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Snack Vendor Evicted Over Huge Rent Bill

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NEW YORK (Aug. 8) - Homeowners aren't the only ones in hot water over overpriced real estate. A New York City hot dog vendor has been evicted from his prize spot outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art because he couldn't pay a whopping rent bill of nearly $54,000 a month.
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Snack cart owner Pasang Sherpa of Queens had a deal with the city's parks department that required him to pay almost $643,000 per year for the vending rights near the museum steps.
He says he was $310,000 behind on his payments when he was evicted.
The Parks Department had auctioned off the rights to the spot last year.
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2009-08-08 16:30:42
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Jesterfuul

04:00 PMAug 09 2009

AuctionFever1 Ass WROTE: "Jesterfool.. seems your the one fond of throwing around words like jackass and telling someone there lookey or need mental health care...kinda like the pot calling the kettle black huh? I expect no less from your kind.BTW...answer the question that you so artfully dodge...How is good ole Cali. workin out these days?" ---###--- I'm not responsible for California -- but its REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR is! And Cali (your mama) is still working the streets -- and she makes bigger profits during Republican recessions.

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smellyecoli

03:58 PMAug 09 2009

THE RENT IS BASED ON HIS NET SALES.THIS PERSON MUST HAVE BEEN DOING ONE HELL OF A BUSINESS DOLLAR WISE!!! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HIS MONTHLY PROFIT !!!

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asalesguy

03:58 PMAug 09 2009

SoCalMB05 wrote, '-The WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY GEORGE W. BUSH started the fire that is sweeping across America.... ..................... George let Ted, '-Brain dead,' Kennedy to write the education Bill; the most expensive education bill ever generated from a senator. Recall all of the pretty, smiling faces from the DNC; democrat political leaders, that surrounded George when he signed each of those spending bills. You're such a stupid putz; you and yours.

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Hondadawg2

03:57 PMAug 09 2009

Raventug123 03:52 PMAug 09 2009 Poor guy! He must've been a blur of activity slapping $3.00 dogs and mustard together! That means he'd have to sell 75 hot dog an hour or roughly one ever 60 seconds....NON STOP....and that's ONLY to pay the rent! So, in order to make a living, he'd have to increase that to 95 dogs an hour, or one ever 40 seconds. Screw the NYC greedy pigs..........................................It Was HIS Choice To Do This..................He Lost.............His Fault For Over Bidding And Under Estimating The Market

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asalesguy

03:55 PMAug 09 2009

SoCalMB05 wrote, '-BUSH was a draft-dodging, chicken hawk that couldn't even speak the english language properly...what a DISGRACE he and his other criminal cabinet members are to america. They are war criminals and COWARDS!. ................. Bush flew an F-101... THUD. Air Force Officer...Presiddent Obama is a thug. Promised America that he would not raise taxes on 95% of citizens. Because of this healthcare bill, taxes are going to be forced on middle class America. You don't have to watch FoxNews to verify.CNN is running news reports stating the same, right nowwwwww....What military outfit did Obama serve in, may I ask ? Oh.. I forgot. Obama admitted to a cocaine addiction, so he wouldn't be allowed in the military since he had an illegal substance coursing thru his blood stream, would he... Putz.

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Hondadawg2

03:53 PMAug 09 2009

He Is Not The Victum...............He Bidded For The Spot...............Overpaid Maybe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,An Went poof.............GM.............Banks............Starbucks.............T hey Open An Close For The Same Reason Everyday

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SPCA49

03:52 PMAug 09 2009

For that kinda rent ya oughta be able to live on that spot and plant a lawn with picnic tables ! Maybe put in a few trees for ambience.

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Jesterfuul

03:52 PMAug 09 2009

JYOKIEMOKIE3 wrote: "WHATS OBAMA HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE-HE'S INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING ELSE---BUSH DID IT RIGHT"---###--- If you mean that Bush squandered a nearly trillion-dollar surplus and put us in debt for trillions more in the future -- if that's what's good for the country -- then I concede that "Bush did it right"!

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Raventug123

03:52 PMAug 09 2009

Poor guy! He must've been a blur of activity slapping $3.00 dogs and mustard together! That means he'd have to sell 75 hot dog an hour or roughly one ever 60 seconds....NON STOP....and that's ONLY to pay the rent! So, in order to make a living, he'd have to increase that to 95 dogs an hour, or one ever 40 seconds. Screw the NYC greedy pigs.

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SoCalMB05

03:51 PMAug 09 2009

BUSH was a draft-dodging, chicken hawk that couldn't even speak the english language properly...what a DISGRACE he and his other criminal cabinet members are to america. They are war criminals and COWARDS!

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Chew on this: A snack cart owner loses his prized vending spot outside New York City\'s Metropolitan Museum of Art because he couldn\'t pay the whopping rent of nearly $54,000 a month. Pasang Sherpa says he was $310,000 behind on his payments when he got evicted.