Solar solicitors in Ashland discussed
shland Mayor Kitty Mau brought up the issue of solicitors in the Village of Ashland at last week’s board meeting, calling it a “nightmare” problem.
According to Mau and Police Chief Martin Fanning, the solicitation is being driven by the Illinois Solar Panel Program. Fanning said that when he has dealt with them, the solicitors are professional and courteous. He said most of them are young people, many from out-of-state, on their first job with bosses telling them everything had been taken care of for them to go into the village when the employer had not done the work to get a daily permit. They also had not been advised of the village’s 10 a.m.-5 p.m. hours. Still, Fanning acknowledged that the solicitors make residents nervous because they are “not used to it.”
