The Drew Carey Project Volume 1 - Izzit.org

Drew Carey: Dale and Spencer soon found out, however, that not everyone was excited to see San Tan
Flat open.
Dale Bell: We weren’t breaking any laws but Pinal County apparently decided that they did not like us
and decided that they wanted to put a noise ordinance in, as they did have a neighbor complain about
some of the noise, and they put one of the strictest in the state of Arizona. In fact, the sound of a sewing
machine is louder than we are allowed to be with our country western music venue here.
Paul Younger: Dale called and asked me if the music was too loud, if it was bothering me or anything
else and I really hadn’t even noticed it that much.
Drew Carey: In addition to the noise levels, the County hassled Dale and Spencer about everything,
from the size of their parking lot to the number of signs along the road and the kind of wood they burned
in their fire pits. Dale and Spencer’s efforts to comply cost them more than a hundred thousand dollars
but County officials still weren’t satisfied. They decided to invoke a 60-year-old ordinance.
Dale Spencer: Dancing they said in Pinal County is illegal if it’s done outdoors.
(Music: “There’s an Arizona county where some taverns. . .”)
Drew Carey: Based on the County’s ruling which Dale and Spencer are fighting in court, each day San
Tan Flat patrons are caught dancing, Dale and Spencer must pay a $700.00 fine. Over the course of a
year the fines would total more than two hundred thousand dollars.
Dale Spencer: Well, there’s no logic behind why a government would not want to allow dancing that I
can come up with.
Male Patron 1: I think it’s ridiculous. Dancing is a natural God-given right.
Female Patron 1: Dancing is so much fun.
Female Patron 2: Why stop it?
Female Patron 1: It’s good music. You might as well dance and have fun.
Female Patron 3: All I have to say is, “Look at the crowd.”
Male Patron 2: Dancing is part of life.
Female Patron 4: I think that it is - It’s bad business as far as the County is concerned . . .
(Music)
Dale Spencer: We have - we’ve asked everyone, everyone that we know that might have a clue as to
why Pinal County would attack this family-friendly good business and no one has been able to come up
with a logical explanation.
Paul Younger: Maybe someone is trying to use our County regulations to harass San Tan Flats into
either submission or into some sort of a bankruptcy or financial situation where it has to be put on the
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