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Lemonade stand shut down by officers in Texas
ktnv.com/news ^ | July 20, 2011 | Jacquie Levy

Posted on 07/21/2011 10:19:57 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

McAllen, TX -- Gone are the days when a kid could make a few extra bucks by selling lemonade on the corner of their street. These days, it's against the law.

A 12-year-old girl and her little brother were just trying to earn a few dollars for their two hermit crabs when a city code enforcement officer in Texas came and shut them down.

The officer told their grandmother that the children needed a permit to sell lemonade, and their grandmother was ticketed for the offense.

"I was mad," the 12-year-old said. "I don't understand why someone would want to do that to two kids and their grandma."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

........but let the illegals set up roadkill filled taco or tamale carts where ever there’s a vacant spot to park and see if they ever get closed down and ticketed.


21 posted on 07/21/2011 10:47:11 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Financial Repression.......it answers a lot of questions.....read about it on FinancialSense.com.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

On the one hand, I am glad that crime is so low that the cops have time to go after lemonade stands. /sarc

But IMHO, they need to shut down the cops and the city, not the lemonade stand.
Geez. Where did this country go so wrong?


22 posted on 07/21/2011 10:47:11 AM PDT by Little Ray (Best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

I want to know who called the code enforcement. They don’t just drive around looking for lemonade stands.


23 posted on 07/21/2011 10:47:44 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. VOTE out the RATS!)
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To: Little Ray
Geez. Where did this country go so wrong?

When it started turning its back on God.

24 posted on 07/21/2011 10:48:58 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Financial Repression.......it answers a lot of questions.....read about it on FinancialSense.com.)
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To: Little Ray
Geez. Where did this country go so wrong?

When it started turning its back on God.

25 posted on 07/21/2011 10:49:05 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Financial Repression.......it answers a lot of questions.....read about it on FinancialSense.com.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

“It was Georgia the other day and now Texas”.

Add Maryland as well. They pulled this stunt.


26 posted on 07/21/2011 10:52:41 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: OB1kNOb

Exactly! Well put.


27 posted on 07/21/2011 10:53:12 AM PDT by PDGearhead (Obama's lack of citizenship)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

http://www.kmov.com/news/off-beat/Lemonade-stand-shut-down-by-police-125937868.html

Lemonade stand shut down by police

Appleton,WI


28 posted on 07/21/2011 10:54:12 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
You just gotta kick a little of the profits up to the po-po.

Five-Oh just wants a taste to whet its whistle.

29 posted on 07/21/2011 10:56:37 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

“I don’t understand why someone would want to do that to two kids and their grandma.”

Honey, all leftist thought is of and from Satan. Some people explain it as a mental disorder, but it’s more in the way of a spiritual disorder.


30 posted on 07/21/2011 10:57:16 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: momtothree

The things we are coming to these days! Oy oy oy.


31 posted on 07/21/2011 10:59:46 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: MrB

I predicted last year this would be next under Obama next will be police shutting down the girl scouts and brownies selling cookies.If they would just ban the people that knock on your door to say they know when Jesus is coming and to wear tennis shoes I could be happy. Oh and the kids that sell donuts in front of the Piggly Wiggly they are a pain.


32 posted on 07/21/2011 11:00:37 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Some yuppie liberal driving her Obama smart car simultaneously looking for violations like kids climbing trees in her HOA ran neighborhood.
33 posted on 07/21/2011 11:04:35 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Don’t mess with Texas was nothing more than an anti-littering campaign slogan from the late 80’s, early 90’s. It was the out of staters that thought that saying was some grand declaration of state pride. Nowadays, between the carpetbaggers, illegals, and kaliformunists, Texas has been homogenized to the point of unrecognizability from when I grew up. We are just another stupid state with delusions of grandure.


34 posted on 07/21/2011 11:04:48 AM PDT by Necrovore
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To: OB1kNOb

Ditto. I can’t wait for all the commiecrats to crawl back to hell with Obama.


35 posted on 07/21/2011 11:06:13 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

I don’t see one thing wrong with a kid having a lemonade stand. For one thing, it shows them the true nature of capitalism. Have a product that people want and they get cash. They can also learn about expenses of the product vs. the “salary”. That is, the lemonade, cups etc... have to be purchased. I will admit that I am not a lemonade lover but have given kids quarters for “their business enthusiasm”. I plan on doing that more for kids “who are rogue” when it comes to having “illegal” lemonade stands. Sheesh!


36 posted on 07/21/2011 11:07:57 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Necrovore

Can you pull over and pick the state flower on I20 or is it still a crime?


37 posted on 07/21/2011 11:08:04 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Necrovore

Wow...that’s really sad to hear. Because I was always counting on Texas.


38 posted on 07/21/2011 11:09:01 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: momtothree

DISCLAIMER: it turns out that this article is kids selling at a public pool. But the rest were in their front yards and I think some of those states apologized.


39 posted on 07/21/2011 11:11:59 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: momtothree

I totally agree!


40 posted on 07/21/2011 11:12:14 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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