Lon Lentz posted that information here by mistake (he meant to post to the cf-community list instead). He apologized on the same day.
Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Tipton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: RE: Pez convention moves after teen is cited > Costas, > > I do not want to be critical but you sure do like to lash out at > others. Yes this list is for CF Development help, but even thing like > this to break up the monotony of a day is a good thing. I am in no way > lashing out at you it is just something that I notice. You lashed at me > about the outlook question and I have seen you lash out at others. This > is a list to help not slam let's try to keep it that way. > > Joshua Tipton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Costas Piliotis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 4:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Pez convention moves after teen is cited > > What exactly does this have to do with Cold Fusion Development? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Pez convention moves after teen is cited > > > By Heather Ratcliffe > Of The Post-Dispatch > > * A Frontenac officer issued a summons to the youth for not having a > merchant's license. That led the convention's organizer to move the > candy > dispenser collectors' convention to Town and Country. > > Pez candy dispenser collectors moved their annual convention this > weekend > from Frontenac to Town and Country after an undercover police officer > busted > a teen who sold a $3 item without a merchant's license. > > A Frontenac police detective wandered into a room at the Frontenac > Hilton on > Thursday and bought a "Star Wars" Pez candy dispenser from 18-year-old > Seth > Weinberg of Columbia, Mo. > > About an hour later, the officer returned to issue Weinberg a court > summons. > Dozens of other dealers were not cited. > > "I didn't invite this guy into my room to buy Pez. He just came in," > Weinberg said. > > City officials said anyone selling merchandise in Frontenac must apply > for a > itinerant merchant license 30 days before the sale. The process gives > police > an opportunity to check the background of a vendor before the public > buys > wares. > > "It doesn't matter what they are selling - diamond rings or Pez > dispensers," > said City Attorney Chet Pleban. "We want to make sure everyone follows > the > law, and we know who comes into our town." > > John Devlin, who founded the convention 10 years ago, said he never > needed a > license when he hosted the event in the St. Louis area in the past. > Devlin, > of south St. Louis County, said the hotel event coordinator never > mentioned > it. > > He said he heard about the ordinance about three weeks before the > convention. By then, he said, he didn't have time to apply. > > Instead, Devlin decided to move the event to the St. Louis Marriott West > hotel in Town and Country after the incident Thursday. > > Town and Country does not put the same restrictions on vendors. > > The Pez show, open to the public from 10:30 to 2 p.m. today, will be > squeezed into the Marriott West ballroom, which is one-third the size of > the > planned space. > > More than 200 people from across the country registered for the event. > Organizers expected several hundred more to stop in. > > Weinberg must return to Frontenac July 17 to appear in court on his > violation. > > "I know the police are doing their job," he said. "But I'm sure there > has > got to be something better they can be doing than busting people selling > Pez." > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
