Cupcake-Selling Boys Shut Down by Cops Speak Out

EMMA, what the hell does your comment have to do the kids selling cup cakes?.......You must work for one of those penny auction scammers!

Go rob banks then kids...guess THATS OK

So, I guess if some kids set up a stand selling porno mags, you'd be ok with those cute little guys as well? What the boys were doing is illegal, and they're 13 not 5, it's not sad story. It's not even all that interesting. The parents should have had the good sense to know the boys couldn't do that. And the fact that a stranger called the proper authorities instead of act on his own authority to two children is commendable.

Seriously, I can not believe the comments equating what these kids did with robbing a bank and selling porno. Secondly, the man was not a stranger; he was a counsilman which is different! At the very least, the man should not have told the kids it was great and that he would return to buy something! Thirdly, we want to teach kids about hard work and setting goals. These kids are trying to put that into their life now and are being punished. With that said, we also want them to learn that their are rules in every society about how to do things. Perhaps, the counsilman could redeem himself by heading up an effort to create a kid's permit that it isn't as much so that kids and teens can learn something that is actually applicaple the world they live in. The costs of that permit is rediculous and the insurrance is insane! If the scouts and PTA don't need insurrance than neither should these kids!

That councilman should be strung up , what the hell is the matter with him... They are kids trying to better them selfs , that wern,t out there dealing drugs. I just can,t believe this , what the hell is thus country coming to when a couple of kids can,t try to make a little money .. In the past kids could set up lemenade stands . That councilman should have more important things to do than bust a couple of kids selling cupcakes .. WHAT A JERK!!!!!

@lindsey I'm sure there are some exceptions to what you can sell. Which is probably why they would "need" a permit from the city. Under the table sales happen all the time, but from this article it didn't seem like the boys were trying to do anything "bad".

@lindsey hey, how much did you know about business permits when you were 13? And trying to compare a couple of kids selling cupcakes to raise money for an actual goal to someone selling porn? What planet are you living on? That guy TOTALLY did they wrong thing by calling the cops. He should could have just told the kids that they needed to make sure they went through the proper channels before they came out again. By calling the cops, all he did was prove to everyone that he obviously doesn't have the balls the do the right thing, and let's all hope he doesn't get re-elected to his position. If I were those kids' parents, I'd be encouraging them til the sun goes down for doing something other than sitting in front of a freaking TV, getting fatter by the millisecond, and asking Mom and Dad for money like 99% of kids do these days. Kudos to them, and WAKE UP and stop being so damn hateful to lindsey

This is insane!!! So what let them sell what they want. They had probabably been better sellling drugs, making more money and have the councilman as a client. But really what is next???? Handcuff children who sell koolaide or every brownie or girlscout with their cookies...Next time that councilman runs for re election..find one of his pamphlets in your mail box or on your steprs and report him for mail fraud and throw his ass in jail on a felony charge.

@lindsey - Why haven't you died yet?

I guess the little girls and boys who have lemonade or Kool-Aide stands in their front yards should pay the same fees and insurance requirements as the vendors who set up in hot dog carts on major intersections across America. What happen to supporting our youth to keep them occupied and out of trouble, trying to come up with ideals for them. There has to be a cut off point for kids who are just trying to make a buck to buy a cart or bike or some toy. This is a type of education that we are now depriving our up and coming dreamers to be.

@lindsey "Commendable." Wow, four syllables. Never thought a heartless female could even think of words so long. Oops, sorry, maybe that a stereotype? (thinking that contemptible people are...not completely stupid, but not smart enough to use common sense and/or realize other peoples' feelings)

But seriously, comparing a 5yr old and a 13yr old isn't too damning. Kids at both ages are seriously undeveloped emotionally. How could a 13yr old know it was illegal to sell their own baked goods just to earn a little extra money (isn't it the basic idea for kids to start lemonade stands or sell pet rocks)?

And I don't blame the parents for not stopping them either, how could they know? It's only recently that such ridiculous notions of children needing licenses or permits for little projects such as their cupcake stand, are popping up.

