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[Dilbert San Diego]

Not to be too flippant​, but, do teenage kids do tasks such as cutting grass anymore?? Kudos to those who are. What about paper boys? Are they still around? At least in some big cities I am familiar with, the newspapers delivery people are adult men who cover huge territories using trucks and vans to do the deliveries. As opposed to a kid on a bicycle covering just his neighborhood.

[Jim W N]

A city ordinance in Gardendale, Ala.

State and local government and law is squarely in the hands of the people. It is up to the citizens of Gardendale, Ala. to change this ridiculous law and their representatives if necessary.

[GraceG]

Conditioning children to always ask government permission before doing ANYTHING.....

FREE-THINKING is VERBOTEN!

[M Kehoe]

My take is the four largest landscaping companies in the area got together and made a rather large donation to the city council.

Can’t have too much competition you know...

5.56mm

[Pollster1]

I assume that some sleazy lawn service donated cash to a sleazy democrat in office. The goal was to cut kids out of the business and reduce competition. Democrats and corrupt crony capitalists disgust me. A decent businessman would offer a better looking lawn, more precision in edging or whatever, or some other real incentive, instead of calling big government thugs to enforce their monopoly:

“Nice college fund you got kid, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.”

[high info voter]

What a bunch of A-HOLES..... but then the citizens stupidity causes this!...... SAD.

[arthurus]

Some of those conniving evil homeowners and renters are trying to steal money from the lawn service companies by sneakily paying a kid cash to mow the lawn. There needs to be a law requiring every owner to have a contract with a lawn service company for which the city/county/state needs to set minimum fees and large fines to owners who sneak around the law by getting the kid next door to cut the grass..

[Dave911]

Now the lawn and give them the one finger salute if they hassle you.

[Mmmike]

This illustrates the shortcomings of the legal positivism under which we live. The power of the state is turned into nothing more than a proxy for established lawn care services who seek to oppress these “upstarts.”

[LibWhacker]

I guess shoveling snow is out, too? They should hurry up and make that the law, asap, just in case it snows — in Alabama.

[Moonman62]

Children doing the jobs illegal aliens want to do.

[Thumper1960]

Don’t “pay” the kids. Give a free will offering.

[Redbob]

My brother, who has more money than sense, happily pays a “lawn service” $110 a month in Noo Awlins to mow his postage-stamp-size lawn in Uptown. Any enterprising kid could do the work in 10 minutes every two weeks - but there are none such in that area.

[meyer]

They’re protecting some big donors, no doubt. I wonder if this can be challenged. It is undoubtedly unethical.

[meyer]

I wonder how many of the “legit” businesses have illegals working for them....

Might be an opportunity to call ICE. (Hint: If they all speak Spanish, and one speaks broken English, it’s a good chance that they are illegals and don’t belong in the country).

[wyowolf]

Ha!! In the good ole south no less...reddest of red states.

[DuncanWaring]

But licensed lawn maintenance professionals are threatening to alert city officials...

Here we see the root of the problem.

[bk1000]

They bust little kid’s lemonade stands too.

[clee1]

Goobermint wants dat money!