Posted on 06/17/2011 7:56:38 AM PDT by Morgana
A more wholesome American scene could hardly be imagined: a bunch of kids selling lemonade on a summer's day.
But local authorities in Montgomery County, Md., saw things differently. They shut down the kids' venture and ended up fining their parents $500.
The Marriott and Augustine kids had set up their stand Thursday right next to the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, where the US Open golf tournament has been taking place--bringing thousands of thirsty fans to the neighborhood. The kids planned to send 50 percent their profits to a charity that fights pediatric cancer. But a Montgomery County inspector said the children needed a vendors' license to run the stand, according to a report from local TV station WUSA9. And after the stand proprietors allegedly ignored a few warnings, the inspector slammed the kids' parents with a $500 fine.
"Does every kid who sells lemonade now have to register with the county?" Carrie Marriott, the mother of one of the would-be entrepreneurs, asked the inspector.
"Cute little kids making five or ten dollars is a little bit different than making hundreds," replied the inspector. "You've got coolers and coolers here."
"To raise money for pediatric cancer," Marriott replied.
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I love the smell of global slavery in the air.
Bump.
The rest of the story
Mommy Marriott providing these kids with dozens of coolers is not a kiddie lemonade stand
“It’s for the chil’run” is not excuse to ignore a warning
The rest of the story
Mommy Marriott providing these kids with dozens of coolers is not a kiddie lemonade stand
“It’s for the chil’run” is not excuse to ignore a warning and then cry about the ticket
A license is a contract between two parties, because it has all of the required components of a contract. Children are not legally allowed to take part in a contract because of their minority age.
Legal eagles, whadayathink?
I wondered whether these kids were maybe part of the Marriott family. I know the family has always lived in that area since I spent my teenage years there. This is naturally Montgomery County, probably the most aggressively intrusive county government in one of the most horribly Dem states in the country.
“The message to kids is: There’s no American dream,” she said.”
The Dream is having an inspectors foot on the back of your neck while he says you don’t have a permit to live.
The story was careful not to actually name “an inspector”, wonder how many violations his home has....
I’d love to hear someone say: ok we got your ticket, now try to collect the fine.
We must control everyone! Everyone must conform!
You beat me to it. The name Marriott also sticks out, of course. I’m guessing they live in the same neighborhood, given where the company HQ’s were/
"To raise money for pediatric cancer," Marriott replied.
The "it's for the children" excuse. Glad that finally came back to bite these Bethesda/Montgomery County libs in the ass.
The Marriotts live next to the Congressional Country Club. No trailer parks around there.
If this story does not exemplify what is wrong with this country, then I don’t know what else will. The government is anti-business and anti-freedom from the top down. Not even children are exempt from their evil. Damn them!!!
You mean the same PGA that donates more to charity than all other professional sports associations combined?
I really no longer recognize my own country. This is certainly not the country I grew up in.
Maryland ranks right there with Communist China.
No, I know that quite well. I had a short term job there as a trash picker during a golf tournament as a teenager.
Just proves that government is an elite club of communists that money for their damn pockets is more important than common sense.
Who the hell do these kids think they are...actually working without giving the state it’s CUT!!!! Only Democrat politicians are allowed to do that!.
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