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Woman Fined $700, Threatened With Arrest For Selling Tamales

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Asa J 1248 Views Carrollton, Carrollton Environmental Services, copblock, copblock.org, corn, Dennise Cruz, Fine, fined for selling tamales, food permit, health department, illegal tamales, lemonade, meat, micro-community policing, nanny state, Nexdoor, Overton, permit, Police State, potentially hazardous food, regulations, Regulatory agencies, tamales, Texas, threatened with arrest, warrant arrest notice

In yet another example of the nanny state gone wild, a Texas woman was fined and threatened with arrest for

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Police Demand Permit From 8-Year-Olds, Shut Down Lemonade Stand

June 11, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 1364 Views 7-year-old, 8-year-old, Andria Green, copblock, copblock.org, food permit, health department regulations, Overton, Overton police, Overton Police Chief Clyde Carter, permits, police shut down lemonade stand, Sandi Evans, Texas, Texas Baker's Bill, Texas House Bill 970, texas police, Zoey Green

Police in Overton, Texas responded promptly to shut down a dangerous black market operation ran by two little girls providing

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