Sour neighbor pushes shutdown of 12 year old's illegal business (Video)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 08/26/2014 07:15 AM [ Comments ]
Every neighborhood has one; that one individual who sucks the life out of everything fun. This would be the same neighbor that undoubtedly has a collection of baseballs, frisbees and such tucked away after they accidentally fall into his or her yard.
Dunedin, FL., has one such man, so void of joy his sole purpose is to see that a 12 year old's lemonade stand get shut down - going as far as calling and emailing code enforcement to ask that it be shut down as an illegal business and citing health hazards from the potentially spoiled or contaminated juice!
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Doug Wilkey contends that the Palm Harbor Middle School student's year-round operation is an "illegal business" that causes excessive traffic, noise, trash, illegal parking and other problems that reduce his property values.
"Please help me regain my quiet home and neighborhood," Wilkey, 61, wrote.
"We're not in the business of trying to regulate kids like that; nor do we want to do any code enforcement like that," said Dunedin planning and development director Greg Rice. "We are not out there trying to put lemonade stands out of business."
It's unclear how many hours government agencies have dedicated to the rancor.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Doug Wilkey contends that the Palm Harbor Middle School student's year-round operation is an "illegal business" that causes excessive traffic, noise, trash, illegal parking and other problems that reduce his property values.
"Please help me regain my quiet home and neighborhood," Wilkey, 61, wrote.
"We're not in the business of trying to regulate kids like that; nor do we want to do any code enforcement like that," said Dunedin planning and development director Greg Rice. "We are not out there trying to put lemonade stands out of business."
It's unclear how many hours government agencies have dedicated to the rancor.
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