Mexican Environmental Protection Agency Will Review the SCORE Baja 500 Race El Jefazo - The Fulano Forum
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LA PAZ, Baja California Sur - The Mexican Federal Environmental Protection Agency (PROFEPA) will review to see of the Score Baja Sur 500 Race, which is financed by the state through the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism trusts with public funds which come from the Hotel Room tax, do not violate environmental regulations.

PROFEPA representative, Valerio Castro, said that for the moment there are no indications to assume that this race is violating regulations, although he promises to review the case.

The preceding came about from the wave of complaints this race is generating in the off road race industry, as according to three-time national champion Elizabeth Wayas, she recently complained that the American business Score International, which operates this race, does not have permission from race authorities to carry out these types of events. In addition, it is a "windfall business" because the state government gives its resources and does not collect any taxes.

For this reason, the United States is looking into this, she said, because there they collect taxes and here they give it money, he said to show is dissatisfaction with the subsidy the state gives to a business which was just sold for $500 million dollars.

This does not even mention that the officials who are giving away public resources to this foreign company are also involved in some kind of irregularity, even if it is due to negligence. This situation has come to the attention of the State Congress, which is all looking into the issue of tourism trust resources which a handled by committees mainly composed of businessmen, which have discretionary power over the financial resources, without having to account to anyone, which should be done with public money.

The race intends to get some 600 competitors from all over the world in different categories, and will be in mid-Janaury 2015, if something else does not happen before that.

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