Girl Scouts Suing Parents For Not Paying Cookie Bills

[matcom]

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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. -- Don't even think about cheating Girl Scouts out of their cookie money. They'll sue.

No merit badges are involved, but a Girl Scout council is suing 10 parents, claiming they kept more than $8,000 from cookie sales.

The Drifting Dunes Girl Scout Council in Merrillville filed civil lawsuits this week in small claims courts, alleging scout parents kept cookie money in 2004 and 2005.

Claims for individual parents range from $500 to more than $1,400.

The group's attorney said the council had debts of about $19,000 in 2004 and of more than $20,000 in 2005, primarily because of missing cookie money.

Parents have kept cookie sales money in past years, but the problem is getting worse. Scout officials have said the lawsuits against parents who owe significant amounts could help deter others from keeping cookie money.

http://www.wftv.com/foodnews/10210261/detail.html

[ThomCat]

1. There are greedy parents out there.

There are also other greedy people who may be involved. I was selling stuff for the boy scouts way back in the day when a neighborhood bully tried to mug me for the money. If he had succeeded there is no way my parents could have afforded to cover it.

[Fleshdancer]

2. how low can you go?

Stealing from the Girl Scouts??!!? That's pathetic!