Government picking winners and losers.
If kid did not have access because his cart did not pay taxes to maintain area, then all the free-riders should not be allowed down there either.
Basically the owners of other businesses use the local government to dictate what the sporting goods store owner can do. He saw it as a promotional thing with the potential to attract business while helping the kid and his family out.
Just goes to show that if business wants out from under the thumb of government, they need to refrain from running to government for solutions to minor problems. If they were smart they would have asked him to rotate to other locations in the area.
Government picking wieners and losers.