And Why Is He Still In Business In Greensboro?
Previously I told you of how the owners of Phongsavanh Market were operating an unlicensed and untaxed convenience store in the Glenwood neighborhood and how Ben Holder, after learning they were selling drugs there, was trying to get it shut down.
Yesterday the Greensboro Police Department again raided the store and today the City of Greensboro finally decided to shut it down. But why has it taken so long and why is the store's owner, Kiran Shah of 2824 Pickering Road in Greensboro still allowed to own and operate no less than 10 convenience stores in Greensboro and 1 in High Point?
Even though the State of North Carolina again dissolved as set forth in N.C.G.S. Section 57D-6-06 his company, Shree Gee, LLC on March 4, 2014?
According to the US Chamber of Commerce someone at that address does 1/2 Million to 1 Million Dollars a year in business. And Shah Jayshree doesn't pay taxes in North Carolina either.
The proof is in the hyperlinks folks. This is organized crime. How is it that the City of Greensboro is having such a hard time closing down untaxed businesses who are running gambling operations, selling drugs and selling beer and wine for food stamps in locations all over Greensboro? Are our politicians, city officials and/or police on the take?
His full name is actually JAYSHREE KIRAN SHAH and while his 4 bedroom 2.5 bathroom Sedgefield home is valued at a modest $193,462, Kiran and his associates and partners the Kahns, Akbars, Quamars, Shuklas and Buttars are the owners of Kahn Hospitality and owners of the Airport Clarion Hotel on Swing Road for which they owe $50,613.22 in delinquent property taxes despite annual sales between $1,000,000 to $4,999,999.
They previously owned the Greensboro Inn downtown and the Homestead Lodge, 115 E Carteret St. Both properties were nuisance properties and were shut down as such.
These are the same people the Greensboro City Council attempted to give the Bessemer Shopping Center plus 2 million Dollars of your money to just last year. They are in the business of operating organized crime and unless the Greensboro City Council starts taking immediate action to rid our city of their presence immediately it will be assumed by myself and others that our City Council is in bed with these criminals.
I've been writing of them for almost 2 years as has Mr Holder and nothing has been done except to close 1 store when in-fact they operate all over Greensboro in dozens of properties they own and rent. It's time for a change.
And to add insult to injury, the owners of the story can choose to file an appeal to the City and remain open pending the appeal. My advice to the City should they appeal: schedule the hearing for the next morning...
