SHEPHERDSTOWN Hundreds of community residents and visitors crowded together in front of McMurran Hall on Friday night, as they gathered in record numbers to
[tone] i understand the need for regulations for firearms and electronics but very few of us sell that. supervisor wiener: thank you. next speaker. i own an antique shops and art gallery in the western addition. i ve been in business for four years, contributing to the vitality and commercial street my business is located on. i m open on the weekends and evenings, giving artists the opportunity to showcase their work. eyesores from all over the bay and the state, buy from dealers i source from all over the bay and the state. i am diligent that i purchase my items from good, reputable dealers. i have an active member of the corridor business association. i also barely pay my bills each month. this industry is a very difficult one, especially given the rising rents and costs of doing business in a very expensive city. paying $1,500 would be months worth of profit. there s no way i could ever document each and every sale with an identifying description of these customer. my
my business is located on. i m open on the weekends and evenings, giving artists the opportunity to showcase their work. eyesores from all over the bay and the state, buy from dealers i source from all over the bay and the state. i am diligent that i purchase my items from good, reputable dealers. i have an active member of the corridor business association. i also barely pay my bills each month. this industry is a very difficult one, especially given the rising rents and costs of doing business in a very expensive city. paying $1,500 would be months worth of profit. there s no way i could ever document each and every sale with an identifying description of these customer. my customers would see this as an invasion of their privacy and i would lose business because of it. a reputable small business that contributes to the economic vitality of san francisco. please treat people and people like me accordingly. i strongly support the repeal of this anti-business and unnecessar
in 1997, i took a business partner and open the second business entity as a limited liability company, opening four other bay area locations which we have run for a number of years. in none of these past 22 years have the police and or any other entity other than for a second- hand dealer permit advise me this is something required to operate my business. when i received this, it seemed very suspect that after having a business and operation for 22 years, paying all of my taxes etc., that i would be forced to comply with something i didn t know anything about and pay $1,500 in fees which in 2010, i was lucky to be able to pay my rent, let alone such a high fee. it seems like a very antiquated law that should [tone] i understand the need for regulations for firearms and electronics but very few of us sell that. supervisor wiener: thank you. next speaker. i own an antique shops and art gallery in the western addition. i ve been in business for four years, contributing to th
require to make sure there are no sleazy people in this business. i think in regards to my shop, we only sell home furniture. no one is going to steal a couch and try to halt it. we don t accept anyone who comes in off the street and wants cash instantly. everything is run through high- tech computer system. every tag has a price tag with a scanner code. all of our inventory is monitored by myself or the store manager who has been with us for three years. the items we sell are not things that anyone would want to steal. we also did not carry any electronics, cell phones, gold watches. we have a nominal amount of jewelry but it is clearly the owners who are moving who are trying to sell their items. it s not somebody who is shaky. thank you. supervisor wiener: thank you. next speaker. good afternoon. and the co-owner of coal valley antiques. we have had our business for a half years. this permit came to my attention just a couple of years ago. my main point is we did everyth