Girl's lemonade stand shut down

[The Northerner]

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Police closed down a lemonade stand in Coralville last week, telling its 4-year-old operator and her dad that she didn't have a permit.

An officer told Abigail Krutsinger's father on Friday that she couldn't run the stand as RAGBRAI bicyclers poured into Coralville.

A city ordinance says food vendors must apply for a permit and get a health inspection.

Abigail's dad, Dustin Krutsinger, said the ordinance and its enforcers are going too far if they force a 4-year-old to abandon her lemonade stand.

Source: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110802/NEWS01/708029866#girl-s-lemonade-stand-shut-down

[digitaln3rd]

1. I'm assuming by "permit"

They really meant "bribe".

[Wednesdays]

5. Exactly...only mega-corporations need apply.

:eyes:

[Systematic Chaos]

2. But don't you realize how many innocent people DIED...

...when kids ran their poisoned terrorist lemonade stands decades ago?

Thank goodness we have these fine, upstanding pigs cops to go after real criminals shut down lemonade stands when our food supply is becoming evermore toxic due to lack of inspection budget for the good of Americans everywhere!

[ZombieHorde]

3. If cops have nothing better to do, then we too many cops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxLLjMA9AA

[Dawson Leery]

10. +1

America's worship of the uniform is only a step above what is seen in third world dictatorships.

[Ter]

4. I hate to say it, but only the far-left and big-business neo-cons would support what happened here

I can't see any regular Obama type liberals supporting this, nor can I any moderate, extreme right Tea Bagger, or libertarian.

[Wednesdays]

7. No, this kind of thing makes beverage corporations happy

Stamp out ALL competition!

[Ter]

8. You're right, add big business neo-cons to that list

I edited it for the correction.

[Taverner]

6. Sounds like the cops want their cut

Helluva way to send that message out, but at least it got noticed

[chalky]

9. Seriously, what is with the sudden "War on Lemonade"?

First at the US Open:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1314846

Then Georgia:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1498302

Then here in Austin:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1544164

And now in freakin' Iowa. Is there some illicit substance in lemons that worries TPTB?

[joeybee12]

11. Stories like this remind me of Reno 911 when Dangle tried to shut down a girl's lemonade

stand because she wouldn't comp his drink...she squeezed lemons in his face and beat him up.

[Nailzberg]

12. Clicked on this wondering if it was a dupe.

Sadly, its not. I think I've seen three or four of these stories this year.

I understand the need to shut down unregulated food vendors in the interest of public safety, but what's the safety risk in a couple kids mixing some Countrytime mix with water? Is there no room for discretion and common sense anymore in our society?