City Shuts Down Teen's Hot Dog Vendor Cart!

In Holland, Mich., a 13-year-old entrepreneur thought he would be able to sell hot dogs and financially help his disabled parents with the purchase of a food cart. Unfortunately, city zoning officials have shut down his business, based on an ordinance that prohibits competition to brick-and-mortar restaurants from mobile food vendors. The Mackinac Center's own Anne Schieber investigates.

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[RedTulie1]

It's all about the money. Government is so utterly corrupt at all levels that we truly are nothing but slaves hoping to scratch a few crumbs from the ground.

This is just another appalling example of the people allowing their public SERVANTS to step on their faces and extinguish more of their unalienable rights. WHERE are the people standing up for this young man and his RIGHT to provide for himself and his family?

[hematocritplatelet]

I guess this is why second amendment created? Can I call it Tyranny against your constitutional Rights? By the way Welcome the Club of the 3rd World Country. I hope a best future for all Americans

[tillallareoneluv]

All pieces of shit. He's on private property. Vote them all out.

[kidrock1041]

I hope Obama sees this, a child trying to help his parents with a small business.I know there's rules,but its just the thought of a child trying to help the situation,and faced with let down.

[ghs224]

HUH........ :( how sad

[Sandra Welch]

So, to protect the restaurants who pay higher taxes, this young man can not operate a small hot dog cart in AMERICA! Restaurant owners have restaurants because they wanted restaurants, other wise they would have food carts! Yeap, local law serving the interest of their buddies, and not the population that might like a hot dog.

[dcsumosam]

Exactly, I bet that if enough people were to defend him to an extreme degree, not even the law could shut down this boys dreams. The Government only works as far as the people allows it to.

[PolskoOjczyznoNasza]

One solution: Revolution!

[Ben Dover]

It makes sense because he would only open the door up to other vendors and would probably go out of business himself

[Dia Sweetus]

miscrosoft started in a garage, now i think you were being sarcastic, and yeah this is bullshit. my dad tried to open a fixed shop a few towns away, the gov't broke into it. said they needed to inspect eh "building" it a was a tow behind stand in cart that was on cinderblocks.

[VenusStars0000]

That's fucked up, that's why the government sucks.

[pistonpete12]

Fuck any government they always make rules or bills to fuck John Q Citizen out of every dime they have. Someone should toss a Molotov cocktail into city hall Torch those pricks. Time for a Revolution People