First of all this is such a joke that 8 and 7 year old girls
had their lemonade stand shut down.
Andria Green, 8, and her sister Zoey, 7, set up the lemonade stand to
raise the $105 they needed for tickets to the Texas waterpark Splash
Kingdom. They were selling lemonade for 50 cents and kettle corn for one
dollar on their street in the town of Overton, but about an hour after
opening, police showed up and told the girls they needed a permit to
sell the lemonade. Police agreed to waive the fee of the permit, which
normally would cost $150. “The officer told them they had to go to city
hall to get a permit,” Overton Police Chief Clyde Carter tells Yahoo
Parenting. “Then the city told them they had to check with the health
department, which they didn’t do.”
I thought Texas was all about getting rid of red tape and layers of bureaucracy. However these girls have entrepreneur written all over them.
Instead of pursuing the permit, the girls will set up a new stand this
Saturday, according to KLTV: Free lemonade, donations welcome.
Maybe get a corporate sponsor and this is the makings of a very smart end-around for regulations and red tape.
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