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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: twyacht on August 07, 2010, 07:05:43 AM
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How fast can this country fall into the abyss?
Geez.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/portland_lemonade_stand_runs_i.html
UPDATE: Multnomah County chairman tells inspectors to stand down and apologizes to Julie and her family.
It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red.
So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go again.
Except this entrepreneur was a 7-year-old named Julie Murphy. Her business was a lemonade stand at the Last Thursday monthly art fair in Northeast Portland. The government regulation she violated? Failing to get a $120 temporary restaurant license.
Turns out that kids' lemonade stands -- those constants of summertime -- are supposed to get a permit in Oregon, particularly at big events that happen to be patrolled regularly by county health inspectors.
"I understand the reason behind what they're doing and it's a neighborhood event, and they're trying to generate revenue," said Jon Kawaguchi, environmental health supervisor for the Multnomah County Health Department. "But we still need to put the public's health first."
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.
Surprised, Fife started to pack up. The people staffing the booths next to them encouraged the two to stay, telling them the inspectors had no right to kick them out of the neighborhood gathering. They also suggested that they give away the lemonade and accept donations instead and one of them made an announcement to the crowd to support the lemonade stand.
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.
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More at link, it seems protests, got the idiot at the Health Dept, to stand down.... But how many gov't dept.'s have to be confronted with protests and expose how flat-out DUMB they are.
Can NO ONE in gov't think outside the box...???? >:(
Shaking my head too early...
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How fast can this country fall into the abyss?
Geez.
Can NO ONE in gov't think outside the box...???? >:(
Shaking my head too early...
Vote Libertarian. We don't even think there IS a box. :D :D
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Idiots.
>:(
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Damn Oregonians!
That happened on the "wrong" side of the state, just so you know.... There's all kinds of kiddie stands over here on the desert side of Oregon :) :) :)
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I'm from the government, I'm here to help you.
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Mindless bureaucrats - the hallmark of a government that has outgrown its purpose.
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I'm from the government, I'm here to help you.
:o That's worse than hearing banjos! :o
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;D UPDATE ;D
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/lemonade_stands_get_reprieve_m.html
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;D UPDATE ;D
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/lemonade_stands_get_reprieve_m.html
I don't understand why officials (and people in general) keep doing stupid things, like the lemonade stand shutdown. Do these idiots actually think no one will find out about most of the stuff they do?
I mean, with the internet and such, stupid crap goes viral almost as soon as it happens.....and, thank goodness in this case, public outcry reversed the decision.
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from article:
Chairman Jeff Cogen also said he has directed county health department workers to use "professional discretion" in doing their jobs.
Gee, what a "freakin" concept.....
Now that 7 year old has been brought to tears, she'll need counseling, therapy, and a lawyer to sue for a million dollars :P