece of paper BUT it's very dangerous to disturb suburban bliss. 

Accordingly . . .

This blog report shares breathless accounting of incidents that also risk causing police eye-roll strain:

Canvassers themselves — some of them paid to collect as many signatures as they can — appear to be adding to the tension.

This month, Prairie Village Police have responded to multiple calls involving canvassers. In one instance, officers were called to the Hen House grocery store at Corinth Square in response to a complaint that canvassers were trespassing as they approached customers outside. In another, a canvasser was arrested for allegedly stealing items from a resident’s porch at Meadowbrook Park.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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