Good news and Bad news. Out with the old and in with the new.
Out with the old. The Bad News is some of the old yellow Press Register boxes can be found laying on the ground next to storm water ditches. Some old yellow Press Register boxes have joined the growing accretion of storm water trash found on the blighted shorelines along Mobile's polluted waterways.
Absurdly, Alabama Media Group and Press Register believe they have a first amendment right to deliver their paper and plastic products on the ground which many people do not want. A delivery person hurls the products on the ground from a moving vehicle. The products may end up on a driveway, on a lawn, in a storm water ditch, on the road, in a street gutter, or on a sidewalk. Renters often move away without notifying Press Register to stop delivery so the ad pack trash just accumulates on the ground and in storm water ditches.
The Bad News is these Press Register and Alabama Media Group (AL.COM) products are still ending up in drainage ditches and are becoming storm water trash which the City of Mobile officials are fighting so hard to reduce.
In with the New. The Good News is brand NEW white plastic AL.COM / Press Register boxes are starting to be installed. Maybe the advertising giants will start delivering their products in a responsible manner inside the new delivery boxes.
The Good News is, if Press Register and AL.COM keep throwing their products on the ground and they end up on public sidewalks, those plastic bags are most certainly a dangerous slip hazard to the public using the sidewalk. Anyone taking a fall on a public sidewalk because of the ad packs and newspapers can sue the hell out of the Alabama Media Group and Press Register and ALL of the advertisers paying to get their advertisements thrown on the ground in front of homes and businesses.
Meantime, if you want real news and a guide to Gulf Coast events around the Mobile area, pick up a copy of the publication "Lagniappe" which can be found in a great number of locations. Lagniappe is delivered in a responsible manner. You can find it online too.