Nancy Vaughan
9:55 AM (2 hours ago)
to me
Billy, you raised some questions regarding business licenses. Sorry for the delay in returning this information to you.
From: Lusk, Rick [mailto:Rick.Lusk@greensboro-nc.gov]
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 3:19 PM
To: Vaughan, Nancy
Cc: Carruthers, Tom; Turner Roth, Denise; Scott, Andrew; Williams, Mike; Shah-Khan, Mujeeb; Westmoreland, Jim; Druga, Marlene
Subject: RE: Any truth to this?
Nancy,
Collections Division staff have reviewed the list of businesses that was included in the blog and a status on each is shown in the Collections Manager’s response below. In general, some of the businesses listed are licensed, others are exempt from licensing by the City, and others are not required to be licensed at this time based on notices received that they are not in operation. We will follow up on several businesses on the list that are not in our privilege license database to determine if they should be licensed. We also identified three additional businesses in our database owned by Shahzad Akbar that are currently licensed.
Let me know if you need any additional information.
Rick
Finance Director
Phone: 336-373-2031
From: Childress ,Teresa
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 1:00 PM
To: Lusk, Rick
Cc: Druga, Marlene
Subject: FW: Any truth to this?
One of our discovery tools is to review The Business Journal for new filings of assumed names and new corporations. If a new filing is not listed in our privilege license database we would set that business record up and send a discovery letter requesting they obtain a business license. Most businesses file for their assumed (trade) name and/or corporation before they start any business activity, so, in some cases these records may be canceled later because business activity never materializes.
We searched for the corporations listed below in our privilege license (PL) database by business trade name and business owner name. Of the 16 businesses listed, 4 were set up in our PL database but canceled since there was no business activity at the time of notice of cancellation, 1 business was reported closed, 4 have an active license, 4 have not been set up in our PL database and will be set up as a discovery record today, 1 appears to be a duplicate corporation name as listed earlier in the list, and 2 are exempt from a city PL. Below is the city privilege license status on the corporations inquired about.
A & SONS, INC. – Discovery record set up 2/2/09 but canceled 10/12/09 since they stated there was no business activity at this time.
STOP & SHOP, INC. – Business licensed from 6/16/08 to 4/3/09. No record of business after they were coded out of business in 2009. Another businesses (Zion Express) is currently licensed at this same location.
C-STORE DISTRIBUTORS INC – Business has an active license.
A&T INTERNATIONAL INC. – 2 businesses have active licenses under this corporation name.
DSF OF NC, INC. – The Articles of Incorporation filed 10/14/11 indicates the nature of business as Real Estate and would be exempt from a city license.
GRAB N GO #7, INC. – Business has an active license.
S & S OF GREENSBORO, LLC – Filed LLC articles 4/1/13, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today.
STOP&SHOP, INC. – Same name as Stop & Shop, Inc listed above. Only one Article of Incorporation found in the Secretary of State’s corporation database.
GOOD CARE HOME HEALTH, INC. – Discovery record set up 11/8/10 but canceled 12/17/10 since they stated there was no business activity at this time.
GRAB & GO, INC. - Discovery record set up 2/24/11 but canceled 4/1/11 since they stated there was no business activity at this time.
GRAB & GO 4, INC – Filed Articles of Incorporation 1/30/12, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today.
S & S INVESTMENTS GROUP, INC. – The Articles of Incorporation filed 10/28/09 indicates the nature of business as Commercial Real Estate Leasing and would be exempt from a city license.
S & S PETROLEUM, INC. - Discovery record set up 4/16/13 but canceled 5/20/13 since they stated there was no business activity at this time.
S & S U.S.A., INC. - Filed Articles of Incorporation 9/30/03, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today.
GNG #6, INC – Business has an active license.
STOP & GO OF NC, INC. - Filed Articles of Incorporation 4/10/13, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today.
Three other licensed businesses listed under the ownership of Shahzad Akbar and corporate names of Ayaan Inc. and Shezi Inc. were found in our PL database in an active status as well.
Teresa Childress, Collections Manager
City of Greensboro
336-433-7276; 336-373-4849 Fax
PO Box 3136, Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
www.greensboro-nc.gov
From: Shah-Khan, Mujeeb
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:27 PM
To: Lusk, Rick
Cc: Carruthers, Tom; Turner Roth, Denise; Scott, Andrew; Williams, Mike
Subject: Fwd: Any truth to this?
Rick -
I can't recall who handles privilege licenses but can you ask them to check into the PL status of the businesses that Councilmember Vaughan pulled out of a local blog?
