According to car4donation.com, Chelsea Hotel Minority Shareholder and Harvard MBA Doctor Marlene
Krauss may want your used car in return for a nice tax deduction. After all, it is that time of year. It seems Marlene's charitable "arm", the Krauss Berk Foundation, is prominently listed there as a potentially interested donor for secondary autos, jalopies, tin lizzies, and other junkyard remnants. The big question is: Why?
According to papers filed in 2007, the Krauss Berk Foundation had assets of $61,100 and states that their charitable mission is as a religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization. The attorneys who filed for this foundation, Spielman Koenigsberg & Parker LLP (the same attorneys who filed for the assessment on her house in Westport, CT), make no mention of used cars in their mission statement on file. (We'll have more on Marlene's charitable giving in the near future.)
So, what does Marlene intend to do with your 1973 AMC Gremlin? Your prized Pinto? Is she – in keeping with the spirit of her regime here at the Chelsea – intending to sell these things for parts? Certainly, old spare tires could help shore up BD's lumpy mattresses and a cheaper source of WD-40 to further Arnold Tamsar's paint greasing experiment on the central staircase cannot be found. (NB: Arnie, according to Wikipedia WD-40 is a massive dust attractor.)
Or, is Marlene's secret intention to use all of the unleased commercial space now available on the rental market (some for more than two years) to open Manhattan's largest and finest secondary auto showroom or scrap metal salvage yard? We're unsure.
We are also uncertain as to what auto parts manufacturer Inline Pro has to do with Marlene's grand plan but we intend to find out.
Bohemians, if you have any thoughts or suggestions – or a used car you're trying get rid of – we welcome your comments. –NKOTB
(Photo courtesy of Inline Pro and NASDAQ)
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