Tweetsie Railroad Whistle OK, But No Race Tracks Around Boone, NC

What lengths won't local government bodies go to in order to protect their populace from we racing people? The city council of Boone, NC (home of the famed Tweetsie Railroad theme park) in secret session yesterday rewrote ordinances in an effort to shut down Mountain View Speedway.

http://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/council-approves-code-change-banning-racetracks/article_7cad06d0-27b0-53b9-9699-79991a055cb4.html?mode=jqm

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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:09:31PM

The Boone race track situation has been on-going since it re-opened in 2015. Sadly, it illustrates the extent that opponents will pursue such a witch-hunt. It's a tough battle to win. Local politicians are terrified of angry, retirement-aged-subdivision-living-voters....Terrified.

North Carolina, especially the coast and the mountains, have become a "retirement destination"....condo-commandos. Never underestimate their legal-mindset. Morals, ethics, a sense of fair play, never enters their consciousness.....only what is Legal, that's their only focus. Condo-commandos know the law, and how to change it.

Come to think of it, last time we took the kids to Tweetsie in Boone/Blowing Rock, it was becoming surrounded by condos. I doubt the condo residents like the sound of children laughing or high pitched train whistles either. Only a matter of time.

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