Running Gag: Another Lemonade Stand Shut Down By Authorities
- Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:37pm by
Becket Adams
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In another example of the increasing trend towards a nanny state, local authorities in Coralville, IA have shut down a 4-year-old girl’s lemonade stand because she does not have the proper operating permit.
According to the city ordinance, the 4-year-old must apply for a permit and get a health inspection.
A health inspection for a lemonade stand?
The AP reports, “An officer told Abigail Krutsinger‘s father Friday that she couldn’t run the stand as RAGBRAI bicyclers poured into Coralville. RAGBRAI is The Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, which ended Saturday.”
Little Krutsinger was clever in setting up a lemonade stand for an event that would naturally drive up the demand for her product. A bike race requires constant hydration and she decided to fulfill a need in the marketplace.
But rather than reward her individualism and entrepreneurial drive, local authorities are applying to a 4-year-old girl the same standards they apply to people her parent’s age.
Abigail’s father, Dustin Krutsinger, said the ordinance and its enforcers are going too far if they force a 4-year-old to abandon her lemonade stand.
One can only hope that Abigail has hired a good accountant for when local authorities demand that she file her personal property returns.
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Comments (220)
lonewolf57
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:14pmThese same people will be regulating their own soon….fleas!As any pest eventually go’s away,so doe’s the tyranny of it all.With pest control.VOTE 2012
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:14pmGovernment Gone WILD! Watch the crazy antics of Progressives enforcing ridiculous laws on the people while ignoring the laws for themselves! It’s K-K-KRAZY! Buy the video today! We have THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of K-K-KRAZY examples — of — Government Gone WILD!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:34pm.
Report Post »Little girl should have turned the hose on ‘em………………
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:51amYou know, back when we were a free nation, we’d take punks who threatened and harangued 4 year old girls out to the back of the barn.
Just sayin’.
Are we no longer men now?
Report Post »gawgacop
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:33amI agree completely, I am a supervisor with a large metro p.d. If any of my guys called me regarding a similiar situation, I’d tell them to support her efforts and buy a glass of lemonade !!!
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:24am@gawgacop
Report Post »AMEN!!!
The real problem with this though is that if someone with that few brain cells is controlling a situation like this, it had to have taken a lot of people with even less brain cells to put him there. Just like all the brain cell deficient people that voted in obama, pelosi, reid and all the others including boehner and the others on that side of the aisle.
OhSuzieQ
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:16amWith all the WILD Geese in our beautiful lakes, now that’s the REAL health problem!!!
Report Post »billybe123
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:40amOMG!! Common Sense! There just kids!! People have the Common sense to know where the Lemonade is coming from. If they want to drink it, its there choice. Hey, I bet it was made my MOM standing behind the bushes keeping and eye on her kids!!! Ya figure!!! God, so sick of these dumb foolish things cops and government are doing these days. Bring back the 40‘s and 50’s!!!!!!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:38amThe laws like this are being used to divide us we can’t have neighbors stopping by having lemonade and interacting with each other in public. That could be a foot hold that slowly unites a neighborhood.
Report Post »I say everyone in the neighborhood open lemonade stands on the same day and when officers come offer to sell them a cup. If they try to ticket or close down any of the stand unite and drive them from the nieghborhood. It a sad state when the people who are suppose to serve and protect the public have been turned into mindless agents of the state. Enforcing laws that are clearly unconstitutional.
NightWriter
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:49pm@SpankaDonkey – Oh! No! No hose… I was very nearly arrested for turning the hose on an abusive neighbor… on my own lawn! For Assault!
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:12pmPeople People People, what we need to do is get rid of these local politicians. We need to VOTE all these losers out of office!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:19pmRight Randy; Politicians who have cops chasing lemonade stand moguls rather than speeders should be retired. Then they can open their own stands (after getting proper permits).
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:11pmHonestly, I can’t stop laughing at your post. The vision is there- I can see it now.
Report Post »jharper
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:11pmahhhhh. The death of common sense. Brought to you by the US Government.
Report Post »SAYNOTOSOCIALISM
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:10pmOn another note, my guess is if the lemonade “vendor” was an illegal alien, this would be a non issue…
Report Post »SgtBarrett
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:25amRight on!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:06pmWhen do the guns come out?
Report Post »Rumrunner3
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:14pmNeeds to be sooner then later
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:51pmamen to that…..
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:04pmobama wants her on welfare,so she votes the right way.wink wink
Report Post »El Pistoffo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:30amOh so true. And the rest of the population too.
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:32pmThat’s his idea of “ winning the future ”
Report Post »SAYNOTOSOCIALISM
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:04pmThis is nothing more than another attempt to squash capitalism… a 4yr old just learned that she’s not allowed to do a damn thing unless the government approves and can take a cut…. WTF???
Report Post »REALLY?
This is not the country I grew up in…..
JeannieNC
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:35pmAmen!
Report Post »TXMamaGrizzley
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:06amDouble Amen!
Report Post »totallyfedup2
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:44amSo, the government is worried about collecting “revenue enhancements” from 4 year olds running a lemonade stand while allowing multi-billion conglomerates to pay NONE. I have an idea – lets start taxing GE the way were suposed to, that way we can leave the lemonade stand CEO’s alone YOU BULLIES!
