March 31, 2012
March 29, 2012
Door to Door Crazy
The large white van pauses in front of the house, backs up, then turns around. Not a problem. Few minutes later and it goes by again. Third time this happens I begin to pay casual notice. I assume it is a delivery truck or sales.
Then my attention is caught by a person dressed in black striding quite fast to a neighbor's house. The person knocks at the door, door opens, and then my attention is riveted because the person in black is bobbing up and down. Arms outstretched, as if singing. Was my neighbor getting some sort of singing telegram, was it her birthday? Nah, doesn't look like that, what is going on? The bobbing and bowing and even kneeling continues.
So it is time to monitor the situation audio wise, I open a door and briefly listen in. Doesn't sound like an emergency, sounds more like a bizarre manic sales pitch. I go on about my business and occasionally look to see how the event is progressing, feeling protective of my neighbor.
Eventually the wild woman in black gets into the......yep you guessed it.........white van.
More white van back and forth. People all dressed in black in and out. The wild woman in black is out again and continuing her very fast tour of this neighborhood.
Uh oh. She is heading our way. Surely the No Solicitation sign will stop her. Nope, she is at the door.
My guy answers the door and her voice is loud, paced quite manic and fast. I hover out of sight. The wild woman in black insists that she's not here to sell anything and surely we want a free carpet cleaning, that it will help her take her daughter to San Francisco etc. etc. etc. She is pitching aggressively, and really, honestly, she sounds like she is on some sort of heavy stimulant.
Our answer is No, which she doesn't listen to, eventually the door has to be closed. Off she goes.
So that happened last night and this morning I'm still wondering who all that sales crew was. Where did they come from? Did anyone call local police and ask that the crew be checked out? Did the crew make any sales at all? Is the crew being exploited? What was that woman on?
A Federal Trade Commission Regulation gives you the right to a three-business-day “cooling off period” on door-to-door sales of more than $25
Then my attention is caught by a person dressed in black striding quite fast to a neighbor's house. The person knocks at the door, door opens, and then my attention is riveted because the person in black is bobbing up and down. Arms outstretched, as if singing. Was my neighbor getting some sort of singing telegram, was it her birthday? Nah, doesn't look like that, what is going on? The bobbing and bowing and even kneeling continues.
So it is time to monitor the situation audio wise, I open a door and briefly listen in. Doesn't sound like an emergency, sounds more like a bizarre manic sales pitch. I go on about my business and occasionally look to see how the event is progressing, feeling protective of my neighbor.
Eventually the wild woman in black gets into the......yep you guessed it.........white van.
More white van back and forth. People all dressed in black in and out. The wild woman in black is out again and continuing her very fast tour of this neighborhood.
Uh oh. She is heading our way. Surely the No Solicitation sign will stop her. Nope, she is at the door.
My guy answers the door and her voice is loud, paced quite manic and fast. I hover out of sight. The wild woman in black insists that she's not here to sell anything and surely we want a free carpet cleaning, that it will help her take her daughter to San Francisco etc. etc. etc. She is pitching aggressively, and really, honestly, she sounds like she is on some sort of heavy stimulant.
Our answer is No, which she doesn't listen to, eventually the door has to be closed. Off she goes.
So that happened last night and this morning I'm still wondering who all that sales crew was. Where did they come from? Did anyone call local police and ask that the crew be checked out? Did the crew make any sales at all? Is the crew being exploited? What was that woman on?
A Federal Trade Commission Regulation gives you the right to a three-business-day “cooling off period” on door-to-door sales of more than $25
March 25, 2012
March 22, 2012
March 18, 2012
Mild Quake
March 17, 2012
March 13, 2012
Courthouse attacker & McCleary WA
According to court records, which fill two 3-inch-thick folders at the Grays Harbor District Court Clerk's Office, Kravetz was arrested in May 2005 and charged with domestic-violence assault and interfering with a domestic-violence report. Dougherty had called 911, saying her son was parked outside her house threatening suicide. Earlier in the day, he'd punched his mother in the arm when she prevented him from taking her car to Hood Canal. He then tore the phone from the wall when she attempted to call police, the records say.
"Steve has mental-health issues but refuses to seek help," Dougherty wrote in a police statement.
After his arrest, Kravetz was taken to Mark Reed Hospital in McCleary for an involuntary mental-health evaluation. There, he allegedly jumped out of a bathroom window but was caught after a brief foot chase and had to be physically restrained so hospital staff could evaluate him, the court records say. He was charged with malicious mischief and third-degree escape.Grays Harbor stabbing suspect seen as potential threat in 2007
(my bolding)
Public voter records show Steven Kravetz registered to vote with McCleary address Oct.2010.
Continuing Courthouse Story
County Courthouse attacks
Previous cases show a disturbed individual
March 10, 2012
Wanted
Update: Suspect peacefully arrested in Olympia
Might be a McCleary connection with this, last address for suspect & mother in voter database is here in McCleary.
I'm keeping this County Courthouse post updated on the continuing story.
March 2, 2012
Follow McCleary
A great way to learn about what is going on in McCleary is to follow the city council packets. I really appreciate that these are regularly made available.
Council Packet 2-22-12
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