I don't know who killed your inner child, Lindsey, but you should try sympathizing with actual human beings. I'm betting it'll be a lot less lonely for you.

Hey bottom line here is that the councilman was a total ass. All our communities have vendor permit laws but they are enforced with some sensable logic. Even though these laws are on the books people can have yard sales and even sell hot dogs and such, kids can set up lemonaide stands and so forth, go door to door to do odd jobs for people like cutting their lawns or shoveling snow, all which if you go by the letter of the law should not be allowed because in order to do these things the kids should all have to get the proper state and local business licenses in order to set up. Everyone knows full well kids can't do that. My own daughter provides babysitting services for people for which some people pay her pretty darn well for but you can't expect a high school student to get a business permit to do this kind of money earning jobs. Let's get real, this councilman most likely did some of the same things when he was a kid, he's just being a typical Dem prick cause these little kids were earning a little money and didn't bay their $175 for a permit and secure a $1 million insurance policy. :-|

@ lindsey, honestly you should re-read this story prior to posting for proper facts. it was the councilman who called the boys in.

@ everyone else, regardless of how adult you are, these are kids. kids with innocent ideas and naive to the adult world. if you think they should know better, go stay hiding in your bureaucratic hole and shut the hell up. clearly you've never lived in a rural setting, been to a slow southern town or have even experienced the joys of life.

@ said councilman, the paper didn't make you the most-hated man on the internet, you did. it's rather simple. you took an action, you got a reaction. not our fault you're a poor judge of choices. they weren't hurting no one. you just couldn't leave well enough alone.

Graff, Everyone wants a piece of the pie($). I have had a private catering company for the past 23 years. I am [according to the law in my area] I am allowed to cater to Private events/on Private Property/Events not open to the general public and by invitation only with NO special "catering permits". All of a sudden this week I was told after 23 years in business as a Corporation, that I am not allowed to cater without a Restaurant licence. Its is all because our County and Cities are broke and need money...Did you know that you can sell any "Non Potentially Hazardous" baked goods (cupcakes/brownies without a license) Go back out there and don't sell anything, just ask for a donation... See what happens... The worst they can do to you is shut you down again. Have your parents go with you this time.. Stand up for yourself. As my attorney said "When are they going to learn that this is NOT Nazi Germany." You will need to put up a sign for all to read disclosing that these items were made in a NON Licensed Kitchen. Let me know how it goes. You will never get anywhere in life if you keep on excepting the word NO as an answer.

Unfortunately what we're missing here is the fact that, because of millions of lawyers looking for easy pickings, if the boys had sold a cupcake that made someone sick or worse, heads would roll, the boys & their parents would be sued and lose everything, and the same people that say it is OK for the boys to sell cupcakes without a permit & insurance would be saying that they should have never been allowed to sell them. If they want to sell them in front of their homes, & the parents accept financial responsibility, then that is what they can do. The councilman should have told them they needed a permit & to have their parents call the park or local authorities for information. Thankfully, the policeman was courteous and non-belligerent, as the boys stated.

What would be a fitting end is for this board member to lose his seat to one of the boys or their parents. Typically Dem stating that the boys or parents should have contacted him like they knew he was the one that caused the problem. Dems live in their own world and think they can make up rules and laws that people should live under, but ironically they never live under them themselves. Wonder if his kids had done the same thing would he have gotten the permit and insurance? Vote him out of office.

Do kids need a permit to be kids? Wow. Maybe they are so big on permit requirements because mom's inside baking up a storm while the kids are her personal cash cows. Maybe not though. I can see the hurt this will cause for every little kid's dream of lemonade stands too.

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Lindsey, GROW UP. These are kids and they saw a need and found what they thought was a good way to resolve the problem. The adults who only want money smashed their ideas. The fact that you were in favor leads me to believe that you have a real problem. Hope your children never try to do something like this and take the bull by the horn to make a statement and get something that their school needs without raising YOUR taxes. I commend the children and give a good old thumbs down you morons like you who belittle these young men who tried to make a mark and get something done.