Posted on 06/06/2019 8:19:39 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Shell corporations, millions in fines, and a sting operation in New York City. It's not a noir film; it's a crackdown on ice cream trucks.
The city began seizing 46 ice cream trucks Wednesday in "Operation Meltdown" after operators violated traffic laws and then evaded fines for nearly a decade, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a news release. As the operators were handing out popsicles from 2009 to 2017 they also were racking up 22,000 summonses and nearly $4.5 million in fines for traffic violations, the city said. The operators had been cited for running red lights, parking near fire hydrants and blocking cross walks, among other things, the news release said.
"We all know from common experience that ice cream trucks are magnets for children," said Zachary W. Carter, the city's corporation counsel. "In order to protect this particularly vulnerable category of pedestrians, our traffic laws must be strictly enforced."
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Courage.
This will not engender good humor.................
Busting lemonade stands and ice-cream trucks:
I’m sure very many residents worry about that.
“Imagine if they made the same effort to catch illegal aliens. “
Well, it’s quite likely that they got at least 46 illegals along with the trucks! The next thing they need to be doing is checking to see if the drivers have paid any income taxes and have proper documentation to be in our country.
Jackie Gleason deferred on a copyright suit because he did not want to go down in history as the man who killed Fred Flinstone.
Bill DeBlasio is apparently just fine with going down as the man who took ice cream away from New York’s children.
Apparently, the truck owners didn’t pay proper respects (emphasis on “pay”) to the local commissars.
Or drug dealers,who occasionally use ice cream trucks to sell their wares.
They don’t need the taxes created by 46 ice cream trucks
Kinda sends a conflicting message doesn't it?
“Operation Meltdown”
Well, somebodys got a sense of humor.
"I don't want a lot. Just enough to wet my beak."
I’m glad to hear that New York City is cracking down on crime.
Back in the day the Good Humor Chocolate Eclair Bar must have had crack in it.
Stunning and brave
In St Petersburg in the 70s the ice cream trucks were all driven by Pagans and local Outlaw affiliates and you could get ice cream and popsicles and boo and horse or snow.The Maui Waui came in flavors.
In St Petersburg in the 70s the ice cream trucks were all driven by Pagans and local Outlaw affiliates and you could get ice cream and popsicles and boo and horse or snow.The Maui Waui came in flavors.
DeBlasio is a sad human.
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