1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgEric de Placehttps://www.sightline.org/profile/eric-de-place/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bEIXcaG6GL"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/06/04/can-washington-escape-mandatory-white-pages/">Would Optional White Pages Delivery Really Threaten Public Safety?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/06/04/can-washington-escape-mandatory-white-pages/embed/#?secret=bEIXcaG6GL" width="600" height="338" title="“Would Optional White Pages Delivery Really Threaten Public Safety?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="bEIXcaG6GL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2177086927_7d561c5812.jpg500375In Washington, white pages phone directories are delivered to each and every phone customer. They're delivered about once a year. And---most curiously---they're delivered in spite of the fact that neither the phone companies nor most of their customers even want them. Yet you cannot stop the white pages because Washington State law says that phone companies must deliver them to you. Sightline and numerous others, including telecom companies, would like to change the law to give consumers a choice. Unfortunately, the state Attorney General's Office opposes changing the law.