Proposed mud bog bogged by restrictions
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May 29, 2013 |
Boundary County Commissioners on Tuesday
approved a one-time special event application by
DelRey Romero to run a mud bog on his property
in Highland Flats in August, but the
restrictions imposed would so limit the event
that success would be impossible.
"It was worth a try," Romero wrote on Facebook.
"The commissioners big hang up was the
'unforeseen burden' to the taxpayers, which they
couldn't define nor quantify. They seem to have
forgot the 15% of gross ticket sales that was
going to be donated to the high school as well
as the thousands of dollars that participants
would spend at local businesses. Thanks for
everyone's help who tried to get this off the
ground for me!"
In approving the proposal, commissioners set
maximum occupancy for the event at 1,500 and
would have required that all vehicles involved
have street legal exhaust systems, something
most mud boggers don't have. They also limited
weekend hours to 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., which would
not be enough to attract mud bog enthusiasts
into visiting Boundary County.
"Simply ridiculous!" said one person
disappointed by the decision. "Obviously they
have never been to a mud bog."
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