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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.
Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate | OregonLive.comAfter 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.
Technically, any lemonade stand -- even one on your front lawn -- must be licensed under state law, said Eric Pippert, the food-borne illness prevention program manager for the state's public health division. But county inspectors are unlikely to go after kids selling lemonade on their front lawn unless, he conceded, their front lawn happens to be on Alberta Street during Last Thursday.
"When you go to a public event and set up shop, you're suddenly engaging in commerce," he said. "The fact that you're small-scale I don't think is relevant."
Kawaguchi, who oversees the two county inspectors involved, said they must be fair and consistent in their monitoring, no matter the age of the person. "Our role is to protect the public," he said.
Dudes' a dick for doing this. Does he not realize that most lemonade stands already waste more money than they spend?
Torsten Kjellstrand / The Oregonian
Seven-year-old Julie Murphy of Oregon City still smiles about her enterprise despite running afoul of county inspectors for an unlicensed lemonade stand at Last Thursday.
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.
....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.
THIS IS LIBERALISM, right here. This is it! Liberal ideology beating up on a 7 year old. Total and utter bull****; a lady with a clipboard!!!!
I blame Obama too
I'm glad they shut down her lemonade stand. After all, most businesses require a license to do business in this country. There are many reasons for this, the biggest of which concerns public safety. So if a kid wants to open up a lemonade stand, or any other kind of business, I think they should be required to get a business license.
How I think it should work is that anyone who is under the age of 16 should be required to apply for a special business license. This business license should be maybe $5. When the kid applies for it, they are given pamphlets that lists their duties and responsibilities as a business owner, including liabilities and work practices that are safe for them and their customers.
This way, getting a business license can be an educational experience for them when they get older. After all, when adults start a business, they not only have to get a business license, there's also other paperwork required, such as applying to be an LLC or a corporation of some kind. Let's teach them, as kids, the responsibilities and requirements involved in doing sol.
So I say let's teach these kids the realities of running a business and what it takes to start one up.
What matter if she gives a few people food poisoning, America can never have too much Koolade.
People get food poisoning every day from licensed and inspected restaurants in every state in every town in the U.S. A $120 piece of paper won't change that - and according to the story --- clipboard lady wasn't taking samples to check for cleanliness or food poisoning, she was checking for the $120 piece of paper... so food poisoning is irrelevant.
I would add that on top of the business license, she should also pay an additional fee to help defray the cost of the woman whose job it is to regulate lemonade stands, and maybe additional union dues to ensure that any employees she hires don't get screwed and have adequate healthcare.How I think it should work is that anyone who is under the age of 16 should be required to apply for a special business license. This business license should be maybe $5. When the kid applies for it, they are given pamphlets that lists their duties and responsibilities as a business owner, including liabilities and work practices that are safe for them and their customers.
I would add that on top of the business license, she should also pay an additional fee to help defray the cost of the woman whose job it is to regulate lemonade stands, and maybe additional union dues to ensure that any employees she hires don't get screwed and have adequate healthcare.
I would add that on top of the business license, she should also pay an additional fee to help defray the cost of the woman whose job it is to regulate lemonade stands, and maybe additional union dues to ensure that any employees she hires don't get screwed and have adequate healthcare.
Would she wash her hands after going potty?Link
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THIS IS LIBERALISM, right here. This is it! Liberal ideology beating up on a 7 year old. Total and utter bull****; a lady with a clipboard!!!!
Of course, who else would you blame?I blame Obama too
That's the part that makes me want to kick him in the nuts.
It's a little girl, selling freaking lemonade you dip****. Go bother some dirty slop house of a restaurant and QUIT PICKIN ON LITTLE KIDS.
THIS IS LIBERALISM, right here. This is it! Liberal ideology beating up on a 7 year old. Total and utter bull****; a lady with a clipboard!!!!
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