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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- Yesterday (Saturday 6/19/04) street artists and disabled veteran vendors combined forces to stage an impromptu protest against Donald Trump. Trump had been on TV and in newspapers the day before denouncing artists and disabled veteran vendors who sell along Fifth Avenue as people who "damage the image of NYC."ARTIST and the newly-formed group, Disabled Veteran Vendor Action Committee, rallied in front of Trump Tower at 10 AM. Immediately upon arriving Fifth Avenue BID police walked up and told vendors they could not do this in front of Trump Tower. Minutes later ten NYPD officers arrived. They attempted to tell the protestors they would have to leave because, "You need a permit to hold a protest." ARTIST president Robert Lederman told the police to call One Police Plaza and referenced the NYPD Patrol Guide, which states a permit is not needed. The police called One Police Plaza then immediately left the scene as news media arrived. The protestors then made numerous signs with mottos such as, Vendors to Trump: You're Fired! We are not your apprentices Dump Trump The Fifth Avenue BID is a white collar mafia Donald Trump does not own Fifth Avenue Trump is a chump Good enough to die to protect these streets, not good enough to vend on them? Fifth Avenue is being liberated from Donald Trump Trump insults artists and disabled veterans The response from the public and the media was terrific. Thousands of people posed with our signs and chanted the slogan, Trump is a chump! TV coverage included FOX NEWS (channel 5), NBC (channel 4), and ABC (channel 7). NBC (the network that shows America's #1 rated show, The Apprentice, starring Donald Trump) had the best coverage which featured clips of Trump's apprentices working as NYC street vendors and art vendors. Today's (SUNDAY) NY Times Metro section (print version only) has a photo of Robert Lederman holding a sign in front of Trump Tower that states: Vendors to Trump: You're Fired!. All those who participated reported feeling very empowered by the experience and are looking forward to round two of vendors v Trump. NY Post VENDORS FIRED UP AGAINST TRUMP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email Archives Print ReprintJune 20, 2004 -- A small, angry group of street vendors camped out in front of Trump Tower yesterday afternoon to protest Donald Trump's attempt to kick them off Fifth Avenue. About 10 disabled veterans and street performers protested in front of the fancy Fifth Avenue building, holding signs that read, "Vendors to Trump: You're Fired!" and "Why can't vets vend on streets we die to protect?" Their protest was in response to a letter Trump wrote to Mayor Bloomberg complaining about street vendors who are "rapidly destroying" the street's ambience. Trump's letter accuses vendors of pretending to be vets so they can peddle on the high-rent street. It also rails against disabled veteran vendors. Trump could not be reached for comment. Alisha Berger NY Post PEDDLERS POKE BACK AT THE DONALD By LESLIE T. SNADOWSKY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email Archives Print ReprintJune 19, 2004 -- Military veterans who peddle their wares along Fifth Avenue came out swinging at Donald Trump yesterday for his letter to Mayor Bloomberg saying the vendors were destroying the ambience of the prestigious shopping area. "We pay taxes like every other business," said James Kushner, a member of the Disabled Veteran Vendor Advisory Board. "They won't renew our licenses if we don't file tax forms. Hopefully we pay as little as possible. Just like Donald Trump, I'm sure." Cops said they have issued 3,191 summonses and arrested 1,642 illegal peddlers below 59th Street so far this year. "We donate a significant number of resources [to peddler enforcement] in Midtown North and Midtown South," an NYPD spokesman said. And, despite Trump's complaints, the vendors appear to be a big hit with tourists < a point not lost on Mayor Bloomberg. "I'm sympathetic to Donald," the mayor said yesterday, responding to Trump's letter. "Peddlers disrupt traffic and a lot of people don't like them, but a lot of people like them and buy things from them . . . we constantly deal with it and there is no right answer." NY Post TRUMP TO MAYOR: BOOT FIFTH AVE. PEDDLERS By WILLIAM J. GORTA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DONALD TRUMP Shows road rage. Email Archives Print ReprintJune 18, 2004 -- Donald Trump blasted conditions on Fifth Avenue as "deplorable" in a letter to Mayor Bloomberg complaining about street vendors who are "rapidly destroying" the street's ambience. The letter, addressed "Dear Michael," accuses vendors of pretending to be military veterans so they can peddle their wares on the high-rent street. Special regulations give veterans more leeway than other vendors. Trump said he inquired of one vendor < who displayed hats and shirts bearing Trump's trademark phrase "You're fired" < which war he had fought in, but the vendor smiled and said, "Mr. Trump, I am too smart to fight in a war." But Trump favors no special peddling privileges for veterans, either. "Whether they are veterans or not, they [the vendors] should not be allowed to sell on this most important and prestigious shopping street," The Donald wrote. Trump also took a swipe at the local Business Improvement District, which administers extra services paid for by a levy against building owners. "I am perhaps most disappointed by the job being done by the Fifth Avenue Association to have allowed this situation to reoccur," he wrote. "It is now as bad as it was 10 years ago." The Fifth Avenue Association did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Trump said building owners and tenants are "forced to clean up all the discarded debris" when the vendors leave < and the stores are "complaining bitterly." "Frankly, I have no idea how they can be doing business with the mess they have outside their front door," he wrote. "Fifth Avenue's comeback is going to be a short one if this situation is not corrected immediately." Trump implored the mayor to act quickly or the city's reputation will falter. "The image of New York City will suffer," Trump wrote. "I hope you can stop this very deplorable situation before it is too late." 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