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"(CNN)"It was like we won the lottery," Beth Rosser remembers. Her dad, Forest Jenkins, had just secured a $200,000 contract to work at the biggest prize in Atlantic City: Donald Trump's Taj Mahal.
His company installed toilet partitions -- not exactly glamorous, but important nonetheless. It was 1988, and a six-figure contract was huge.
"It was a big job. It was great. We were all excited," says Forest's son Steven Jenkins. Jenkins spent a month working at the Taj. "I had the fuzz from those carpets on the wheels of my dolly for months after that job."
But what seemed like a winning ticket soon turned into a nightmare when the paycheck never came.
"We weren't this big company," remembers Rosser, who now runs the company with her brother, Steven. "We didn't have tons of money in an account somewhere to cover things."
Jenkins says his dad, who built the company from nothing, nearly lost everything. "
Continue reading here: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/politics/trump-small-business-owners/index.html?sr=twCNN091416trump-small-business-owners0413PMVODtopLink&linkId=28779246
His company installed toilet partitions -- not exactly glamorous, but important nonetheless. It was 1988, and a six-figure contract was huge.
"It was a big job. It was great. We were all excited," says Forest's son Steven Jenkins. Jenkins spent a month working at the Taj. "I had the fuzz from those carpets on the wheels of my dolly for months after that job."
But what seemed like a winning ticket soon turned into a nightmare when the paycheck never came.
"We weren't this big company," remembers Rosser, who now runs the company with her brother, Steven. "We didn't have tons of money in an account somewhere to cover things."
Jenkins says his dad, who built the company from nothing, nearly lost everything. "
Continue reading here: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/politics/trump-small-business-owners/index.html?sr=twCNN091416trump-small-business-owners0413PMVODtopLink&linkId=28779246