Portland government shuts down 7-yr-old girl's "unlicensed" lemonade stand -- "We need to put the public's health first"

Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate
by Helen Jung, The Oregonian

Oregon Live
Aug. 05, 2010

Seven-year-old Julie Murphy of Oregon City still smiles about her enterprise despite running afoul of county inspectors for an unlicensed lemonade stand at Last Thursday.

It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red.

So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go again.

Except this entrepreneur was a 7-year-old named Julie Murphy. Her business was a lemonade stand at the Last Thursday monthly art fair in Northeast Portland. The government regulation she violated? Failing to get a $120 temporary restaurant license.

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