I have been following the Avigayil Wardein Lemonade Stand License Debacle here and here. My outlook changed from one post to the other (though my fundamental problem remains the same). It looks like my preceptions of the case were grossly distorted by the initial reporting and the little follow-up I did afterwards. The bulk of my sympathy at first went towards Mrs. Shaw and her daughter but after reading an article posted a month after the event, my sympathy shifted more towards the center and to the neighbor.

Now, someone claiming to be KC Shaw (Avigayil's mother) has written a lengthy comment in the second post. I have no way of determining if it is her, but I'll address the comment in the later on tonight within the post, with the assumption those are her words. I don't have time to do it now.

As a side note, this marks the third time a principle person to a story I've written about has stopped by to comment. The first one was with a mother whose twins died at the hands of a driver while he was talking on his cell phone. It didn't go well and wasn't very civil. The second one was with a mother and her daughter who were fighting Texas's standardized testing system. It went better (though the discussion actually happened before the cell phone post's) but though it had a wider variety of participants, it lacked focus until the end.

So now another mother comes on to defend her position (and her daughter). Third time's the charm, I hope. Geez, I hope this doesn't turn out to be a pattern. Moms are important! Pissin' them off has always been bad luck for me. :)