From the Office of the Comptroller of Maryland:
Comptroller to Present Proclamations to Local Business Owners
Comptroller Peter Franchot will visit Harford County on Thursday, beginning with a visit to Jones Junction, where he will present a proclamation to owner Bryan Kilby. The car dealership opened in 1917 when Vernon Jones began selling Studebakers in Conowingo with his father, C.M. Jones. The automotive group now sells Dodge, Jeep, Nissan, Subaru, Kia and Hyundai vehicles and has more than 400 employees. Jones’ children, Larry, Danny and Beverly, are active with the dealership and have partnered with Kilby to carry on their father’s business philosophies and success.
At his next stop, the Comptroller will present a proclamation to Maria Boeri, owner of Savona Fine Italian Food and Wine. Celebrating its 11th anniversary this past June, the deli offers a variety of freshly made sandwiches, meats, cheeses and salads, as well as an assortment of Italian and American wines. Additionally, the store sells an assortment of imported Italian specialty food.
Mr. Franchot will then visit the Mill of Bel Air, where he will present a proclamation to owner Henry Holloway. The Mill is a feed and farm supply store that provides farmers and agricultural entities in the Mid-Atlantic region with feed, seed and fertilizer.
The Comptroller’s final stop will be a tour of Amrein Foods, where he will present a proclamation to owner Tom Amrein in recognition of the company’s success and contributions to the local economy and workforce. Amrein Foods is a family-owned, full-line wholesale food distributor. The company warehouses a full product line and distributes its products with a full fleet of refrigerated trucks.
The proclamation for Jones Junction should read –
“Thanks for not Defrauding the Citizens of Harford County for the past three years”
Perhaps Peter Franchot should discuss his platitudes with the Attorney General *before* running around giving high fives to criminals.
http://www.daggerpress.com/2014/06/16/six-harford-county-auto-dealerships-settle-with-attorney-generals-office-forced-buyers-to-waive-right-to-legal-defense/
Congratulations to Savona and The Mill, my family and I love both places. I’m not familiar with Amrein, but I will research and learn. Now about Jones Junction, Yes, Jubal Early, you have hit a grand slam with your comment about Jones Junction. You can file complaints against the Jones Junction Auto Group for deceptive sales practices, as per the State of Maryland Commercial Code, Section 13-301, with the Better Business Bureau (of which Jones is not worthy of joining), our current Attorney General’s office, and whoever else you may think will have the ability to help you. You will be wasting your time because it’s all based on mediation. When those fine scoundrel owners are finally threatened by a mediator from the Attorney General’s consumer division, and those fine scoundrel owners, who by the way have a lawyer with a brain and conscience the size of a viral particle, they will refuse to make any attempt to satisfy the customer. If Jones has wronged a customer in any way based on Maryland’s Commercial Code under the consumer section, which again is Section 13-301, get an attorney and just go directly to legal complaint status. So sorry, I digress. I’m very surprised that the Fallston High School PTSA has Jones Junction as one of, if not the top sponsor. The lawsuit brought against Jones Auto Group, which Jubal Early references, was led by then Attorney General Doug Gansler. Brian Frosh may not be as meticulous. Peter Franchot is all over Maryland. I think it’s unforgivable to place Jones Junction and their gangster-like organization in the same group as the other outstanding businesses who value their clientele and want to see those same folks over and over and over again. Not Jones Auto Group. They are one trick ponies who have taken a grand business built up many, many years ago and turned it into a cess pool.
I went to Jones Junction once and the service was so poor that I went elsewhere to buy a car. From the comments I’ve heard about them, I’m surprised that they stay in business.
Is there a time table for his visits? I’d planned to go to The Mill on Thursday but don’t want to get involved in all the confusion.