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Hazelwood Crackdown on Girl Scout Cookies



HAZELWOOD, Mo. (KMOX/AP) – The city of Hazelwood says they do support the Girl Scouts but not when they are violating the home occupancy code.

They’d been warned, but the city says the Girl Scouts Abigail and Caitlin Mills continued to sell Girl Scout cookies from a stand in front of their home. A neighbor complained anonymously because of all the people and the traffic and the dogs barking at all the people and the traffic.

“Based on this complaint, the city of Hazelwood had to take action,” says spokesman Tim Davidson. He says it is also against city code to sell products from home.

And while he has heard some complaints from residents that Hazelwood is being too harsh on the teens, Davidson says others have pointed out that one tenet of the Girl Scouts is good citizenship.

“The fact that we did have this code in place, it’s the responsibility of every good citizen to respect the laws that we have,” said Davidson.

But the girls’ mother, Carolyn Mills, is vowing to let them keep selling their cookies, until they reach their goal of 2,000 purchases.

She says the cookie stand is equally important as a learning opportunity. “This is teaching leadership, communication, entrepreneurship,” Mills explains. “They’re getting to know the value of money, and how to keep people from ripping you off.”

Mills says the cookie stand has been a six year tradition, that started by chance. “We were parked in the driveway, counting the cookies in the back of the van, when suddenly a car pulled up and the driver asked if we had any extras,” explained Mills. “And then another car pulled up. And another.”

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Bet it's another (jealous) Girl Scout Mommie who did the complainin' ... tsk tsk ...

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Yes, I can imagine this happening and I can also imagine my parents instead of getting upset...

Simply saying, "And now comes the lesson on how there is a loop hole in every home occupancy code, city ordnance and law for that matte. Your next badge will be on learning these codes, discovering this loop hole and then smiling at all the neighbors as you now continue to sell your cookies, its called the Kiss My Little Girl Scout Sugar Cookie (wise ass) Badge"

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There was a huge ordeal one year at a law firm I worked at.   It was tradition for everyone who was a parent to a Girl Scout to bring in their order forms and people would order within practice groups.  One year a new attorney brought in her order form "early" ... I guess it is a huge no-no to sell the cookies prior to the kick off date ... who knew ?  You would have thought she breached some sort of major ethic's rule ... lol ... she was black balled for the better part of that year by the other attorneys.  It was quite hilarious to the rest of us peons.