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Small Business Spotlight: Lighthouse Ice Cream Kompanies

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So here and our small business violated day there's a familiar face -- next to me just -- kids now.

He's the owner of -- lighthouse ice cream company's.

In -- town but.

He's a democratic political consultants.

Right right my decision this it will lead to -- politics I do you do and nine.

Well Sunday I was fund raiser at congresswoman -- -- house.

For Kathy local -- just one they -- third district of upstate New York.

And then I went and -- made a lot of.

-- as well let's -- a minute I'm not gonna hold it against they've him -- -- back I'm -- this what we.

So do all the political stuff you worked with a presidential congressional and the lobbying campaigns.

Down to Linear single -- oral a look at campaign in my written you worked on the mall.

So.

I do you go from dealing with the political BS to come home -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I been cooking since I was about twelve.

-- what you're not sound it -- sleepless Lithuania Lithuania OK it's mistaken for Greek and it's got me jobs and a lot of restaurants can't find.

And I started cooking when I was twelve because my my grandmother was a terrible cook.

My friend -- facilities mother was fabulous and I said yes so I learned I learned that to be night I learned from.

From this business selling presenting this is necessary to generate a lot no -- coming -- -- make -- And gravy.

And she made her own sausage she did she -- analysts -- So -- had -- we go from mrs.

in this so it's -- well I -- cyclical environment and cocaine you know I I have.

I have servicers sixty in my house and I have a big kitchen and one dad decided I would start making ice -- this is a few years ago and I got.

Not one of the things -- stake in the for I got an ice cream machine he got -- but I got the months and then had a that go from you know what I'm an open my own store.

I was being encouraged to go you know.

Sell lists and one night I saw this building from the train and that has -- -- fireplace and then my.

That would be a wonderful place to make ice -- So that any of that was.

A year.

From the time I saw the building and sign the lease it was a year it was a yearlong less than in.

Local government.

And the -- just -- -- department of health and the bureaucracies.

That.

Small -- is.

His people.

Now this -- I find all know who did this thing because now.

Lot of rules and regulations coming out of your darling Democratic Party do you -- still -- he.

I you know.

As much as I want to complain about the regulation and -- look at them and I go.

OK which one is it that I would do away -- Why because you -- NSA.

They were necessary -- -- had been particularly in in -- department of health.

Okay fine but some of them some of the local ones than than did -- really need a fire suppression system inside of 520 square foot.

Building that has no flame.

No -- Everything's I have more powerful stuff in my kitchen at home than I do in this and they.

And then there was the problem and you couldn't get the water pipe over that was large enough.

To handle a regular sprinkler system you would to tear up this brand new plaza.

That would have been expensive enough but then you have to go down four feet into -- that would have required applications to the EPA and the DEC in order to get a variance on putting.

-- pipe that was carrying clean water through land healthy.

Yeah oldest of the small businesses complain about not to mention of course.

-- you think taxes are you incorporated.

Yes OK you're incorporated you're you're Allison.

OK so use you have to deal with -- -- see them -- -- -- it now I think this is fascinating I almost think everybody out there in that politics should go to this.

It's a -- -- relentless hasn't it yes you see things differently now when you stand -- their support these candidates.

I do yeah I do I am truly do.

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