rant about out of control local government

[Sparkles]

Same type of person that was shutting down lemonade stands


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[brokeno]

Total bs. There are bar b que fundraisers all the time.

[yotethumper]

fast forward a few days later, and I get a facebook message from a woman with the city health department.

I bet the city/supervisor would be interested in the fact that she is using her Facebook for business. That's a sure way to get fired at my work.

[kyle1974]

I bet the city/supervisor would be interested in the fact that she is using her Facebook for business. That's a sure way to get fired at my work.

It wasn’t her account. It was a fake looking account with the name “Christi nueces”. There was no official ties with the city with the Facebook account they used to contact me. Weird. I thought it was just a scammer at first.

[Dale Moser]

I think I'd have to call her bluff and make her dumb *** try to shut it down....

[BlackHogDown]

It wouldn't matter if it were free (which it is free). I said we wouldn't charge, and the officer said it was irrelevant. It was an issue of salsa "being available" to the public.

How is it any different than Halloween candy "being available" on your doorstep? Maybe the fact that it's individually wrapped? Not trying to be a smart *** but by that logic, it sounds as if that would be against code as well.

Good luck. That's pretty frustrating.

Where is your friend's business? Just curious... From CC myself and parents are living in the Bluff now. I've been to that Walmart after midnight... I'm not surprised at your friends findings.

[TxBowHntr]

It wasn’t her account. It was a fake looking account with the name “Christi nueces”. There was no official ties with the city with the Facebook account they used to contact me. Weird. I thought it was just a scammer at first.

If there are no ties to the city with the Facebook page who contacted you, then I would operate under the premise that no one from the city has contacted you. This sounds really fishy to me.

[ACbob]

Call Jim Lago's show in the morning. He's on until 9 and all the movers and shakers tune in. Something will get done. He's on KKTX.

[Thumper]

Sounds like its someone with a cart truck trying to keep the competition in check. I'd call the city manager to verify.

[CentexRancher]

If you were contacted through Facebook, then you haven't been officially contacted. What kind of city would use facebook for official business??

[Man]

Seriously who's going to go into a cancer benefit and go table to table and start writing everyone tickets? Who's going to physically enforce this?

[yotethumper]

If you were contacted through Facebook, then you haven't been officially contacted. What kind of city would use facebook for official business??

Exactly.

[Dirtymike]

Put up a sign says private party. This party is only for people that are in the F*** cancer club. Which is also a private club.

[kyle1974]

rant about out of control local government

How is it any different than Halloween candy "being available" on your doorstep? Maybe the fact that it's individually wrapped? Not trying to be a smart *** but by that logic, it sounds as if that would be against code as well.

Good luck. That's pretty frustrating.

Where is your friend's business? Just curious... From CC myself and parents are living in the Bluff now. I've been to that Walmart after midnight... I'm not surprised at your friends findings.

Wind n wave. They get traffic moving back from Timon’s ministries towards the undeveloped brushy areas where the homeless camps are.

[kyle1974]

rant about out of control local government

Here’s the message. In hindsight I shouldn’t have called and thought I was going to clear up an easy misunderstanding by saying we weren’t actually selling anything. That went downhill quick.

I could handle that easily. Her stating that everyone that brought salsa to the event needed a license is where I lost my cool with her.

My wife, who is a saint, called her the next day and also wasn’t able to get a rationale response.

Fortunately, the new lemonade stand law as well as cottage laws that are being expanded should prevent this type of BS.

When the event is over, I’m going to be reaching out in the council meeting. Cities have real issues that need to be addressed. This is just more fleecing of tax payer dollars.


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