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10-Year-Old Girl Busted For Lacking Lemonade Stand Permit

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« on: August 17, 2009, 03:29:46 pm »

RIVERSIDE PARK, N.Y. (WPIX) - A 10-year-old girl in Riverside Park was slapped with a fine for setting up a lemonade stand without a permit Saturday.

Opening a lemonade stand has been Clementine Lee's dream since last year. She decided to take advantage of the day's nice weather to finally set up shop with her 49-year-old father, Richard.

"It was such a hot day I figured people would want a cold drink," Lee told the New York Post.

The stand was set up on West 73rd Street and Riverside Drive, and for the first 20 minutes, business was booming--they two sold 10 glasses of lemonade for 50 cents each, along with the dozen chocolate chip cookies they baked.

However, a damper was put on Lee's success when they were approached by agents demanding to see her permit at around 3 p.m. Recalled Richard, "They approached us nonchalantly but then surrounded us. They were very hostile…saying 'Where's your permit?"

Several onlookers came to the pair's defense, arguing that the Lees had every right to exercise their civil rights. However, their efforts were futile as the father and daughter packed up their things and went home.

"Don't these agents have anything better to do?" said Richard. "There are better ways to raise money for the Parks Department then busting 10-year-olds."

A shaken Clementine assented, saying, "I think they should let people sell lemonade out here. We weren't hurting anyone."

The Post contacted the department after the incident. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said the ticket will be revoked. Benepe said the agent used "poor judgment" in fining Lee and her father. The agent will be re-trained on rules and regulations and will be reassigned.

 Angry seriously!  Didn't this "agent" have anything else better to do??  This makes me upset.
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 03:42:31 pm »

This has happened before. The government is so greedy, I believe it happens all of the time.
They should be ashamed.
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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 07:57:51 pm »

 RRM  thats wrong . let the kids alone
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 11:17:52 pm »

For cripes sake that is crazy!Maybe the guy should of thought back what being a kid is like.
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2012, 01:27:03 pm »

I can understand this in its basic sense, the idea of starting up a business (any business) without a permit is justifiable reason for them to tell the kid to pack up and go home but logic went out the window when they tried to throw a fine on top of it. Think about it like this, if they make an acception for her lemonade stand, another guy with less then legitimate reasons for wanting to set up a lil stand to sell his wares uses her as the reason why he should be allowed sell his crap as well. However, a simple "im sorry selling lemonade is a business and requires a permit to do so here, we simply cannot make any acceptions, please pack up and go home" would have been acceptable to any reasonable person (aid parent helping 10 year old girl) would understand and go home. So i say they where right in having them stop but totally idiotic in the idea of fining a 10 year old girl for this.
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2012, 12:45:07 am »

Hmm.. that kind of makes sense.. however, I think a "business" should be looked upon further. For one, the child was, well, just that, a child.. she doesn't even have her driver's license yet. She's not old enough to vote or pay taxes. If anything, this "business" is more like a learning tool for the young to understand what it takes to actually make money. How to sell a product that people want, how to make it, how much it takes to make vs profit.. etc.. in a way, she was gaining the respect for "responsible money" making. And at the very heart of it all, I'm sure she just wanted to run a lemonade stand. Any child who has ambitions of artisary starts with a lemonade stand.
As for the next guy using her as an excuse to do his thing, he should know better!
And as for the "agent".. omg.. get some compassion.. in the world we live in now, it's nice to know that there are still children out there who are willing to do something other than plop their butts in front of a TV for the entire summer. He should have bought a damn glass!
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2012, 02:01:51 am »

a lemonade stand permit? for a 10 year old... cuz ya know 10 year olds totally can get pemits for anything they so desire...
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