HOpefully when they get older they’ll vote with their feet like I intend to do. Then again I’ll be 50 tomorrow. . . sigh.
This report is from my area. The kids were selling in a public park to save money to open a restaurant. They started with cakes and made $130. Then they bought a wagon and added drinks. Now town law says you must have a 1 million dollar insurance policy and also pay $150 to $350 for two hours. The parks department will make an exception for charity. (IE: Girl scouts or such)
On the one hand if we make exceptions for these kids who else should we exempt? This was not a lemonade stand it was a business. Using a paid for by the public, park. The public decided if you want to open a business in our park you must pay for it. They did not.
As far as we know no one told the kids the rules of selling for profit in the park. The cops did not fine them did not arrest them just told them sorry you must pack up and go.
How is a kid with an entrepreneur spirit to start? If our schools were doing their job for all the money we pay there would be an entrepreneur club that could sell on school grounds or something. But we will never see it in today’s schools. They are too busy teaching political correctness, feel good studies and other never in the real world skills.
Yes, the councilman could have handled it different, but the kids need to follow the rules, too. I like the entreprenurial spirit, but you’ve got no competition because no one else can sell in the park.
This is a very highly affluent neighborhood, why did the parents have to contact the newspaper? Just to get back at the councilman??