Florida man tries to shut down neighbor's lemonade stand

[Baitball Blogger]

A Florida man has made repeated attempts and pleas with the city to shut down his 12-year-old neighbor's lemonade stand, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

T.J. Guerrero sells $1 cups of lemonade and 50-cent cookies from a stand planted on a neighborhood sidewalk near his home in Dunedin. Most of the neighbors are supportive of the boy's entrepreneurial spirit and have even volunteered their driveways to help accommodate for customers.

Doug Wilkey, who lives next door to the home where T.J. sets up his stand, has written to City Hall multiple times begging officials to shut down the lemonade stand. He claims traffic, noise, trash, illegal parking and disturbances caused by T.J.'s friends have brought down his property value.

The complaints got to the point where a deputy was sent to the neighborhood twice in an attempt to curb the conflict and he found that 61-year-old Wilkey was the only one who had any problem with T.J.'s budding business.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-man-shut-down-lemonade-stand-20140825,0,2331456.post

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Oh, the (imaginary) humanity ! nt

[chelsea0011]

2. Well. you what they say about lemonade stands is that it is just gateway to

prostitution, drugs, and then the gangs.

[chrisa]

3. Florida Man is the world's worst super hero. A major asshole, actually.

[CanonRay]

4. At least he didn't shoot the kid

It's Florida you know

[Codeine]

6. When life hands you lemons

bust a cap in its ass!!

[steve2470]

5. this guy is in the dictionary next to GET OFF MY YARD :p nt

[hatrack]

7. Or: "You kids - get off your own lawns!!!"

I can't even imagine living next to someone who's this much of a DICK.

[salin]

8. Sounds like Wilkey is in the spirit of "Mr. Wilson"

cranky old neighbor to Dennis.

[47of74]

9. Of course Wilkey is getting a lesson in stones and glass houses

The Florida man who is harassing the young business kiddo is going to learn some hard lessons about stones and glass houses;

And Wilkey? Aside from being up for the role of Mr. Potter in the Pinellas County Dinner Theater’s stage adaptation of It’s A Wonderful Life, the grouch is now under investigation for running his own – surprise! – unlicensed home business. An anonymous tipster reported to Dunedin officials that Wilkey has listed his home as the principal business address for something called Bayport Financial Services. City officials have notified Wilkey that if he is running this company out of his house, he must apply for a $45-per-year business license and sign an affidavit saying he is following certain rules, and faces fines of up to $250 a day if he doesn’t comply. Whoops. People, glass houses, et cetera.

[Logical]

10. What an asshole. Bet he is a blast to hang out with! nt