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To: jlallen who wrote (616482)	6/17/2011 12:24:12 PM
From: Jim McMannis	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578092

Government gets tough on kids...ain't big government great? ----- Kids fined $500 for running lemonade stand outside U.S. Open sports.yahoo.com The first rule of public relations: when you take on little kids in the battle for public sympathy, you will always, always lose. Our scene: Bethesda, Maryland. Just outside the gates of Congressional Country Club, the site of this year's U.S. Open, some kids were selling lemonade to patrons with the intention of donating the profits to children's charities. Wholesome! Precious! Could be anything more American than that? Turns out there is something more American than that: government bureaucracy. Montgomery County inspectors repeatedly warned the children (and their parents) that they were violating a ban on vendors within county limits, and when the tots didn't shut down their operation, the government shut it down for them, slapping their parents with a $500 fine. Here's the local news report: