Leisure World of Md. restaurant operation - liens & judgements

Leisure World of Md. restaurant operation - liens & judgments

ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL METHOD OF DOING BUSINESS Being Practiced in Leisure World

By Point Blank©-slk

Every Leisure World restaurant and bar patron pays Leisure World restaurant contractor (Perrie, LLC.) 9% alcohol and 6% sales tax on each order. As the subject of State of Maryland investigations and targeted audits, it was determined that Leisure World restaurant contractor Perrie, LLC, Ed Richardson, President (and agent of the Leisure World alcohol license holder "Maryland Clubhouse Services, Inc. Kevin Flannery, President - (also the Leisure World contracted employee/General Manager), was found in violation and non-payment of the collected food sales and alcohol sales taxes.

On August 19, 2019, the Montgomery County Circuit Court (case#471459V) displays a third State of Md. tax lien against Perrie, LLC in the amount of $34,879.00 for "Unpaid 2018 Taxes: Sales and Use and Withholding".

The 3 liens total $95, 754.00 including interest and penalties.|

WHY didn't Richardson or his accountant, set aside ALL sales taxes collected for placement into a separate account solely to pay the collected taxes to the state as required by law?

On Sept. 16, 2019: Perrie, LLC owner Ed Richardson, Perrie, LLC chose to tell a group of (9) women sitting around the LW Restaurant Advisory Committee meeting table - that he had "quite a bit of things to talk about not having to do with daily business". Sans violins in the background and boxes of tissues on the table, Richardson's defensive diatribe was filled with half truths sufficiently emotional enough to bring the sorrowful elderly women to tears in hearing his failed business plight.

The "poor me" defense ended with "maybe we get forced out of here and i on join the other family on the parking lot out there - begging for money-- I don't know what we did wrong." and "Owing taxes is not a crime - the only thing we're guilty of is not going to college - that's what we did wrong" and "We're not guilty of anything"

Included in his "long history of people running the LW restaurant, were "the Tavenner family" and Marriott - claiming they were "not wanting to or not able to run the food service" and they "couldn't get out fast enough" and "It's a difficult place to do business".

Claiming that unlike another previous vendor T.Edwards being subsidized $130,000, Richardson "inaccurately" said "we don't get subsidized."

Fact: Dating back to the first contract between Perrie, LLC and LW, until 2017, he was subsidized monthly (paid from LW residents facilities fees payments).

Dating back to 2014, Richardson's contract reflects receipt of (at least) $114,000 in subsidies (as well as free advertising - all paid by Leisure World resident monthly fees:

2010: ??????

2011: ??????

2013: ??????

2014: $60,000

2015: $42,000

2016: $12,000

He wants to get the hell out of Dodge:

Richardson said that in 2016 the "condition of the kitchen was terrible". "We thought the the hood is going to fall out of the ceiling", "a mouse problem, getting no help from the community - it's a mess" - deciding to tell Flannery "I'm done - can't do it" - "the health department shows up and the firestorm of ridiculousness begins". (In December, 2019, being found in violation of health code, the Montgomery County Health Department inspector closed down the restaurant for 1-2 days).

Claiming his relationship with his business partner (Spiro Macheras) was "great for the first 5 years because he wasn't there", in 2017 they "parted ways". Richardson stated he "should have taken his money and left".

"We ended up in serious financial trouble and I had to pay a former business partner to try and fix it - ending up with a back sales tax issue - there were some that weren't paid and then we went through an audit - they found some issues, "most of which were not legitimate but we could not prove" because of a change in our POS system. So we end up owing the (State of Md.) Comptroller some money. It's a battle every day - we're still having financial difficulty trying to get out of the hole."

Quoting Michelle Obama and Diet Cokes galore:

Responding to the Committee chair suggestion that Richardson write something to the community explaining, as he had just done to them, a committee member (identified by Richardson as being a daily customer) said, "why lower themselves to the group that's saying this - you're better than them - you've done everything right."

Gushing over his tale of woe, Committee Co-Chair Sandra Marks recited Michelle Obama's statement "When they go low - we go high". Ranting the mantra used by the Leisure World obtuse, Marks said: "if they are so unhappy - why are they living here?"

Raving about the service she and her husband Phil Marks, LW Executive Committee member/Chair, Budget & Finance Comm. and double dipper member of just about every other advisory committee are provided, she revealed: "the waitress serves my husband a Diet Coke every time before he even sits down at the table because they know that's what he likes."

Welcome to the internet Yvette:

Obviously devoid of knowledge and availability of public information, Committee member Yvette Rich asked Richardson: "how does just one person find out all this information - how do they know you owe all this money?" Reciting a LIE, he responded - "it was found out when one member of the group broke into my car and took pictures of documents sitting on my passenger seat - that would be my guess." Poker faced, Rich said: "That's a criminal act - do you know who did it?" "I would have called the police, Richardson answered: "Yes, I do" and "I did"

Re: THAT WITHHOLDING TAX LIEN JUDGEMENT:

Asked about the most recent Aug. 19, 2019 - $34,879.00 tax lien judgement including failure to pay withholding taxes, in his usual disdain for facts, Richardson replied: "there was an issue with one of our employees - $600 - wasn't filed correctly"

LEISURE WORLD BOARD OF DIRECTORS IGNORES VIOLATION OF CONTRACT:

Richardson is in stark violation of the Leisure World of Maryland/Perrie, LLC contract which states: "The Contractor agrees to comply with all federal, state and Montgomery County laws and regulations."

Just recently, the Maryland Attorney General, Office of Consumer Affairs published a warning about paying for a product in advance writing: "Help! I paid for a product, and now the store that I bought it from has gone out of business." This happens to many consumers throughout Maryland."

Obviously scrounging for money, Perrie, LLC is selling patrons a prepaid gift card for which they pay $200 for a $300 spend down with each purchase. In this senior community - there is not only the risk of him going out of business due to debt - but surely there will be those who forget they have the credit or lose the card.

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