TITLE

Pawnbrokers assail `misguided' attack by Bridgeport mayor

AUTHOR(S)
Dzikowski, Don
PUB. DATE
June 1997
SOURCE
Fairfield County Business Journal;06/16/97, Vol. 36 Issue 23, p1
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the reaction of pawnbrokers in Bridgeport, Connecticut concerning the campaign against them by Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim. Announcement by Ganim to close down local pawnshop industry effective September 30, 1997; Sale of stolen goods; Service of pawnshops to lower-income people; Law and legislation to support pawnbrokers; Enforcement of law governing flea markets and consignment shops.
ACCESSION #
9707025805

Tags: PAWNBROKING -- Government policy

 

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