Thanks,
Mujeeb
S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan
CITY ATTORNEY
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
PH: 336.373.2695
FAX: 336.373.2078
mujeeb.shahkhan@greensboro-nc.gov
www.greensboro-nc.gov
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Vaughan, Nancy"
Date: June 20, 2013, 10:04:47 PM EDT
To: "Shah-Khan, Mujeeb"
Subject: Any truth to this?
Billy Jones blog
Two More Frogs Come To Greensboro
Elite Developers Are Greensboro Tax Evaders
The following businesses have no Greensboro PRIVILEGE LICENSE http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=2402 even though their addresses are all in Greensboro according to the NC Secretary of State:
A & SONS, INC.
STOP & SHOP, INC.
C-STORE DISTRIBUTORS INC
A&T INTERNATIONAL INC.
DSF OF NC, INC.
GRAB N GO #7, INC.
S & S OF GREENSBORO, LLC
STOP&SHOP, INC.
GOOD CARE HOME HEALTH, INC.
GRAB & GO, INC.
GRAB & GO 4, INC
S & S INVESTMENTS GROUP, INC.
S & S PETROLEUM, INC.
S & S U.S.A., INC.
GNG #6, INC
STOP & GO OF NC, INC.
What do these businesses all have in common? They all are owned by Shehzad Quamar and SHAHZAD AKBAR , the two developers who along with Skip Alston, the Greensboro City Council just voted to give the Bessemer Shopping Center.
According to the Greensboro News & Fishwrap they own 25 convenience stores but I could only find 16 businesses listed in their names and not all of those are convenience stores.
Don't you find it interesting that the Greensboro City Council just gave a $2 Million Dollar forgivable loan to two men who don't pay their taxes to the City of Greensboro?
According to the State of North Carolina, these businesses all belong to SHEHZAD QUAMAR of 2105 NEEDLE LEAF LANE GREENSBORO NC 27410 and AKBAR, SHAHZAD of 3706 WORTHING CT.GREENSBORO NC 27455. How many tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes do these two men owe the City of Greensboro and how can it be that no one from the City of Greensboro would bother to check on them before this cozy deal was arranged?
Or was letting Shehzad Quamar and SHAHZAD AKBAR get out of paying their taxes a part of the deal we never heard about?
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So I went back through the information the City Staff returned and made a few notes:
"STOP & SHOP, INC. – Business licensed from 6/16/08 to 4/3/09. No record of business after they were coded out of business in 2009. Another businesses (Zion Express) is currently licensed at this same location."
There is no Zion Express listed with the NC Secretary of State. Are Shehzad Quamar and Shahzad Akbar attempting to defraud the State of North Carolina as well as the City of Greensboro?
"S & S OF GREENSBORO, LLC – Filed LLC articles 4/1/13, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today. "
Meaning the business owned by the developer that was given the Bessemer Shopping Center and $2 Million Dollars in taxpayer funding was delinquent in paying his city taxes.
"GRAB & GO 4, INC – Filed Articles of Incorporation 1/30/12, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today."
Meaning the business owned by the developer that was given the Bessemer Shopping Center and $2 Million Dollars in taxpayer funding was delinquent in paying his city taxes.
"S & S U.S.A., INC. - Filed Articles of Incorporation 9/30/03, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today."
Meaning the business owned by the developer that was given the Bessemer Shopping Center and $2 Million Dollars in taxpayer funding was delinquent in paying his city taxes. Did I read that right? In business selling gasoline and oil for 10 years and never paid city taxes? And City Council gives them $2 Million Dollars? WTF?
"STOP & GO OF NC, INC. - Filed Articles of Incorporation 4/10/13, this record has not been set up in our system. Discovery record will be set up today."
Meaning the business owned by the developer that was given the Bessemer Shopping Center and $2 Million Dollars in taxpayer funding was delinquent in paying his city taxes.
We also learn that the business of choice by Greensboro's richest elite-- real estate (developers) are exempt from paying city taxes. How does that slide down your craw? Are you ready to puke? Is that something the City of Greensboro can change? I realize there's a lot of small time operators in the real estate business but guess what? There's a lot of small time operators running restaurants, cleaning houses, repairing cars and busting their asses so Greensboro's real estate industry doesn't have to pay its fair share in city taxes. Remember, these are men like Shehzad Quamar, Shahzad Akbar, Khan A Khan, Milton Kern, Robbie Perkins, Roy Carroll and Skip Alston. Time for a change. And anyone in real estate who isn't willing to pay his or her fair share in city taxes is not welcomed in Greensboro.
So it looks like I was right all along when I wrote, "elite developers are Greensboro's tax evaders." In more ways than one.
