Little girls forced by cops to stop selling lemonade without a permit. The Texas girls wanted to buy dad a birthday gift but had no money.

Land of the free home of the brave.

Soon this will not be an issue.

I watched a very up beat news caster announce the soon to be start of a cashless society.

No more Lemon aid stands without a way to swipe your payment card,the same with garage sales and selling anything you own.

All sales will be monitored and recorded.

Stupid cops here the cops would buy all their lemonade

They had it coming

OVERTON, TX (KLTV) - A little summer fun was spoiled by police in Overton, and state health laws. Andria and Zoey Green wanted to raise $105 for a Father's Day present.

"We were trying to raise some money to take our dad to Splash Kingdom,” 8-year-old Andria explains.

Their mother, Sandi Evans says her daughters have an entrepreneurial spirit.

"The girls are always into making their own money,” Evans says.

The girls initially wanted to start a paper route, but decided on a lemonade stand to make money more quickly.

Zoey describes their business plan.

"We had kettle corn and lemonade. The lemonade was for 50 cents and the kettle corn was a dollar, but if you got both it was a dollar.”

They had been open for about an hour and had already made more than $25, when police showed up, initially because they were set up near the curb in a residential street.

“A code enforcement officer and the chief, she called me to the side and said we needed a permit,” Sandi recalls.

The City agreed to waive the $150 fee for a 'Peddler's Permit," but the health department would prove a bigger problem.

Police Chief Clyde Carter explains, “It is a lemonade stand but they also have a permit that they are required to get.”

Texas House Bill 970, or the Texas Baker's Bill, prohibits the sale of food which requires time or temperature control to prevent spoilage. Since lemonade technically must be refrigerated to prevent the growth of bacteria, by law, the girls can not sell it without an inspection and permit.

Sandi does not agree.

"I think that's ridiculous. I think they're 7 and 8 and they're just trying to make money for their own cause," she said.

It is, however, the law, and Overton police say they will enforce it.

“We have to follow by the state health guidelines. They have to have a permit if they're going to do the lemonade stands,” Carter says.

The Green sisters say they will set up their lemonade stand this Saturday from 10:00am until 12:00pm. This time, though, they will be accepting donations.

[link to www.hawaiinewsnow.com]

system is worst than india

hello india

what is it like there?

:martha:

And ya all think you're so free in Texas. The Liberals are taking over your state faster than you can hog tie a calf.

i hear austin is pretty liberal

Austin doesn't count. Most everyone else in Texas (self included) hates that liberal shithole. LOL.

I predict those little girls will run out of lemonade this weekend and be able to take a nice trip with their parents when all the people show up to make a donation.

Yeah lame cops.... they let those hustlers go free???!!! Where's the IRS agents when we need them?

Stupid, mindless robot idiot fucking morons who can't fathom thinking for themselves enforcing "rules".

So much for land of the free & the land of opportunity?

Where did it all go wrong?

The police? For what, doing there jobs and enforcing the law?

If someone had gotten botulism or something from that lemonade you people would be whining "why didn't the police shut them down?"