'How hard is it to sell a hot dog?' asks 13-year-old entrepreneur shut down by Holland City Hall

By Garret Ellison
Mlive.com
Jul. 19, 2012

HOLLAND, MI — Nathan Duszynski is only 13, but he’s already learned more about public policy this week than many adults ever will.

On Tuesday, as the young entrepreneur was downtown setting up a hot dog cart he helped buy with $1,200 saved from mowing lawns and shoveling snow, he got an unpleasant surprise courtesy of Holland City Hall.

Duszynski was told by city officials that his cart was in violation of a Holland zoning law that protects existing food businesses downtown against competition from mobile food vendors, and he would have to cease operation immediately.

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