On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:14 PM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> operating without a permit or a liqueur license? They almost arrested >> a girl with a lemonade stand for no permit.
Uh, no, they didn't almost arrest a girl with a lemonade stand for no permit. At least not if you are talking about the case in Portland. That happened a couple blocks from my house and while I was not at that particular Last Thursday event, I was at the following one where there was a protest and talked with people who were at that event. Portland is having a problem with our food cart culture. We love our food carts and there are a giant number of them. That's great but it also makes it very difficult to police them and make sure they are following sanitation rules and that people aren't going to get sick. The city has been trying to spend more effort checking up on vendors at large street faires and whatnot to make sure that they have their temporary food handling permits and that they are passing inspection. Some people think that are being heavy handed, others think they are achieving a good balance. I think they are a bit on the heavy handed side myself but I don't think they are entirely unreasonable either. At large events like Last Thursday, they have to go around and make sure that all the people operating temporary food/beverage carts have their temporary permits in order and are complying with safety standards. Yes, the girl in question was just operating a lemonade stand. Probably, it wasn't a huge deal. But it wasn't the same thing as having a little lemonade stand on your corner where you might see 20 or 30 people. This was serving to a crowd of thousands. If they aren't following the rules and being suitably safe, they could cause serious problems for a relatively large number of people. In the end, the inspector talked with the kid and her mom. People nearby objected to the actions of the inspector and he talked it over with them. The city followed up with a discussion with the mom and her kid later and there was a public meeting held about how these things should be handled. Everyone was quite civil, no one was "almost arrested" and all the parties involved ended up learning something and handled the situation pretty well. You know, like adults. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
