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Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« on: August 07, 2009, 04:52:42 PM »
Tulare put squeeze on girl's lemonade stand

Thursday, Aug. 06, 2009
By Eddie Jimenez
 
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.


http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1580754.html

 :mental: This happened not too far from me. CA sucks.

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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2009, 08:08:22 AM »
Well, instead of learning about business and self-reliance, she learned a lot about how government works (And I use the term loosely) in America.
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2009, 03:39:10 PM »
That is so sad. Wonder if the people at Disney will give her a free ticket?
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2009, 08:04:10 PM »
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Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 08, 2009, 08:08:22 AM
Well, instead of learning about business and self-reliance, she learned a lot about how government works (And I use the term loosely) in America.

I picked up "busy intersection and unsafe" did you?
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2009, 08:15:10 PM »
Quote from: newbiered on August 09, 2009, 03:39:10 PM
That is so sad. Wonder if the people at Disney will give her a free ticket?

Erm...  reread the story.
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2009, 08:52:24 PM »
Sorry just did oops
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2009, 06:51:53 AM »
Quote from: RightCoast on August 09, 2009, 08:04:10 PM
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I picked up "busy intersection and unsafe" did you?

Of course.  True or just CYA?  By the way, believing everything people say to defend their actions is unsafe, you should get a citation for doing it.
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2009, 11:19:28 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 10, 2009, 06:51:53 AM
Of course.  True or just CYA?  By the way, believing everything people say to defend their actions is unsafe, you should get a citation for doing it.
If it were true, "busy intersection and unsafe", would result in, "Hey kid, you need to move your lemonade stand down the block where it's safe, okay? Here, let me help you."

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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2009, 11:28:51 AM »
   :lmao:
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2009, 01:35:24 PM »
Jackasses who have no business wearing a badge have done this before.


It isn't as if CA doesn't have actual problems to deal with.

We had one here who hung out at the dump.....recycling facility.....and tried to go thru peoples garbage so she could write violation summonses.

I called the Town Supervisor, and spoke with him about it. Advising that the self haulers at the dum.....recycleing facility... called her "The Dump Nazi". He laughed out loud, called her in and put her on a desk. She quickly quit, as she wanted to WRITE SUMMONSES!  She's a Canadian, and last I heard she was in Canada , a code enforcement cop. She used the local experience as a reference, and the SUPer's assistant told me of it while snickering the whole time.

We don't need the small mind that wrires a summons on an 8 year old's lemonaide stand in government in any capacity.
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2009, 08:36:02 AM »
Sounds like they'll have to update the old lemonade stand computer game.

Edit for nostalgia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade_Stand
« Last Edit: August 12, 2009, 08:38:09 AM by jinxmchue »
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2009, 09:04:49 AM »
Quote from: RightCoast on August 09, 2009, 08:04:10 PM
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I picked up "busy intersection and unsafe" did you?

The cop should have then encouraged them to move to a safer location, and not said anything about an 8 year needing a business license. 
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2009, 10:38:55 AM »
Isn't all the regulation what caused California to collapse.
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Re: Little girl's lemonade stand gets shut down; needs business license
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2009, 02:11:19 PM »
Yes Ptar...., it is. Too many self important  bureaucrats who think process is all and the people are nothing.
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