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| California city shuts down girl's lemonade stand |
| 2009-08-07 |
| Eight-year-old Daniela Earnest has made lemonade out of lemons in more ways than one this week. Hoping to raise money for a family trip to Disneyland, the Tulare girl opened a lemonade stand Monday. But because Daniela didn't have a business license, the city of Tulare shut it down the same day. From that came a radio station's offer of Disneyland tickets to Daniela's family -- in exchange for 30 cups of lemonade -- and an appearance in front of the Tulare City Council on Tuesday night that will likely lead to a compromise allowing her lemonade stand and other pint-sized business ventures to operate legally. The story began Monday morning when Daniela and her stepmother, Marisa Earnest, set up shop at Cartmill Avenue and Hillman Street in north Tulare. The lemonade was freshly squeezed and priced at $2 for a 32-ounce plastic cup. Richard Garcia, a Tulare code enforcement officer, happened to be at the same intersection to remove illegal signs left behind by someone selling tetherball poles. Garcia told Daniela and her stepmother that their lemonade stand -- on the northwest corner of the busy intersection -- was not safe, and also that they needed a business license to sell lemonade. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 #5 There is no mind so small, and no temperament so petty and vindictive, as that of a low-level bureaucrat. Amen! |
| Posted by: Hupomoting Barnsmell6688 2009-08-07 18:10 |
| #7 If a bureaucrat or my favorite dog was drowning, and I was only able to save one... My choice: |
| Posted by: BigEd 2009-08-07 15:39 |
| #6 Children don't need a business license to sell lemonade. Twit. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-08-07 13:13 |
| #5 There is no mind so small, and no temperament so petty and vindictive, as that of a low-level bureaucrat. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-08-07 11:35 |
| #4 Sounds to me the parent was trying to teach her kid about earning money and the value of it. Standing with her kid is thwe only way to keep her safe. Instead the little girl learned about bureaucrats. The comment of not safe, a catch all and crap. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-08-07 10:58 |
| #3 No need to work. The nanny state is here. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-08-07 04:27 |
| #2 Well, there's a neighborhood kid setting up a lemonade stand in her front yard (or at the corner) and then there's a parent putting a child on a major street to make enough money for the family to go to Disneyland. We're talking $56/person here, folks. When I had a lemonade stand as a kid, it was ten cents a glass, and if I made enough money to get ice cream (remember the ice cream man when he wasn't an arm of a major corporation or a Mexican?) or if I was lucky, a Star Wars figure. I'm leaning towards "abusing children to make real money" and "trafficking up a major intersection" in this one. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-08-07 01:41 |
| #1 Someone needs to spend several months under the tender ministrations of the unemployment office..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-08-07 00:33 |