DC Taco Stand Owner Says He Spends $4K a Week on Private Security Due to Crime Crisis
A DC taco stand owner says he is spending $4,000 a week on private security due to the massive surge in crime.
Bo Blair, who owns the Surfside Taco Stand and several other establishments, said he has spent over $450,000 on security this year.
Blair told Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins that the massive cost is “not sustainable.”
“Hopefully we can get through this crime crisis and we won’t have to do that in the future. The total amount of money we spent on security for this year at all the locations was over $450,000,” he added.
Fox News reports, “Jenkins said Blair owns ten other restaurants in Washington, and that it has not been as easy to pass off security costs to customers as some restaurants were able to do when inflation first reared its head.”
Some of Blair’s establishments are now paying more for security than rent.
