Dunedin Patch – by Sherri Lonon
A Dunedin boy’s lemonade stand is at the center of an ongoing controversy with a neighbor who says the operation is hurting his property value and disrupting his “quiet home and neighborhood.”
Entrepreneurial T.J. Guerrero, 12, opened the lemonade stand in his Dunedin neighborhood about two years ago. After careful market testing, he determined the best location was on the corner of Patricia Avenue and San Salvador Drive, between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m., the Tampa Bay Times reported. The boy even secured permission from a neighbor to set up shop outside his home and other neighbors support the boy’s quest to earn his own spending money by offering their driveways up for parking if the need arises.
While most in the quiet neighborhood support Guerrero, one neighbor does not. In fact, Doug Wilkey says the boy is operating an illegal business that is harming his property values.
He’s even asked Dunedin – on at least four occasions – to shut down the stand that sells lemonade for $1 and cookies for 50 cents.
“If this were a once a year event by a couple kids to earn a little money for a holiday or something, I would not have a problem with it,” Wilkey wrote in one of his complaints, according to the New York Daily News. “I am very worried about the value of my home, which is why I built in a residential area, not a business area.”
While Wilkey has lodged complaints, it seems like the city of Dunedin has no intention of getting between the young man and his entrepreneurial dreams.
Check out the Times full story on T.J.’s business here.
http://patch.com/florida/dunedin/neighbor-sours-boys-illegal-lemonade-stand#.U_z0h_ldWSp
“A Dunedin boy’s lemonade stand is at the center of an ongoing controversy with a neighbor who says the operation is hurting his property value and disrupting his “quiet home and neighborhood.””
How the hell does a kid’s lemonade stand hurt a property value or have anything to do with the value of a piece of property? That’s like saying, kids playing next to his house effect the value of his property. WTF???
(shaking my head) Unfrigginbelievable……..
I like the way you think Funny Farmer.
““If this were a once a year event by a couple kids to earn a little money for a holiday or something, I would not have a problem with it,” Wilkey wrote in one of his complaints, according to the New York Daily News. “I am very worried about the value of my home, which is why I built in a residential area, not a business area.””
I think Doug Wilkey needs to find a home in a neighborhood with a strict Nazi Homeowners Association, if he truly feels that way.
Is he paying comercial rate for electric, does he have a business permit, 3 sinks to wash glasses and such in, health regulations need be met, and has he payed his $550 to the federal Goverment? Lots of laws being broke here.
Don’t forget to make sure the lemons aren’t more than a few days old or you’ll be sorry!
What a sour puss!!!
Have they deployed the MRAP and SWAT team to stop this travesty of justice this monster is doing. I’ll bet he even has good grades in school !