Cops Raid Lemonade Stand

[Wiglaf]

I love that this happened in TX instead of CA. Guess it wasn't THE LIBERALS?? lol

[mrsleeve]

This logic doesn't work for selling cars in WA state. I'm not saying you shouldn't be right, I'm just saying that the laws don't really follow this logic in WA.

ummm I think you are confusing sales tax when you register it as opposed to Income tax from profits.

I love that this happened in TX instead of CA. Guess it wasn't THE LIBERALS?? lol

Not so fast here lets have a little look at the elected officials from the area.
Mayor, Richard Cortez Officially does not disclose his official position, but did seem keen on making McAllen a sanctuary city.

State Sen Dis. 20 Juan Hinojosa DEM

State sen Dis 27 Eddie Lucio, Jr. DEM

3 of the 4 state house reps are out right DEMS, and the the 4th seems to espouse the same liberal mindset as the rest with out officially being a dem.

Both US house reps for McAllen TX are DEMS

Both US senators for TX are REPUBS though. But there are far more people from other parts of the state that influence this vote

Here is a election result from 2008, you will see that Hidalgo County TX is solidly in the BLUE its like the SoCal of South TX.





Seems like that area might be a wee bit on the liberal side dont you think. With US reps all voting mostly party line with the Dems on every vote????

[Jean]

I hope the cops went and talked to the parents and not to the kids...that would be pretty fucked up for the young kids to deal with that while growing up.

[fsf1o1]

Poor kids mixing drinks at a young age

[mrsleeve]

I hope the cops went and talked to the parents and not to the kids...that would be pretty fucked up for the young kids to deal with that while growing up.

ummm see the incident in GA that started this thread. They messed with the little girls 1st then talked to the parrent

[Wiglaf]

wow.. facts, figures, charts.. I'm impressed but I think you overestimated my seriousness of the statement. It was intended to be a dig at the extreme disrespect most often originating from TX, and most often directed towards CA. And while I can't argue that CA doesn't have alarming issues, I found the location of this story to be ironic.

[ficklerx]

Lemonade update: http://www.ajc.com/news/sweet-deal-f...s-1062395.html

Looks like their misfortune and subsequent media coverage has taken a turn. They will probably sell 100 times more than they originally planned.

[GaryE30]

Lemonade update: http://www.ajc.com/news/sweet-deal-f...s-1062395.html

Looks like their misfortune and subsequent media coverage has taken a turn. They will probably sell 100 times more than they originally planned.

Fuck yeah!

[pandaboo911]

All those charts and figures don't really say much about the police officers, which is what this thread is about /facepalm

[Kershaw]

Lemonade update: http://www.ajc.com/news/sweet-deal-f...s-1062395.html

Looks like their misfortune and subsequent media coverage has taken a turn. They will probably sell 100 times more than they originally planned.

america, fuck yeah!

[mrsleeve]

^
Agreed America FUCK YEAH !!

All those charts and figures don't really say much about the police officers, which is what this thread is about /facepalm

lack of understanding is strong with this one.

When you have that many people elected with a certain mind set to state and federal level, one more than likely can safely assume that the local Govt is also of the same persuasion thanks to the SAME FUCKING PEOPLE VOTING THEM IN. When you have a liberal sheriff (elected), mayor, city counsel, ect... the Police Chief is appointed by said mayor they will appoint someone with similar views. Officers have follow the orders that come down from the top on what to enforce, and how to do it. The lack of discretion and good judgement any more is staggering. This TX incident was more about revenue generation than public safety (gma got a FINE)

[Dozyproductions]

lack of understanding is strong with this one.

When you have that many people elected with a certain mind set to state and federal level, one more than likely can safely assume that the local Govt is also of the same persuasion thanks to the SAME FUCKING PEOPLE VOTING THEM IN. When you have a liberal sheriff (elected), mayor, city counsel, ect... the Police Chief is appointed by said mayor they will appoint someone with similar views. Officers have follow the orders that come down from the top on what to enforce, and how to do it. The lack of discretion and good judgement any more is staggering. This TX incident was more about revenue generation than public safety (gma got a FINE)

The assumptions is strong with this one.

[mrsleeve]

Demographics are demographics??? When every rep to the state and federal level hail from one side of the argument what is one supposed to think??

Your form TX arent ya??? Why not show me where my assumptions are outta line with the demographics of Hidalgo county ??

[Dozyproductions]

Unfortunately or fortunately I'm from California with a European upbringing. That aside, you can't just set up a chart about political demographics and be certain political ideologies were the only reason for a girl's lemonade stand for being shut down. I know jumping exactly to that is very entertaining to do but read that and just think how it sounds. For all we know the cop could of just had a divorce.

I live in San Diego and it always votes republican for the most part yet I still got a cop to let me off when he caught me smoking a joint. If you can find any simple reason to explain that then use that same train of thought for what you're trying to say.

[mrsleeve]

Unfortunately or fortunately I'm from California with a European upbringing. That aside, you can't just set up a chart about political demographics and be certain political ideologies were the only reason for a girl's lemonade stand for being shut down. I know jumping exactly to that is very entertaining to do but read that and just think how it sounds. For all we know the cop could of just had a divorce.

Right I know you cant be 100% certain with an assumption. It was more to poke fun at wiglaf than anything, and counter his assumptions that all of TX is die hard bleed red Republican, and that the area in which this incident occurred predominately goes blue. With out spending hours upon hours digging up all the facts for the local govt, a reasonable assumption/conclusion is drawn form more available sources of information, that people more than likely dont change their political beliefs based on local vs federal level elections.

I live in San Diego and it always votes republican for the most part yet I still got a cop to let me off when he caught me smoking a joint. If you can find any simple reason to explain that then use that same train of thought for what you're trying to say.

Like I said this little deviation from the main topic was more to poke fun at Wiglaf than anything. And for you weed issue, its called discretion, the cop you ran into used it, the cops subject to this thread did not. It has less to do with political affiliation than common sense, and decency.