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Conclusion to Risky Business: Two street-corner businessmen have an up-close and personal encounter with Afis Olajuwon

I had a business on city property for years, until state Representative Ron Wilson complained to the Mayer’s office.
If a wealthy person wants some change they just call their state representative and ask them to make a call to the local Mayer’s office and things start happening. Here’s what happened to me. For years I had a business on city property. I bought permits licenses, and whatever the city of Houston asked I did. Until a new business opened next door. The new owner of dreams hand car wash wanted us to pay him rent. While we weren’t even on his property, or he would squash us. I didn’t think we should pay him, so we didn’t. Then his employees started parking their cars all over our place of business, there was no parking left. How were we going to be able to deal with this? So we agreed to pay him, but my dad decided to give him a check and record the conversation. He wouldn’t take the check; he just kept saying “you know why you know why”. So the deal was off. I called the Houston Press and told them my predicament and they sent someone right over. They were really interested in the tape, The Houston Press did more for me and my dad than I could have ever imagined possible. As a matter of fact” we probably wouldn’t have lasted on the corner a few days” if not for Brad Tyer, reporter from The Houston Press.

He wrote a story about us. Just look it up.

Risky Business
Two street-corner businessmen have an up-close and personal encounter with Afis Olajuwon
By Brad Tyer
Published on November 26, 1998

Conclusion:

We stayed on city property until the city council could have a meeting to invent a new city ordinance “you cannot run a business on city property” But there were consequences they would have to enforce the new ordinance. By not just kicking us off city property but everyone else to. But I knew Chips and Cracks windshield repair would be first. Because of state Representative Ron Wilson, he personally called in a complaint about us, how many complaints do state representatives call Mayer’s offices about? I guess right after the “Olajuwon’s Dream Hand car washed” washed his car. Or maybe it was just a coincidence that he was there and noticed something he didn’t like. So he called the mayor’s office on his own behalf, with no knowledge of what was going on between Bob Norris and Afis Olajuwon. YEAH THAT’S WHAT IT WAS…HUH… Any way Bob and Clint were still there for a while, after we were visited by so many different city departments, you name it we got to know them all. I remember one in particular a building inspector, he gave us a 3 day notice to remove our temporary building (a 10 by 10 easy up tent) so I called around at the city and he didn’t come back. So is a tent a building? I think not, cause if it were you would have to get a building permit to put it up. Better not give the city any new ideas they might just invent a new ordinance for it. A while after that, we had to leave our place of business and start over.
It wasn’t easy it was like the city was following us around, city inspectors were writing us notices for anything. After a few months it seemed to all cool down. I set up shop all over the place, handed out fliers just to drum up some work, I was just scrapping by. Then I noticed a lot of people were selling bean babies (little dolls) rugs, plants, cars all over the place, in the Galleria area. So I just set up next to them, sometimes city inspectors would stop by to check license, and I always checked out, that was a relief. I can’t stand city inspectors they give me the chills. After a while of setting up business on vacant lots, I met Frank Markintonis owner of Westheimer Exxon at 8903 Westheimer in Houston TX. He asked me if I would like to set up business over on his property. He said “I want what you got at my place”.
So we made a deal and shook hands, and I was there. He even bought me a $1700.00 tent cover from Fast Signs on 59. Years went by, and Frank sold his shop to Wayne Prahl. Then Wayne made me an even better deal. I’m still here just making a living, and hope to for a long time.