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Friday, June 22, 2007
Ind. Courts - More on: Attorney sees opportunity and seizes it
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported on March 6th:When Allen County court officials discussed banning cell phones in the courts, several people said someone would probably start standing outside the buildings and offer to hold people’s phones for a fee.
Well, two months after the county enacted its ban on electronic devices in court facilities, someone has.
Local attorney Sam Bolinger, 48, applied for and received a transient merchant’s permit about two weeks ago from the city. This will allow him to set up a storage cart and charge money for holding cell phones and electronic storage devices outside the Allen County Courthouse.But today Waugh reports:
But two months later, Bolinger said he was closing the cart because it was difficult to keep the service afloat.“I couldn’t complete any sponsorships with either food services or cell services,” he said. “At one time, I was talking to various cell services to see if a sponsor would cover the cart overhead and (in return) get to advertise on the cart.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 22, 2007 08:49 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts