LF: New York state shuts down boy's lemonade stand, citing need for permit

Title: New York state shuts down boy's lemonade stand, citing need for permit
Source: The Hill
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief ... lemonade-stand-citing-need-for
Published: Jul 31, 2018
Author: Aris Folley
Post Date: 2018-08-01 07:34:43 by Deckard
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Views: 5049
Comments: 31

The New York State Health Department reportedly shut down a 7-year-old boy’s lemonade stand because his family didn’t have a permit.

Brendan Mulvaney’s makeshift stand was located just outside the Saratoga County Fair in upstate New York, where a group of vendors reportedly made complaints to a state health official doing a routine inspection of the fair about the young competition, according to the New York Post.

The inspector then made a visit to the lemonade stand, where he reportedly ordered the family to shut down the operation.

“We didn’t think that we needed [a permit], we didn’t know that we needed one,” the young boy’s mother, Jodi Mulvaney, told the Post. “It didn’t even cross our minds.”

Local authorities told the outlet it was unusual for the state's health department to be regulating lemonade stands.

The agency issued a public apology to the 7-year-old “for any inconvenience.”

“We are working to better understand the situation but in the meantime want to assure the community that [the health department] does not issue permits for or oversee lemonade stands,” a spokeswoman for the agency, Jill Montag, told the Albany Times Union.

But according to the Post, the agency reversed its stance hours later and said a permit was definitely required for the young boy’s front porch stand.

"We have zero interest in shutting down a boy's lemonade stand or regulating lemonade stands," spokesman Gary Holmes said to the Times Union. "We also don't want to pick a fight with the family. We want to put all the vendors on a level playing field."

Sean Mulvaney, the young boy’s father, fumed to the local publication: “Yesterday, they issue an apology and today I need a permit.”

Holmes added that the permit needed costs $30 and that the agency would expedite any paperwork from the young boy’s family.

State Sen. Jim Tedisco (R) visited Brendan Mulvaney's stand on Sunday and called for the state to stay out of the young boy’s business.

“There’s nothing that says America more than apple pie and kids running lemonade stands,” Tedisco said in a statement to the Times Union. “What has our state government come to?”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) also reached out to the family and said he reached a resolution with the Mulvaneys to ensure the lemonade stand can continue to operate.

"Today I directed the Department of Health to reach a resolution with the Mulvaney family to ensure that Brendan's Lemonade Stand can continue to operate," Cuomo said in a statement. "If a permit is needed, I will personally pay for any necessary fees. We support Brendan's entrepreneurial spirit and wish him the best of luck."

... a group of vendors reportedly made complaints to a state health official doing a routine inspection...

"We also don't want to pick a fight with the family. We want to put all the vendors on a level playing field."

The vendors (snitches) were reportedly selling their lemonade for $7.00 while some kid wants to make a few bucks selling his much cheaper.

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Well, sure, if they're all playing under the same set of rules. Was that the case here?

Competing against vendors who paid for a permit, charged sales tax, were insured against liability, paid workers comp, paid taxes on their earnings, etc.

The kid is playing by his own set of rules and taking money from legitimate vendors who are working to support their families.

Well, let's see. $50 worth of lemonade at 75 cents each is about 67 cups. Had the vendors inside sold 67 cups, they would have made around $470.

Well, it appears that State Sen Jim Tedisco and Gov Cuomo have displayed some common sense, which is an extremely rare commodity in government !!

This was another example of power tripping pea brained bureaucrats lacking common sense!

Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." (Will Rogers)

I'm not happy the State extorts anyone for taxes. But, if they do, the law should apply to everyone equally.

Or do you think we should have different laws for different people based on their sob stories?

They're the ones who passed the fucking laws and now these hypocrites have the balls to flaunt them? Will they pay the permit fees of the other vendors not making headlines?

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No, because that would have cost money for the space, booth construction, insurance, state inspections, and a license. In other words, he would have had to compete on a level playing field.

As it was, he skimmed off the customers before they even entered ther fairgrounds, depriving the legitimate vendors inside of sales. He stole their money.

