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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on September 25, 2009, 12:27:54 PM
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Middleville woman threatened with fines for watching neighbors' kids
Updated:9/25/2009 8:33:09 AM - Posted: 9/24/2009
WZZM-TV
MIDDLEVILLE, Mich. (WZZM) - A West Michigan woman says the state is threatening her with fines and possibly jail time for babysitting her neighbors' children.
Lisa Snyder of Middleville says her neighborhood school bus stop is right in front of her home. It arrives after her neighbors need to be at work, so she watches three of their children for 15-40 minutes until the bus comes.
The Department of Human Services received a complaint that Snyder was operating an illegal child care home. DHS contacted Snyder and told her to get licensed, stop watching her neighbors' kids, or face the consequences.
Full Article (http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=114016&catid=14#)
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That’s coming from a blue state, Michigan, which is a union friendly state with high unemployment rate. Don’t they have to worry than some woman babysitting neighbor kids? Even licensed day care centers are atrocious and crime has happened there. What's the difference?
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Oh, for the love of Pete! :thatsright:
(I tell ya, Pete has never been so loved by me in his whole live, than this year.)
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Reason 4,758 why I hate living in towns.
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They're missing out on some license fees and taxes. Of course they're pissed that they don't get every little dime that they believed is owed them.
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This is why I hate f'n government. :censored:
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When you have to make laws to counteract existing poorly written laws, there's a serious problem going on.
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I guess that means that every teenager in MI, who wants to earn some extra money, must become a lincensed child care worker to do so!
What is WRONG here?
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I guess that means that every teenager in MI, who wants to earn some extra money, must become a lincensed child care worker to do so!
What is WRONG here?
Stupid ass Democrats that think it's the government's job to do just about everything.
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Stupid ass Democrats that think it's the government's job to tax & regulate everything.
Fixxorated.
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I would rather trust the recommendations of friends for a sitter, than to trust a government bureaucrat issuing a license.
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It takes a village idiot to vote democrat.
Link to article> (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_sitter_backlash_mich)
State to mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors' kids
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090929/capt.c804280074814fae828c97147fbc5ea9.baby_sitter_backlash_migra101.jpg?x=213&y=144&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=277&q=85&sig=YUdjF3gBClfFRkz.MwOZSw--)AP – Lisa Snyder, left, watches kids play at their bus stop, which is also her driveway, Friday, Sept. 25, … .
By JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press Writer James Prichard, Associated Press Writer – 50 mins ago
IRVING TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood's children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about an hour before they left for school.
Regulators who oversee child care, however, don't see it as charity. Days after the start of the new school year, Snyder received a letter from the Michigan Department of Human Services warning her that if she continued, she'd be violating a law aimed at the operators of unlicensed day care centers.
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Are daycare workers unionized in MI?
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!
Doesn't the state of MI have bigger fish to fry???
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!
Doesn't the state of MI have bigger fish to fry???
No, because they've chased everyone of any means out already.
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I'm sure it would be fine if the kids were just dropped off at the bus stop and left to stand around outside. :banghead:
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It takes a village idiot to vote democrat.
Link to article> (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_sitter_backlash_mich)
Are daycare workers unionized in MI?
Watching the kids in the front yard before the bus comes is now a crime of some kind?
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Watching the kids in the front yard before the bus comes is now a crime of some kind?
I bet she even *gasp* has bought cold medicine in the past. Oh the horror of it all. :thatsright: :banghead:
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Can they prove that she charged if she was helping neighboors then then tell them to FOAD
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I'm sure it would be fine if the kids were just dropped off at the bus stop and left to stand around outside. :banghead:
You don't know how close to the truth you are as this was on Fox News this morning. The lady told the news that the state had told her that the kids can't even be in her garage or it's a violation. She asked about what if it was raining? The state told her that the parents should buy their kids umbrellas. She asked about winter, the state told her that the kids should bundle up. All in all, the state of Michigan would rather see the kids out in the cold and snow than to see them safe and warm. The lady also stated that she wasn't charging the other parents for baby sitting.