Stacey, have you read the permit request that was revoked? I have, and I also spoke with the event organizers about it. They failed to request to launch a hot air balloon, and they've been pretty honest about that mishap. When they advertised their intention to launch a hot air balloon despite not having a permit to do so, their original permit was revoked.
I'm certain you, as a responsible representative, wouldn't want people launching unpermitted hot air balloons over Nashville offering rides to citizens. You'd probably ask for the park directors head for that, and I'd be right behind you supporting that.
Launching hot air balloons is legal when you request and are granted a permit to do so. This group never requested a permit to launch a hot air balloon, and all you have to do to know that fact is to read their permit request or speak with them directly.
So why then was their permit to not launch a balloon revoked?
How do you issue a permit that provides for hot air balloon rides, yet expect the balloon to never "launch"?
By the way, it didn't succeed.
Nice job throwing the rabbit in the br'er patch.
A source in the Parks Department says the group requested a permit to do balloon rides, but not specifically to "launch" a balloon, so the technicality upon which the permit was revoked is that the parks department claims balloon rides involved a tethered balloon.
AFP wasn't careful enough in their wording, and that left a tiny loophole, and the Parks director played politics on this on Gore's behalf - remember, Gore's people made it clear they were going to comb through the rules and regs and ordinances to find some way to stop the launch.
And they did.
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