Report Post »Oncapecod
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:03pmI know I feel safer.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:16pmMan- I know I’ll sleep better tonight knowing that 4-year-old and her lemonade is off the streets. Imagine had they not caught up with her how devastating it would be for the rest of us. Forced to pay a quarter for 3 ounces of lemonade. Oh the humanity!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:25pmHeaven knows what she put in that lemonade….lemons possibly? Or sugar?
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:01pmIt’s that H20 that we have been trying to ban.
Report Post »El Pistoffo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:33amGotta pay that sugary food tax.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:03pmif she applies for a permit will she have to hire union workers?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:04pmas long as no request for a green card is maid.
>That’s lemon-ade, –not limon verde.
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:45pm@spirited
maid? I certainly hope you meant MADE… Geeze – where did you go to school? Oh, never mind – you went to school here it the good old USA – you’re a product of the LIBERAL LEFT education system.
Crap – don’t they teach ENGLISH in schools any more?
Report Post »TXWildfire
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:57am@ Midwest-
Why are you being so critical of Spirited? I spotted an error in your grammer as well… “Oh, never mind – you went to school here it the good old USA…” I just thought I should point that out. It’s kinda funny. Errors in writing are not as important as errors in thought. If you get your point across then who cares how it got there.
I’m not perfect either. You can probably find some errors in this post as well. I’m fine with that.
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:03pmHad she been taxed on the lemonade there would have been no objections from the liberals who want to tax everyone and everything.
Report Post »palerider54
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:47pmThat’s why she needs to get a permit.
Permit is lib talk for “register for taxes” list.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:03pmWeelll! When 4-year olds can’t maintain their employment THAT is sad.
Let me see if I got this right.
The government is doing everything it can to shut down EVERY employment opportunity for EVERY one out there. Driving down the opportunity for people to provide for their family.
Report Post »And- the government is also regulating the farming industry to the point that no one can even grow their own food to provide for their family.
Exactly what is it that they hope to gain? EVERYONE dependent on the government for even the smallest morsel of food!
getalong
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:45amIn the meantime, Michelle Obama’s ugly mug is showing up more and more on the kiddie shows demonstrating food portions. Couldn‘t stop laughing as the big cow judged the three children’s portions they had put on their plate. Disney channel – another channel the progressives have totally taken over. If you watch some of these young kid’s shows almost inevitably you will find that the parents are made out to be stupid, the old folks worthless, and the teachers neurotic idiots – who is left……ahhhh the government. What should happen is a mass exodus of our children from public schools – more private schools that are run like a business with measurable results. Let’s put back the flags in our classrooms, and let’s start our kids off each day saying the pledge of allegience.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:29amThat has been a concerted effort for decades now. Ever since cable TV became prevelant channels that cater to kids have been programming the kids to believe that their parents are morons and their grandparents are senile.
It’s a concious effort because their parents and grandparents are most likely not socialists or communists. It‘s an intentional effort to counteract what parents are attempting to teach their children because what most conservative people would teach their children doesn’t fit with the socialist agenda.
Report Post »Minpin1985
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:01pmThat is so wrong and stupid. Government officials and law enforcers like that just need to GROW UP!
Report Post »the58thstate
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:59pmits obvious the socialist dont want to defend this because it cant be defended.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:59pmwhat it was a free lemonade stand that excepted tips? I don’t they could do a dang thing.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:02pmOr better yet except, donations for the conservative party?
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:53pmMaybe the word Lemon hits a nerve with the Obama administration..lol
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:01pmOur socialist/Marxist government has made it very clear that personal profit is verboten unless they get their half of YOUR work!
Report Post »Smith29-2
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:51pmWhat a crock. All we are teaching kids now is to stop working and go on freebie assistance. What these kids need to do is sell the cups with free lemonade.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:49pmMaybe if she was selling Progressive lemonade or Liberal lemoade or Socialist lemonade they would have left her alone.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:06pmI think it would have to be free lemonade given to the less fortunate, and then there wouldn’t be a problem.
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:14pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »Progressive, Liberal and Socialist lemonade is called, “Kool-aid”!
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BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:23pm@Warrior
Very clever and very true- kudos
Report Post »Son_of_Liberty
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:45pm“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement.” Thomas Jefferson
Nothing “wise” or “frugal” about the Obama fascist regime. Ron Paul 2012, Americas only hope for restoring liberty and sanity!
3%
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:00pmYay Fascist!
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:38pmEXREPUBLISHEEP
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:00pm
Yay Fascist!
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Yay a Sheeple!
Report Post »the58thstate
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:44pmok socialist defend this one.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:44pmWelcome to the “land of the free & the home of the brave”, but we’ll chase you down for taxes, regulations, fines, & fees from bith to your grave!
Report Post »This is wrong on so many levels…no wonder folks are complaining for younger people not having a “work ethic”, we’re driving it out of them!
Attention2Detail
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:43pmOver-regulation gets even worse when you have idiots enforcing them.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:43pmHow much more abuse are we going to take?
Report Post »BrokenHearted
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:59pmI have reached my limit, I am so sick and tired of hearing about crap like this. I have a yard sale almost every weekend, have to just to make ends meet. The first time they(they being the local, state or federal government) tell me I can not sale my stuff in my own front yard is the day you will read about me in TheBlaze. I am in no way telling anyone to disobey the law, but stand up for your rights do live and prosper. Remember that is what this country was really founded over, freedom.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:41pmBig dumb jerks.
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