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new york, aug. 10 (upi) -- a new york hot dog vendor says he was evicted from his spot by the metropolitan museum of art because he could not afford the $53,558 monthly rent. vendor pasang sherpa, 51, said he routinely made up to $1,500 daily at his location but fell $310,000 behind on the parks department rent, the new york daily news reported. "i'm going crazy," said sherpa, who agreed in 2008 to pay nearly $643,000 annually for the vendor rights to the museum location. "i don't know what to do now." sherpa said his eviction comes after his business was hurt by a lengthy construction project near the museum's steps. parks spokesman phil abramson confirmed sherpa and his vending carts have been evicted from the museum location and the city department has seized $170,000 in performance bonds from the hot dog vendor's company. "as they are in arrears for the bulk of their contract, we are seizing their bonds and will seek the rest of the money they owe us through litigation," abramson told the daily news. source
released today by the office of new york city mayor michael bloomberg that reveal vendors at gun shows selling weapons to people who tell them flat-out that they couldn`t pass a background check -- something that is in fact against the law.
washington | the pentagon paid $20 apiece for plastic ice cube trays that once cost it 85 cents. it paid a supplier more than $81 apiece for coffeemakers that it bought for years for just $29 from the manufacturer.
that's because instead of getting competitive bids or buying directly from manufacturers like it used to, the pentagon is using middlemen who set their own prices. it's the equivalent of shopping for weekly groceries at a convenience store.
and it's costing taxpayers 20 percent more than the old system.
the higher prices are the result of a defense department purchasing program called prime vendor, which favors a handful of firms. run by the defense logistics agency, the program is based on a military procurement strategy to speed delivery of supplies such as bananas and bolts to troops in the field.
military bases still have the option of getting competitive bids, but the pentagon has encouraged them to use the prime vendor system. at the dla's main purchasing center in philadelphia, prime vendor sales increased from $2.3 billion in 2002 to $7.4 billion in the fiscal year that ended sept. 30.
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