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War on Kids: Neighbor Begs Government to Shut Child’s Lemonade Stand
The Daily Signal ^ | September 2, 2014 | Jordan Richardson

Posted on 09/06/2014 12:57:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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1 posted on 09/06/2014 12:57:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; Alia; altura; ...

Another take. Government done the right way.

Annoying Busybody Nanny State PING!


2 posted on 09/06/2014 12:57:55 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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Should zoning be illegal?


3 posted on 09/06/2014 1:01:40 PM PDT by agrarianlady
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Doug Wilkey, a 61 year-old resident of this Florida neighborhood

If I had to guess, this guy is a state or Federal government employee in some useless alphabet agency, or local college professor. I don't know, its just a guess.

4 posted on 09/06/2014 1:06:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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“Wilkey asserts that T.J.’s lemonade stand is an ‘illegal business’ that causes excessive traffic and noise that could reduce his property values.” No, I think Mr. Wilkey is taking care of that all by himself - at least when it comes to the houses on his left and on his right.


5 posted on 09/06/2014 1:15:16 PM PDT by Lake Living
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>>>>>“I had one when I was a little kid. We all did,” said Vincent Titara, who lives nearby T.J.’s lemonade stand.<<<<<

I doubt Odumbo was able to operate lemonade stand.

6 posted on 09/06/2014 1:19:51 PM PDT by DTA
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Should zoning be illegal?

What a lovely strawman you have there. Please show us in the article where the child was violating zoning laws.

7 posted on 09/06/2014 1:26:51 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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This guy is old enough to have lived through the free and prosperous years in America. He should be proud of this young American for being an enterprising youngster who’s willing to work - AND NOT TO BE A SLAVE TO ANY GOVERNMENT OR CORPORATE PAYCHECK!!!

Ship this idiot to No. Korea.


8 posted on 09/06/2014 1:29:52 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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He simply sounds like a crabby old guy - the kind who used to yell “Get off the lawn!” at kids like me. Personally, I don’t understand how one can sell lemonade that people genuinely want to buy. In my day, people bought it to humor us dopey kids.


9 posted on 09/06/2014 1:43:30 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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Liberals want the kid to steal the lemonade from a store instead of create his own. He’ll be a loyal Democrat if he starts stealing.


10 posted on 09/06/2014 1:55:37 PM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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Dunedin planning and development director Greg Rice summed up the city’s response as simply applying common sense: “We’re not in the business of trying to regulate kids like that; nor do we want to do any code enforcement like that,” he said. “We are not out there trying to put lemonade stands out of business.”

And this, boys and girls, is why it is important to be involved in your local government, know who you are voting for, where they stand on issues and run yourself.

At the local level is where things get started. The next city over when faced with the same issue can give the same response. This is what is known as building consensuses.

11 posted on 09/06/2014 2:04:40 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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Why doesn’t he just buy them out and shut it down himself. That’s what companies do to stop other companies. Surely he could afford a hundred or two, and the kid goes away happy with the proceeds.


12 posted on 09/06/2014 2:45:19 PM PDT by roadcat
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I DON’T BELIEVE IT! COMMON SENSE IN GOVERNMENT? RATIONAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES?

If they are not careful a rational government of the people, for the people and by the people might emerge.


13 posted on 09/06/2014 2:46:37 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (I)
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I would guess he is a retiree.


14 posted on 09/06/2014 2:55:49 PM PDT by expat2
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He sounds like my neighbor from whatever northern liberal utopia that probably kicked him out. He’s been in the south for years and apparently hates it. Why he won’t go back or to some enclave in another area is beyond me.

This guy bullied the neighbor next door to him who was a widow who just wanted to work in her garden and be left alone into an over priced survey over 3 inches of ground.


15 posted on 09/06/2014 2:58:18 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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The neighbor is a busybody. In two or three years, TJ will have moved on to something else. His property values won’t be hurt.


16 posted on 09/06/2014 3:06:20 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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"In a strange bit of irony, the Tampa Bay Times discovered that Wilkey himself is running an unlicensed business operation from his home,

Love it!

17 posted on 09/06/2014 3:18:53 PM PDT by celmak
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This guy is old enough to have lived through the free and prosperous years in America.

So are the vast majority of the other people who brought us to our current pass. Say what you want about "stupid young people," but they didn't pass the laws, they aren't the regulatory employees, they aren't the judges. Those are all people old enough to know exactly what they're doing and the harm they're causing.

18 posted on 09/06/2014 3:20:14 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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Looks like Douglas D Wilkey is running is financial advisory company——Bayport Financial Service——out of his residence at 1550 Patricia Avenue.


19 posted on 09/06/2014 3:23:02 PM PDT by Rockpile
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What a lovely strawman you have there. Please show us in the article where the child was violating zoning laws.

If your neighbor opened up a permanent hot dog stand or a snow-cone business next door in his front yard - you wouldn't have a problem?

I totally get the occasional lemonade stand - but I'm not going to get my outrage going by this story. Sorry to disappoint.

20 posted on 09/06/2014 3:28:24 PM PDT by agrarianlady
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