$600/Day Fine Threatened For Pennsylvania Woman Serving Needy Kids Free Lunch
For local bureaucrats there's no such thing as a free lunch except the ones they approve
A Pennsylvania woman who offers free lunch every day to low-income children in her neighborhood faces a $600-a-day fine next summer if she continues because she did not clear the food giveaway with township officials.
Angela Prattis donates her time to distribute the meals -- supplied by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -- and adheres to strict paperwork, like filling out weekly reports and being visited bi-weekly from a state worker, MyFoxPhilly.com reports.
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I think she should face federal charges for trying to usurp the governments role in being the provider of food to the needy.