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Dispute Continues

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Posted 2/27/04

Franklin salvage yard owner Joe Boggs articulates his point of view during an interview with the Democrat-Leader Wednesday. (He also has talked with television reporters and other news media). Boggs, …

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Dispute Continues

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Franklin salvage yard owner Joe Boggs articulates his point of view during an interview with the Democrat-Leader Wednesday. (He also has talked with television reporters and other news media).

Boggs, who has owned the yard for about 15 years, is embroiled in a dispute with officials of the City of Franklin.

The mayor and members of the city council have frequently fielded complaints from citizens about the junk yard. The issue dominated discussion at the most recent meeting of the council.

According to Mayor Jimmy Jobe, Boggs has vehicles which leak oil, antifreeze and other contaminants and thus he is in violation of DNR regulations. It's also charged that he has placed a mobile home so as to block a street and has erected fences on city property. He also does not have a city license, but does have other requisite licenses and reportedly pays more sales tax than any business in Franklin.

Jobe says he gets 'three or four complaints a month' from residents.

Conversely, Boggs states it's all a tempest-in-a-teapot and says that ordinances are being unfairly targeted at him when, he asserts, other salvage operators are permitted to operate unencumbered.

He admits to not having a city license, but claims it is not necessary since his main office, where business is transacted, is not in the city limits.

Not so, Mayor Jobe replies. With photos to prove his point, Jobe states that dozens of junked cars (which are sold for parts) are parked on land within the city limits and this requires Boggs to have a city license.

Boggs recently has moved the mobile home in question, but asserts that otherwise he has done nothing which should generate complaints. In addition, he has stated that Fayette newspaper correspondent Kim Thompson's account in the Feb. 18 Advertiser was inaccurate and suggests that she personally is leading the campaign against him.

By contrast, Jobe described Thompson's account as 100 percent on target and said it was a fair representation of what took place at the meeting.

Both sides say they have secured legal counsel.

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