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Extreme sports park could derail C&D landfill plan

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Walter Geiger
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Tuesday, April 14. 2009
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A development group from Henry County and a construction company based in Roswell are eyeing the 312-acre property off Possum Trot Road earmarked by E.T. Carlyle for a construction and demolition landfill for use as an extreme sports park.

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#1 ME on 04/14/09 at 07:55 PM
And just why couldn't it be zoned C2 for the purpose of a sports park only. Commissioners have power in the county. It's too bad they don't always know how to use it.
#2 Drew on 04/14/09 at 09:15 PM
Would these professional level events such as "Monster, MONster, MONSTER TRUCKS" and local racers? They want to offer wake boarding and motorcross. That sounds like a tremendous amount of resources needed which makes me curious as to how a project like this (albeit private) could find the necessary funding to build and maintain.

And if the tracks and wave pool and such were open to the public what insurance company would possibly insure such an attraction?

To my smallish mind it seems like a very eXtreme idea that would have had a better shot in the late 1990's than it does now.

This does NOT mean I am in favor of the landfill though. I am actually in favor or just letting the land stay undeveloped.
#3 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 10:13 PM
county should just buy the land and do a special tax district on the NE part of county to pay fof it. Let all those in the tax district have exclusive use of it.
#4 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 12:28 AM
#1
Look like NASCAR. Its a good business. Buy some tickets. This is cool. Monster truck, dirt bike, wake boarding, mud bogging, motocross racing, drift car racing and other extreme sports. Have funny. You will see. Come on!!! You know 17,000 people. What about the future? More than 3 million people in Lamar County. That is what we have a dream? What we want?
#4.1 Andrew Odom on 04/15/09 at 06:52 AM
Are you suggesting Lamar County will support 3 million people in the future? Does anyone in Lamar County even want to see 3 million people. And furthermore, do you think a facility such as this (especially with NASCAR priced ticketing and concessions) will move us toward that goal?
#4.1.1 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 12:49 PM
You see high school football stadium. like that.
#5 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 06:26 AM
i'll bet this would draw a great bunch of people--think of the type of people that watch these type of events,drunks punks dopers rednecks and thugs--either way you will end up with garbage!
#5.1 hk on 04/15/09 at 11:57 AM
i would just like to say that i am not a drunk,doper,thug or punk or garbage..i am a mother ,wife and grandmother i have a real job..i pay my taxes and my bills and i like to take my grandson to monster truck events mudbogging and he loves dirtbike events...so would you please reframe from calling all of us who like this type of activity names. sometimes you need to think before you speak...
#5.1.1 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 03:06 PM
sorry grannie!
#6 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 07:11 AM
One top of this we have a REC Dept. that schedules games the week of the CRCT test and when you complain to them all they say is oh well and then add more games to the schedule. Apparently they don't fully understand the importance of these tests. More great government ran programs......
#6.1 Adam 12 on 04/17/09 at 08:14 AM
How many years are people going to have to complain about the rec dept before something finally gets done. Place has been run like that for the past 10 years and nothing has been done.
#7 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 07:16 AM
These off the road parks are dirty events that draw a bunch of creeps. I can tell you that from what happens down the raod from me once a year. All the dads get dunk and stoned and the kids tear things up and this year the kids are drinking and driving when they leave and the new sheriff didmnt do a thing about it. They fill the car washes with mud the roads with bottles and trash and leave oil and other trash in the wet areas. Id rather have a landfil for construction then day after day of this.
#8 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 12:24 PM
I think this would be a good thing. I hope all goes well for the group looking to develop.
#8.1 anonymous on 04/19/09 at 01:15 PM
Your name must be Butler or Vaughn???????????
#9 GFM Jr on 04/15/09 at 02:07 PM
I go to Nascar parties with my BBFs and we would love this. Beer and extreme sports on Saturday and beer and nascar on Sunday.It just doesn't get any better than this.lol.
#9.1 Jeff M on 04/15/09 at 03:51 PM
Man, ping-pong would be an extreme sport to you, you wussy!
#10 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 02:29 PM
I'd rather see cars drifting on a track than drifting into me on a public road..
#11 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 02:54 PM
here here this type of thing draws the lower froms of life.lamar county doesn't need anymore scum comming here bringing their drugs and crimeat least a land fill won't kill you!great comment #5
#11.1 oh bomb a on 04/15/09 at 03:09 PM
where do you live? in aldora village where most of the kids glow and have 3 eyes, you scum!
#12 cats on 04/16/09 at 07:22 AM
Back to topic.
Not so sure about the Extreme Sports arena. The insurance liability alone scares me but I lived for a time in Southern California, land of frivolous lawsuits, and I've learned to be afraid of lawyers.
How about a pristine setting, leaving most of the trees and natural landscape intact, and adding biking and hiking trails? A picnic and barbeque area would be nice too.
#13 what ...huh....oh i never know on 04/16/09 at 08:39 AM
i dont think it is to bad of an idea...everyone goes to culloden for this kind of thing and it works well.i have been to the park in culloden and it is safe and alot of fun. if the park is done right and the rules are inforced like they are in culloden then this could really work for good and not evil like some of you are making it out to be.
#14 Anonymous on 04/16/09 at 01:29 PM
Oh my god. We have problem. $4 trillion dollars!!! Bad for economics. No job, no business, no money, no college, no school, no church, no military and much more. We are going tell FBI. Joe Biden is a liar. Barack Obama is bad. Look like Richard Nixon. We need new 45th president.
#14.1 Anonymous on 04/17/09 at 09:52 PM
obama good. doing what should have done trying to fix economy after bush and republics had control. mess not him fault. mess from past.
#15 Anonymous on 04/19/09 at 12:23 AM
#14.1

Bush good. Not mess from past. New 45th president soon. But? Obama bad. Too late. He doesn't fix economy. You see $4 trillion. I had the letter. That he wrote it. Talk about job. Men rule. No women. That why? Like 1920s and 30s. Men rule at work. No women at work?
#16 anonymous on 04/22/09 at 08:24 PM
you are just plain ignorant with your sexist comments!!
#17 DERRICK GODDARD on 04/23/09 at 12:29 PM
OBAMA SUCKS ALL HE HAS DONE IS SPENT MONEY AND GOT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT BUCH IS A REAL MAN HE WAS A GOOD PRESIDENT HE JUST HAD TO TRY TO FIX CLINTONS F*** UPS.THAT IS WHY THEY CRASHED THE PLANRES INTO THE TOWERS ARE DID YOU FORGET DUMBA** BUSH JUST STARTED WHEN THAT HAPPEND .CLINTON SURE DIDNT SEE IT COMING.SO WE DO NEED A NEW PRESIDENT WHAT WE HAVE IS A LOSER FOR A PRESIDENT.AND IM NOT SCARED TO SHOW MY NAME LIKE YOU
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