Ravenwood - 06/19/03 10:25 AM
NBC (as does the Naples Daily News) reports that another crime in progress has been stopped. Cops shut down a little girl's lemonade stand, when an eagle eyed neighbor turned her in for selling without a permit. Thanks to the due diligence of this busy-body neighbor, this hardened criminal was stopped from hawking her lemony goodness on the street.
"We didn't have a permit so she called the cops," said six-year old Abagail, referring to the unnamed neighbor, whose heart is presumably two sizes too small. Not to be dissuaded, the pint sized entrepreneur had her mom go down and get a temporary business permit from the city of Naples (FL). The city was even nice enough to waive the $35 (per day) fee.
(Photo via Naples Daily News)
Apparently, however, this isn't a new phenomena. The Liberation Journal notes that neighborhood ice cream men and street vendors have been shutting kids down for years. Apparently they don't like the idea of a kid selling for a nickel, something for which they usually charge two dollars.
Thank God that they caught while she's still young and can be rehabilitated! Asshats.
Posted by: bogie at June 19, 2003 12:15 PMWait! Stop the presses! I've gotten ahold of the identity of the 'unnamed neighbor.' His name is...
SATAN!
Posted by: Owen Courrèges at June 19, 2003 1:37 PMWhat about the unpermitted drug transactions going on a block down the road?
Posted by: John Mays at June 19, 2003 3:47 PMThe drug deals go unreported, John. I mean, the street vendors SCORE off those buyers with the munchies.
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