Uh...NO seven year-old in his wildest dreams sets up that kind of Little Rascals type of signage and commercial operation.

I find the fake "kiddie writing" on the sign insulting. This entire story is theater. But then the MSM loves another "I'M-A-VICTIM!!" story that involved children. And bad ol' cops!

WHY humor yet one more attention ho-ing by narcissistic, self-entitled parent exploiting kids for a lawsuit? And a LIE?

Let's stop contributing to the "I-WUZ-WRONGED!" delusion and war against cops and laws with BS crusades designed to demonize LE and Common Sense.

A spontaneous, REAL kiddie lemonade stand are set up in front of a house that Mommy "helps" to a minimal degree by supplying the table, cups, and the Koo-lade & sugar.

King Cuomo sez, "Screw The Law" -- *I* AM THE LAW!!" I guess this BS PR move will help his re-election bid and reinforce his socialist bonafides. This guy has ZERO scruples and respect for businesses who are squeezed by an over-officious state on regs and the law.

Nothing like undermining legit LE, portraying THEM as the Nazis, and rewarding pure theatrics of typical Dem-socialist operations.

(Hmm...WAS this entire operation a Fix to help Select Law-Enforcer Cuomo look like a savior of the Little People??)

And does this Cuomo move also open the door for OTHER "Mom & Pop" or "Kiddie" operations to prop up all over NY state by selling hot dogs, ice cream, and meatball sammiches ON THEIR FRONT PORCH??

For a state that demands regs up the wazoo, suddenly Cuomo is Santa Claus. (We know it's all just a pre-election PR stunt.)

As it was, he skimmed off the customers before they even entered their fairgrounds, depriving the legitimate vendors inside of sales.

Fair is fair. But in Dem-controlled States and cities, why are socialist-Dem law enforcement so unevenly enforced and prejudicially political??

Exactly. Not set up near the fairgrounds during an event, competing with the vendors inside.

If I were a licensed lemonade vendor I'd be pissed. I'd demand that Cuomo pay for MY license.

Dems are real good at passing laws. That shows people they're "doing something". But enforcing those very same laws? Not so much.

HUD banned smoking in public housing two years ago under Obama. Finally it's being enforced. Meaning, Trump will be blamed.

Have these 7-year-olds set up their stands at every entrance to the fairgrounds selling everything. Then see what Cuomo does. Sooner or later their little socialist utopia breaks down and reality sets in.

I don't recall any kids getting busted for not asking permission from the almighty State.

Cuomo said in a statement. "If a permit is needed, I will personally pay for any necessary fees. We support Brendan's entrepreneurial spirit and wish him the best of luck."

(Hmm...WAS this entire operation a Fix to help Select Law-Enforcer Cuomo look like a savior of the Little People??)

Yeah - the kid should have gone a mile or two away instead of selling lemonade FROM HIS OWN FRONT PORCH.

This ONE kid gets a permit paid for by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), but all the rest of the kids in NY get discriminated against?

This is similar to Trump making deals and giving out pardons for ONE entity, but leaving the problem intact, Big Stupid Government.

A tyrant's half-assed FAKE fix. Impeach and remove both of these fake Americans.

I'm just sayin' that this wasn't some run-of-the-mill lemonade stand run by a 7-year-old. He set it up across the street from the fairgrounds where an event was being held. The vendors inside complained and I don't blame them.

Wonder why the good people at Countrytime Lemonade didn't get a chance to pay the kid's fees?

A tyrant's half-assed FAKE fix. Impeach and remove both of these fake Americans.

Trump's too busy playing kissy face with Goldman-Sachs and doing the bidding of the warmongers.

And it's mere coincidence that he set up his lemonade stand on the very same days as an event at the fairgrounds ACROSS THE STREET.

Well, he tried before setting one up in December, but found out that no one wanted to buy ice cold lemonade when the temperatures were in the 20's.

Not the point. Did he sell lemonade when there wasn't something going on at the fairgrounds?

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