One thing that bugs me more than most things is door-to-door solicitors. Sometimes it is so bad that they come to our house once a day. When they do it is always during nap time, which means that they wake up the kids. I do not think that I am alone in my unfavorable view of these peddlers. Some communities have even tried to prohibit them. The first such community was Green River, Wyoming. The ordinance aimed to make it illegal for any business to sell their items door-to-door without permission from the household beforehand. The only way a solicitor was welcome would be if the owner of the household put up a sign that said, "Solicitors Welcome." It is now common to call any ordinances with this aim a Green River Ordinance . Green River Ordinances have been successfully challenged as a violation of freedom of speech when the ordinance includes religious proselytizers or non-profit organizations. It is also thought that while in the past commercial speech had not been protec