Eleven Year-Olds Veggie Stand Shut Down
Since nothing hilarious or interesting is happening in Philadelphia right now, let’s take a little trip over to California to see wassup’.
The Mayor of California has shut down an eleven year-olds vegetable stand. Hah. Hah. Hah. Seriously? The child’s veggie stand was shut down because of lack of permits! What’s the difference between a lemonade stand and a veggie stand?
Call it a rite of passage: children by the roadside peddling their homemade goodies to adults who are more than eager to drop a few cents into a makeshift cashbox.
But Katie and Sabrina Lewis’ veggie stand, in the town of Clayton, Calif., where they sold homegrown watermelons for $1, has been shuttered by town officials who told the girls’ parents that their daughters’ venture violated local zoning ordinances.
“I think that they’re wrong,” dad Mike Lewis said of the town officials. “Kids should be able to be kids.”
Shouldn’t people be able to sell the food that they produce on their land? I don’t see any problem with a roadside veggie stand. Hell, I’d love to have one in my neighborhood. Their veggies would probably be better than the one’s I can find at my local grocery store.
Plus, who the hell called the mayor to complain about a vegetable stand? Come on…
But Clayton Mayor Gregory Manning said he first heard of the girls’ operation this past April, after two residents called to ask if it was legal. Two months later, a police officer was sent to the stand to tell the Lewises that the girls were violating zoning regulations that prohibit commercial activities in a residential area.
The stand also violates health regulations, he said, which state that food can’t be sold without a permit.
Geeze. If you feel like giving the City of Clayton gov. office a call, than do so at 1-(925)-673-7300.
[ABC News - Mayor Shutters Children's Produce Stand For Lack of Permits]
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