From the "Only in America" files and Yahoo! News...
Sudiegirl sez: This rival vendor should feel like crap for raising such a fuss. They're kids, for crying out loud! My snotty comments continue underneath...
Lemonade Stand Dispute Ends in 'Merger'
Wed Aug 3,11:13 PM ET
SALEM, Mass. - A dispute between two boys hawking lemonade and a rival vendor who forced police to shut down their unlicensed stand was resolved Wednesday after the mayor orchestrated what he called "a corporate merger." (Bloodsucker...)
Mayor Stanley Usovicz said sausage stand owner Kevin Kefalas agreed to allow Dominic Serino, 9, and Ryan Decker, 11, to operate as subcontractors under his vending license following an impromptu outdoor meeting initiated by Usovicz. (How much of the take is he getting? If I were a kid, I would have kicked him in the leg, and then told every grownup I knew to stay away from his sausage stand. I would also use tears without shame.)
SALEM, Mass. - A dispute between two boys hawking lemonade and a rival vendor who forced police to shut down their unlicensed stand was resolved Wednesday after the mayor orchestrated what he called "a corporate merger." (Bloodsucker...)
Mayor Stanley Usovicz said sausage stand owner Kevin Kefalas agreed to allow Dominic Serino, 9, and Ryan Decker, 11, to operate as subcontractors under his vending license following an impromptu outdoor meeting initiated by Usovicz. (How much of the take is he getting? If I were a kid, I would have kicked him in the leg, and then told every grownup I knew to stay away from his sausage stand. I would also use tears without shame.)
The agreement expires when school starts. (Let's hope the kids take some business law classes at that point.)
Kefalas' employee, Jarrod Crowley, reported the boys to police Saturday, saying their stand was affecting his business, which also sells lemonade. He said he didn't want the stand closed, just moved farther away. (Uh-huh.)
But without a $2,200 vendor's license, the police were forced to shut it down. (You know, at that point I would have quit the force and started selling Amway.)
Crowley said he's endured his share of icy stares since the incident. (He's lucky people didn't spit.)
Ryan Decker's mother, Angela, said the boys started selling their powder-based brew last summer and made a "killing" - $130. (Jinkies! That is a lot of dough for two kids and a lemonade stand.)
Sudiegirl's final word?
Don't let the man get ya down, kids...you'll show 'em!
Anyone thirsty?
P.S. Thanks to www.cartoonjazz.com for this great cartoon...and appropriate for today's weird news update.
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