Minturn corruption at its finest.
We currently have one house that is to big and they did not have to pay tap fees for an additional kitchen in a second house. The only way this could of happened is if Someone got paid off.
Chris Cerimele Minturn Town Planner and Jim White, our town manager, have allowed numerous houses in the last couple of years to be built against town code.
It must be cheaper to bribe people then pay tap fees and then you would also be allowed to build a larger square foot house.
Remember when you sell a house the bigger it is the more money you can sell it for. Square footage eguals money.
When I pressed council on this issue this is what happened.
Council apologized to the citizens for the house being to big, but they refused to bring the house into compliance.
Council has supposedly given disciplinary action to Chris Cerimele, Town Planner, for not following building codes correctly.
I am sure the only thing they told Chris was lie better and do not let Frank catch you lying.
Chris and Jim needed to be fired over this.
But, Hawkeye needs to keep them both as friends since Hawkeye has an illegal travel trailer, that he calls a house, on his vacant land. Vacant land is taxed at a higher rate. So by putting a "house" on it he is taxed less.
You do not need to dig very deep in Minturn council and staff to find the corruption.

YOU WOULD THINK OUR TOWN COUNCIL WOULD GET THE HINT.
BUT NO.
THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT HELPING BUSINESSES AND IMPROVING MINTURN.
HAVING PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN
DOWNTOWN WOULD MAKE SHOPPING AND EXPLORING MINTURN FOR OUR GUESTS JUST THAT MORE COMFORTABLE
I am sure some of the people stuck in traffic on Halloween could of used a restroom.
Or maybe some of the families with kids trick or treating.
Jim White, Minturn town manager, said
"we regret the shortage of bathroom facilities"
We have NO bathroom facilities. That is quite a shortage.
If you want to see what the owners of Battle Mountain,
Dean Adler and Ira Lubert look like,
click on this link.
http://www.lubertadler.com/managementteam.php
It would be nice to know what they look like so if they ever come to Minturn you can ask them where the 180 million dollars is?
www.eaglecountytimes.com
Here is a link to updates on Dean Adler and Ginn stuff.
www.gotoby.com