Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/06/06/new-york-city-seizes-46-ice-cr.html
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This will not be easy to resolve…I fear the truck owners have a rocky road ahead.
(OK, sure, it was lazy. But I have’t had coffee yet.)
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Magic Shell Companies
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Looks like the city froze some of their assets.
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This is why we can’t have nice things. Something wasn’t very vanilla about these companies.
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This makes me want to scream.
/damn it
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Mr. Softee’s gonna be doing hard time.
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I mean, as long as this makes for a fun, easy-to-grasp visual analogy in some article after they take down financiers for hiding their ill-gotten gains in a series shell companies, I guess it’s fine. Otherwise WTF policing priorities?
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I have to admit, this is the most amount of time I’ve heard about for anyone trying to chase down an ice cream truck.
I’d have given up after maybe 30 seconds.
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Yessir, killing the ice cream truck biz just in time for summer. Don’t you go changing, New York.
But seriously-- good for them, the city needs that money for other basic services.
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And so begins the War On Summer Vacation.
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We all scream…
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That’s a sure bet.
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Does this mean NYC won’t have to listen to that terrible plinky song blasting through 50-year-old loudspeakers every night? Did you know that it has lyrics? Well, now you do!
The creamiest, dreamiest soft ice cream
You get from Mister Softee
For a refreshing delight supreme
Look for Mister Softee
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Points for the name of their operation though.
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To get away with not paying fines, the release said, the operators created dozens of “shell” companies and systematically re-registered trucks at the Department of Motor Vehicles under the names of different corporations.
tRump would be proud.
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Aw Fudge!!
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The crazy thing is that these were traffic citations. Probably each ticket was reasonable, but altogether they add up to $4.5 million bucks.
It seems like maybe the city with it’s famous lack of available on-street parking was just not compatible with the mobile ice cream delivery truck business?
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