Gregg Abbott, the only
recent Texas governor to not (yet) run for President, has signed a law allowing
unlicensed kids to operate lemonade stands without first securing a license.
This spectacular issue has been moldering around Austin for about four
years. Things move slow in the low i.q. states.
It all started when cops
in Overton TX, Pop. 2500, made two sisters shut down their stand. They were
trying to raise money to take their dad to a theme park for Fathers’ Day.
Andria and Zoey Green did not have a peddler license. Soon, they won’t need one.
But this being Texas,
the girls aren’t home free yet. Here’s the catch: the law doesn’t take
effect until September first. September?
Well, in Overton, it’s still pretty warm in September. 90-ish, most days. But by that time,
the consumer demand for Lemonade probably has been satisfied for the summer.
Chances are, police
won’t enforce the old law now that the Governor has signed the new one.
But -- again -- it’s Texas. So you
never can tell.
Here’s a workaround.
Adults and older kids can hire front-children. Little Betsy and her
younger brother Billybob can be used as stand-ins while the real owners are a
couple of almost-teens from around the block or --Texas -- the next ranch over.
This works in big city
construction jobs where minority-owned companies sometimes get a nudge in the
contract selection, so white guys hire black front men and women to sit at
desks, collect good salaries and have zero input on operations. No one
gets fooled except the people who believe that the CEO who is African American
named the company Copenhagen Associates after his great grandfather from
Denmark.
Meantime, here’s to you,
Governor Abbott (R-Wichita Falls). Just don’t get caught buying a cup of
juice from a couple of fake kids before September.
--SHRAPNEL:
--You have to love
politicians. All of a sudden, the Justice Department caves on sending the
Mueller report to congress. And that has nothing -- Ab-so-lootly nothing
to do with the congressional decision not to charge the Attorney General with
contempt.
--Thanks to fellow Long
Islander Sean Hannity for highlighting all of those health problems Biden
supposedly has… very much like the health problems Hillary Clinton didn’t have.
Oh, and Sean, babes, if you have access to Biden’s medical records, you ought
to share them unless somewhere there’s an alternative universe in which there’s
Patient Rabble-rouser confidentiality.
--Stopped clock Dept:
trump is right, the “merger” of United Tech and Raytheon is wrong because it
could lead to increased prices for the military. It doesn’t matter what
he thinks. But it does matter
when the hedge fund that’s heavy into United says the same thing and may have
the power to top the deal.
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Comments to wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2019
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