Fast food giants, Burger King, hit back at Kingston's Mayor Desmond McKenzie yesterday after he threatened court action against the company on Tuesday, for what he described as its blatant disregard to requests made to the company by the KSAC to have its signs legalised.

In a statement yesterday, Burger King said it had been making payments to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and, in fact, the last payment was made on December 8, to cover the period January to December 2007.

"The mayor is incorrect and misinformed. We are led to believe that he was misquoted by the media when he was reported to have said 'No attempts have been made by Burger King since 1999 to have their signs legalised, and contacts have been made but Burger King continues to ignore the council's requests'.

"If the Mayor is not misquoted then we are led to believe he operates in ignorance," the statement read.

Promotion paid for

Meanwhile, promoters of Appleton Yush have also denied allegations by the mayor that their event has not been permitted by the KSAC. Promoter Kerrie 'Quiz' Sigurdson said the council had given the promoters up to two weeks before the staging of the event to register and pay for a permit.

The event is to be held on December 30. She said payment for the permit was made on Tuesday and the permit is to be received on Tuesday of next week.