What’s the Opposite of “Markets in Everything?”
August 21, 2008 – 9:41 pm by BHFrom ABC news:
Call it a rite of passage: children by the roadside peddling their homemade goodies to adults who are more than eager to drop a few cents into a makeshift cashbox.
But Katie and Sabrina Lewis’ veggie stand, in the town of Clayton, Calif., where they sold homegrown watermelons for $1, has been shuttered by town officials who told the girls’ parents that their daughters’ venture violated local zoning ordinances.
Apparently the stand also violates health ordinances against selling produce in a residential neighborhood (ABA). Only supermarkets are allowed to do that. Barriers to entry are often egregious, but this is ridiculous. Lemonade stands are also banned.
