Minocqua Brewing Company. Image courtesy: WAOW TV
RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – Minocqua Brewing Company gets to maintain its business for now, after a heated scene at the Oneida County Courthouse forces a public hearing to abruptly adjourn.
The county’s Planning and Development Committee oversaw a public hearing for the status of Minocqua Brewing Company’s administrative review permit (ARP), which the committee said the property’s owner, Kirk Bangstad, had violated numerous times, as observed by staff.
During Bangstad’s opening comments, and after multiple warnings by acting chair Mike Timmons, Timmons called for a five-minute break. Bangstad continued to read from his prepared statement, and Timmons then announced the meeting had been adjourned before the public could be heard from.
The topic at hand had been whether the committee would vote to amend, suspend, or revoke Bangstad’s ARP, and revocation could mean closing the business altogether.
Bangstad claims he’s being unfairly targeted because he is a liberal political activist in a mostly conservative community.
There will be anther public hearing at the Woodruff Town Hall next Wednesday, August 2 at 1:00pm.
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