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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.”

UPDATE:

The battle of the cookies is over in Hazelwood.

Wednesday the Rev. George Hutchings bought the last 36 boxes. Hutchings took some boxes and told the mother and daughters to give the rest to neighbors.

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/03/24/ ... t-cookies/

Joe Guy wrote:"“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.”

And they're also learning how to violate city codes and irritate neighbors in order to make money for their corporation, which will in turn reward them with prizes for selling large amounts of junk food.

Gob wrote:A neighbor complained anonymously because of all the people and the traffic and the dogs barking at all the people and the traffic.

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Wednesday the Rev. George Hutchings bought the last 36 boxes. Hutchings took some boxes and told the mother and daughters to give the rest to neighbors.

Crackpot wrote:If you want to get you moneys worth from Girl scout cookies buy the shortbreads.

dales wrote:How long do GS cookie sales last, two weeks or so?

dales wrote:How long do GS cookie sales last, two weeks or so?

Bugger off, ya old cocker!

OOPS!

Directed at the misanthropic subject of the article and NOT A/W.

@meric@nwom@n wrote:So the only acceptable intolerance is the intolerance of the intolerant?

Might be a shift worker who made the complaint. You know those folks that you 9-5ers don't seem to understand exist in large numbers?

But hell, just as long as your little spawn gets to sell her cookies why bother to teach her some consideration along with it?

@meric@nwom@n wrote:

dales wrote:How long do GS cookie sales last, two weeks or so?

Bugger off, ya old cocker!

OOPS!

Directed at the misanthropic subject of the article and NOT A/W.

So as long as you get what you want fuck everyone else eh? Figures.

from a stand in front of their home