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Gov’t sucks 101: Business license needed for teens to cut grass
Conservative Review ^ | 06/02/2017 | Chris Pandolfo

Posted on 06/02/2017 4:05:52 PM PDT by ForYourChildren

If your teenage kids are trying to make some money cutting grass this summer, government is there to ruin it for them.

A city ordinance in Gardendale, Ala., requires entrepreneurial teens to show a city-issued business license before they offer their lawn services for some extra summer cash.

According to ABC’s Birmingham affiliate, a business license in Gardendale costs $110. Parents are complaining that their kids aren’t making enough money to recoup the cost of the license.

"I have never heard of a child cutting grass had to have a business license," said Elton Campbell. Her granddaughter cuts grass around the neighborhood. "She charges one lady $20, and another lady $30, and another girl $40 besides what we pay her."

But licensed lawn maintenance professionals are threatening to alert city officials to Campbell’s granddaughter because she was cutting grass without a license.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: businesslicense; grass; mowing; teens
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To: ForYourChildren

The guys who drive illegals around cutting grass paid to have this law passed.


41 posted on 06/02/2017 8:41:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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To: ForYourChildren

“She charges one lady $20, and another lady $30, and another girl $40 besides what we pay her.”
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When I was an 8-11 y/o I mowed front yards on my street for 50 cents, using my dad’s push reel mower.

I know prices have risen since the early ‘50s, but that’s ridiculous. My 30-year neighbor (15 yrs. younger) mows my front lawn and edges along the curb each time he does his yard. He says it only takes an extra 10-15 minutes.

Yard service companies want a $25 per week contract to do the same. ....That’s equivalent to $100 an hour, less expenses! Very lucrative business, and attracts illegals.


42 posted on 06/03/2017 1:27:06 AM PDT by octex
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To: ForYourChildren
This is simple:
43 posted on 06/03/2017 1:41:41 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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I think it’s time to start asking for green cards when the local businesses are out mowing lawns.


44 posted on 06/03/2017 9:55:17 AM PDT by zeugma (The Brownshirts have taken over American Universities.)
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