[They also handed $3,716.61 to Bush’s Chicken. It appears our old friend Deorald Finney is involved in Bush’s holding company too – but I need to sort through the records more. These corporate records are quite tangled sometimes]
Council came up with the bright idea to help out local businesses hit by Wuhan Flu by giving them some ‘free’ electricity. They estimated the cost to the City at around $70,000 at the time.
This ‘free electricity’ program is in ADDITION to the $100,000 that Mandy Walsh and the LEDC handed out previously.
I don’t know how they decided who got what, but if anything I have to assume Burger King did MORE business during the lock down since they were exempted. I know I myself ate there WAY more than I normally do. Hell, Burger King is DESIGNED to do a lot of drive-thru business. I would be willing to wager their revenue was MORE during the lock down than before the lock down.
Either way, the idea of the City handing out FREE MONEY to Burger King seems quite outrageous to me. This is the same group that can’t be bothered to offer any more than minimum wage to local high school kids to lifeguard at the pool – leading to very few applications this year and (supposedly) leaving them unable to open the City’s second pool.
Lest you think Burger King is owned by some sweet, local mom and pop type of franchisee…..think again. It is owned by Jimmy Jamshed in the FORT WORTH area…through his Landmark & Landmark Group limited liability company.
Jimmy is listed as CEO of at LEAST 10 companies. I’m guessing he has deep pockets.
So – just to recap for those on the short bus:
Wuhan Flu causes unwarranted panic and City closes a bunch of LOCALLY owned restaurants – forcing them to try and adopt a take-out business model
Burger King was ALREADY positioned for this and very likely saw INCREASED sales.
Burger King is a massive corporation with deep pockets and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
The owner of this particular franchise is based up in FORT WORTH.
Landmark & Landmark owns and operates Burger King restaurants in Gatesville, Early, Brownwood, McGregor, Brady, Clifton and Stephenville. The company also owns and will operate the Burger King under construction in Burnet.
Absolutely outrageous. I’m surprised I don’t see Wal-Mart on the list of “free money” recipients as well.