lemon tree

very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

so I hear that SB city Councilman Frank Hotchkiss is targeting street vendors and bullying little girls and boys who sell lemonade by the side of the road..you've seen them, I've seen them..the lemonade stands..occasionally I'll stop and buy a cup when I'm on the bike, but I think Frank is right...I get fed up seeing little kids try to squeeze money out of people without the proper permits....first Frank calls on the ABR members to resign for not liking Chicken McBigots, now he's going after children...good job councilman Hotchkiss! and it looks like Frank's ethos is spreading throughout the land..

Justin Peterson, 12, Fined For Fundraising Efforts

Thu Aug 09 18:42:50 PDT 2012

Chewelah boy fined for Honor Flight fundraiser

A Chewelah student who has raised more than $25,000 dollars for World War II Veterans is facing a hefty fine for his good deeds. view full article

If it's true that no good deed goes unpunished, then a Washington state 12-year-old who has raised more than $25,000 to help aging World War II veterans may just be the poster boy for that cliche.

Justin Peterson was holding his usual fundraiser for the Honor Flight Program, which flies vets to Washington, D.C., to see the National World War II Memorial , when a local health inspector came up to his hamburger stand in a Chewelah park. Despite the boy's worthy cause, the inspector fined him $170 for not having the proper food permit.

“She charged us for it and I was kind of sad," Peterson told local TV station KREM. "I was just trying to raise money for vets.”

Dave Windom, administrator for the health district, defended the inspector, who he said was only following policy.

“You don’t want someone in the field making judgment calls on what they consider a worthy cause and cutting people slack. It opens the door for accusations of favoritism," he said.

Still, faced with an embarrassing situation, the health district board members agreed that while they couldn't waive the fine they would use their own money to pay it off.

As for Peterson, who has helped send more than three dozen veterans to the nation's capital by selling hamburgers, holding nacho dinners and selling Honor Band wristbands (available for $5 by emailing JP4vets@yahoo.com), he called the whole thing "kind of cool."

don't worry kid, there's always a Frank hiding in the shadows...just run up and spit in his eye!