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Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate(7yr old cute kid)
oregonlive.com ^ | 8-5-10 | Helen Jung

Posted on 08/05/2010 9:35:45 AM PDT by rawhide

Julie had become enamored of the idea of having a stand after watching an episode of cartoon pig Olivia running one, said her mother, Maria Fife. The two live in Oregon City, but Fife knew her daughter would get few customers if she set up her stand at home.

The girl worked on a sign, coloring in the letters and decorating it with a drawing of a person saying "Yummy." She made a list of supplies.

Then, with gallons of bottled water and packets of Kool-Aid, they drove up last Thursday with a friend and her daughter. They loaded a wheelbarrow that Julie steered to the corner of Northeast 26th and Alberta and settled into a space between a painter and a couple who sold handmade bags and kids' clothing.

Even before her daughter had finished making the first batch of lemonade, a man walked up to buy a 50-cent cup.

"They wanted to support a little 7-year-old to earn a little extra summer loot," she said. "People know what's going on."

Even so, Julie was careful about making the lemonade, cleaning her hands with hand sanitizer, using a scoop for the bagged ice and keeping everything covered when it wasn't in use, Fife said.

After 20 minutes, a "lady with a clipboard" came over and asked for their license. When Fife explained they didn't have one, the woman told them they would need to leave or possibly face a $500 fine.

That's when business really picked up -- and two inspectors came back, Fife said. Julie started crying, while her mother packed up and others confronted the inspectors. "It was a very big scene," Fife said.

(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: lemonade; nannystate
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1 posted on 08/05/2010 9:35:49 AM PDT by rawhide
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Don’t have all that much sympathy since this wasn’t in front of her house, but at a public art fair. Once you set up at a public event, you should expect to have all the proper licensing.


2 posted on 08/05/2010 9:39:29 AM PDT by MediaMole
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“...That’s when business really picked up — and two inspectors came back...”

C’mon, AFSCME needs to at least try to look busy. Oh, and it helps to let the kid learn early who is in charge....


3 posted on 08/05/2010 9:40:06 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: rawhide

this is no longer America.


4 posted on 08/05/2010 9:40:18 AM PDT by And2TheRepublic
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To: rawhide

Ah, the face only a bureaucrat could regulate.


5 posted on 08/05/2010 9:40:52 AM PDT by mojito
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To: rawhide

how can the County regulate free lemonade?


6 posted on 08/05/2010 9:41:28 AM PDT by Revelation 911 (How many 100's of 1000's of our servicemen died so we would never bow to a king?" -freeper pnh102)
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To: MediaMole

BS.

An over-intrusive nanny-state government is commonplace in Oregon ... but that a so-called conservative would lack sympathy for a child being ordered by that government to close a lemonade stand is flabbergasting.

SnakeDoc


7 posted on 08/05/2010 9:41:55 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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To: MediaMole

>>Don’t have all that much sympathy since this wasn’t in front of her house, but at a public art fair. Once you set up at a public event, you should expect to have all the proper licensing.<<

My sentiments exactly. Cute doesn’t cut it in this case.


8 posted on 08/05/2010 9:42:00 AM PDT by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: MediaMole

Don’t confuse them with the facts.


10 posted on 08/05/2010 9:42:08 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: And2TheRepublic

Oregon has not been part of the union for a long time


11 posted on 08/05/2010 9:42:25 AM PDT by edcoil (Truth's commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed.)
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I pray that this event does not stigmatize the entrepreneurial spirit of this little girl. Our public screw-alls aren’t teaching our children anything positive about capitalism, yet this little girl wanted to do what capitalists do: start a business.

The health agents should be ashamed of themselves. Reading this article, I don’t get the impression that they were very nice about it all. Explain it calmly to the parent, explain it calmly and in words she can understand to the little girl, and tell them that they need to pack it up. Lesson learned. Don’t make a damn spectacle of it!


12 posted on 08/05/2010 9:42:51 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rawhide

Cute! But these inspectors are empowered to regulate far too much of our lives.


13 posted on 08/05/2010 9:44:09 AM PDT by lcurto681 (May God have mercy on this country)
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The death of common sense.

It was a great ride while it lasted!

14 posted on 08/05/2010 9:44:48 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: RobRoy

So this was a reasonable application of governmental authority? Good grief.

SnakeDoc


15 posted on 08/05/2010 9:45:28 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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To: rawhide

Very cute kid but she must pay the $120 license, hire a lawyer, accountant, have liability insurance and of course provide health care to all her employees.

/s


16 posted on 08/05/2010 9:45:37 AM PDT by mainsail that ("A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights" - Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: rawhide

I hate to take side with the anarchist, but the inspectors are flat out wrong and need to show JUDGMENT and COMMON SENSE.


17 posted on 08/05/2010 9:45:44 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: edcoil

It is rapidly getting to the point where one has to resist by arms the expanding role of government in this society. That is the principal reason there is such a push for gun control...when the government has all the legal guns, everyone else is a servant to it.


18 posted on 08/05/2010 9:46:46 AM PDT by Mouton
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To: rawhide
THe problem is--the $120 price for a temporary site permit. I agree that certain health standards need to be followed. But at some locations, i.e. county fairs, the issue is not about inspection, but about the money. In some places its $500 for a permit and Mucho dollars for multiple inspections.

Then fairs charge a percentage of the daily take, some as high as 35% and then hold onto your money for months. Its a racket I tell yah..

19 posted on 08/05/2010 9:46:47 AM PDT by abigkahuna (Step on up folks and see the "Strange Thing" only a thin dollar, babies free)
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To: MediaMole

Oh jeez...give us all a break, Mr. Grinch


20 posted on 08/05/2010 9:47:13 AM PDT by Regulator (Watch Out!! The Americans are On the March!! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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