MIDWAY, Ga. – Police in Georgia have shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls trying to save up for a trip to a water park, saying they didn't have a business license or the required permits.

Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar says police also didn't know how the lemonade was made, who made it or what was in it.

The girls had been operating for one day when Morningstar and another officer cruised by.

The girls needed a business license, peddler's permit and food permit to operate, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day or $180 per year.

One girl, 14-year-old Casity Dixon, says the three had to listen to police and shut down.

The girls are now doing chores and yard work to make money.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/15/georgia-police-close-girls-lemonade-stand/#ixzz1SDpYnqtI

I think most places have permit laws when selling things outdoors, just like most places have laws against prostitution

how often police actually ENFORCE such laws is up to their discretion though,,,lol

Remonds me of an old lecture. There's the letter of the law and the spirit of the law.

i just wish these cops could have caught bill gates when he was starting out.

this explains why i could never be a local cop.

under the 10 commandments law this would never happen.