Going Downhill

Mountain Boy Sledworks has been making handcrafted sleds in Silverton, Colorado, for seven years. But a zoning dispute has led the city to order the company to stop production. The building inspector insists the sleds are a manufactured product, so their construction is a violation of local zoning. Mountain Boy owner Brice Hoskin says they are a craft product, which is permitted by the zoning.

Comments

[Aresen]

Has anybody complained? Other than the nit-picky bureaucrat, I mean.

[Joseph C. Moore, Cpo USN Ret.]

Of course! Another instance of government intervention stifling small business entrepeneurship to the benefit of subsidized big businesses. Get these busybodies out of the way and let men work for themselves.

[the friendly grizzly]

Ahh yesssss! A nefarious plot brought on by the evil capitalistic ne'er-do-wells at Big Sled!

[Morton Kurzweil]

Now that's a slippery slope.

[witch]

Mountain Boy owner Brice Hoskin says they are a craft product, which is permitted by the zoning.

Freedom of religon, Fellas.

[Crackers Boy]

"Obama wants" sleds.

CB

[peacewish]

...rosebud....

[Barry O]

Closing down this shop has saved or created 15,287 jobs for other sled manufacturers, so you should all be grateful.

[William Walsh]

I say we bailout all sled manufacturers with the billions we earn on our Chrysler investment.

[Michael Dodson]

The Kalifornication of the new Peoples Republic of Kolorado.

[CS%]

"It's not like we're Denver"