If you have an accident or injury you are closed down!

You beat the government bureaucrat, and they get mad and basically promise to get back at you.

Remember the article I wrote about the State of Colorado trying to tell a camp, they could not mountainboard? Supreme Court says if Parents OK it kids can do it, except in Colorado were bureaucrats know more than parents or the rest of us! Well, the state has gone ahead and allowed the camp to have mountainboarding with a few caveats.

First some history: The State of Colorado said mountainboarding was too dangerous of an activity for kids. The state used pictures of mountain boarding on its tourism website and promoted the activity to tourists, but it was too dangerous for kids.

Educo Leadership Adventures appealed against the ruling and got it overturned. The letter granting him the right to mountain board stated that he would lose that right if he had any injuries due to negligence or lack of supervision. If an injury occurs the permission would be withdrawn.

The entire letter is below.

Now, first of all, how is the state going to determine if something was unsupervised let alone negligent?

However, here is the kicker.

The bureaucrat responsible for this operation told my friend verbally that “if they had any accidents or injuries” the letter allowing mountainboarding would be revoked. That is a major difference from the letter. The letter says one thing, but you are verbally threatened with another. This act reminds me of the mob as portrayed in movies. You and the mobster are smiling for the camera, but there is a gun in the back of your head.

As Brian, of Educo said “That said, if that same logic applied to tag or basketball or even lanyards and kumbayah, no camp in the country would have any activity left to do!”

An angry bureaucrat wants to run your life and everyone else’s, so when they lose, they threaten you.

Response

It was always amazing how IRS audits would change when a tape recorder was on the table. Digital recorders are cheap and most smartphones have a recording feature. In many states only one person of the two on the phone has to know the call is being recorded. Several stores offer gadgets to allow your phone calls on land lines to be recorded.

When dealing with the state in this situation, record the conversations.

Scary when we have to resort to this type of activity, but this bureaucrat needs fired. The state’s position is in the letter. This article will document the bureaucrat’s actions and hopefully protect the camp.

I have to applaud the state for listening to Brian Sense and Educo Leadership Adventures and allowing mountain boarding. However, any good that has been accomplished is tainted by the petty acts of the bureaucrat involved.

I’m starting to sound like an anti-government person, even scares me.

So protect yourself from people who want to sue you and those who want to make you kids play in bubblewrap!

What do you think? Leave a comment.

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