Texas cops shut down girls' "illegal" lemonade stand
Posted: 12 Jun 2015, 05:45
Texas cops shut down girls' "illegal" lemonade stand
Texas sisters Andria, 8, and Zoey Green, 7, wanted to raise about $100 to take their dad to Splash Kingdom as a Father's Day present, so they set up a traditional neighborhood lemonade stand. According to ABC affiliate KLTV, about an hour later and after a $25 profit, Overton police showed up and shut the lemonade stand down because the Green sisters did not have a "Peddler's Permit", which comes with a $150 fee. (...) And while the city agreed to waive the $150 permit fee for the Green sisters, they found out they also need approval from the health department. A Texas law prohibits the sale of any food items that could spoil without proper temperature control and lemonade is included. In addition to a permit, a health inspection must take place before a permit is granted. The law does not have exceptions based on the age of the vendor.
The girls' mother, Sandi Evans, said, "I think that's ridiculous. I think they're 7 and 8 and they're just trying to make money for their own cause."
