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Meh. Maybe the downtown crowd wants its fresh-squeezed organic goodness, but plenty of neighborhood (kool-aid) lemonade stand entrepreneurs appear to be doing good business this summer in Hollywood, Hawthorne, and in all the neighborhoods the surround Alberta. My kid has probably spent $8 or $9 of his own money on the stuff this year. Sure, he probably just wants to get a break from pushing uphill on a bike ride, but as long as he shares, I'm ok with it.

The bigger question in terms of environmental issues with the Oregon City kid remains: How much CO2 was pumped into the air in order for her to sell her wares on Alberta? None of the stands we've hit this summer appeared to have this added cost to the environment. The kids were in front of their own house on their own street. Perhaps they did get a ride to the store to purchase the kool aid, but they might have walked, biked, or the kool aid may have been one of many household purchases. Any way one looks at it, this Oregon City kid is not environmentally friendly.

Apparently we should boycott her stand.

Then there's the economic issue. How much overhead does the drive from Oregon City add to her business? Can she cover those costs? Does her mother recoup those costs, or is she subsidizing this kid? If the kid is being subsidized, doesn't that go against the whole lemonade-stand-provides-a-lesson-in-independence-etc... reason for this tradition?

All right. I'm going to stop before I push this too far.

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@AlsacePinot

Well, you know... You see it from your perspective as an eco-nazi and I'll see it from my perspective as an asshole. Good points all, never-the-less.

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HOW COME CUTE LIL GIRLS GET A PASS ON HEALTH CODES? THAT MOTHER SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF!!! MAKE THE GIRL AND THE MOM GET FOOD HANDLERS PERMITS AT LEAST!!! AAAAAAH!
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And Graham will see it from his perspective as a crazy person.
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Wait till someone gets e coli because a kid doesnt wash his hands before making the lemonade, and then little kids die at the hands of dirty kid. Where will the outrage be directed?!?!?!!!!!1!11!111
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Patrick for Post of the Week.
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If you want to sell lemonade, just add some acai berries. It seems people will buy any old crap at the moment if it has them in it.
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How much could you charge for a lemonade served in a paper cup made out of paper recyled paper from prior bullshit citations and warnings from the health code people?
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I support the health department, (before they became a bunch of pussies and apologized.)

If she had wanted to sell lemonade at her own house I wouldn't have a problem, (I even buy some once in a while.). But she drove 20 miles to the street fair, and then continued to operate AFTER getting a warning. It is obvious to all of us that the parents did more of the work than the kid did, so this has crossed the line from "little girl selling lemonade" to "parents using child as front for their illegally operated business."

IRS, child labor laws, etc, etc. The health department problems should be the least of their worries.
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Great post, Patrick.
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The comments are typically hilarious at Oregonlive! For another perspective, see what people are saying at Gawker:

http://gawker.com/5606778/little-oregon-le…
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Ya, kids. Squeeze your lemons. Make something good or else I'm not gonna buy your e-coli infected swill.
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Can I borrow a kid so I can sell the "Good Brownies" at the Street Fair next month ?
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Sorry, PAC, but Portland isn't the home of the uber-foodie. Take your desciption, multiply it by a factor of 1000, and what do you get? Berkeley.

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