Cops shut down girls’ lemonade stand for missing permit
Ever wonder where the lemonade your neighbor’s kid is selling comes from? Instead of paying a quarter and bracing for what’s inevitably going to be a too sweet or too weak drink, cops in Georgia instead shut down a stand three girls were running to raise money for a water park trip.
The Associated Press reports police put the kibosh on the stand since the three girls operating it didn’t have a business license or permit, and because, “police also didn’t know how the lemonade was made, who made it or what was in it.”
Those permits cost $50 a day or $180 per year. So the girls are doing chores and yardwork instead.
Feed the Feed: Should police enforce permit laws when it comes to lemonade stands?
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