A back up inspector came and the girl cried. Are you denying that? :P
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:331336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
