Thursday, August 06, 2009

Visalia Officer Closes 8-Year Old Girl's Lemonade Stand For Not Having a Business License.

The last act always seems to be to loot the people. In Visalia, you better not dare have a lemonade stand without paying your fair share to the State. This is ridiculous. Once you see governments cracking down on kids, you know you are not living in a FREE NATION. However, if you are a banker who steals trillions, you are praised and appointed to a high government position.

A lemonade stand to raise funds for a trip to the happiest place on Earth turned sour for a Tulare girl and her family Monday.

With her mother's help, Daniela Earnest, an 8-year-old who attends Tulare Christian School, set up a lemonade stand at Cartmill Avenue and Hillman Street to raise money for a trip to Disneyland.

The problem: The lemonade stand didn't have the proper business license.

"Everybody needs to be in compliance," Tulare code enforcement Officer Richard Garcia said.

I am quite sure that Officer Richard Garcia feels he did the right thing, but did he really? At some point, a person saying "I was just doing my job" does not excuse such nonsensical behavior and it certainly does not excuse this Officer's behavior. Instead of harassing a young girl, why isn't this Code Enforcement Officer citing abandoned home owners, toxic waste dumpers and illegal businesses? It certainly isn't against the law to sell lemonade.

Luckily, local radio host Davey D of KSEQ Q97 gave the family four tickets to "Disneyland" after hearing about the girl's confrontation with Officer Garcia.

Source: Visalia Times-Delta

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