Several members of Buckeye Farm Antiques, Inc. (BFA) attended the Auglaize County Fair Board meeting Monday to talk about their annual trade show and swap meet events and ended up storming out of the meeting.
At issue is the cost of renting the fairgrounds.
Ed Poeppelman, of the BFA, said the BFA would come after the fair board and sue them for breach of contract.
Both the BFA and the fair board have met for negotiation six to eight times in the last year or so without success, said Ed Doenges, president of the fair board.
After listening to what the BFA had to say, one of the main concerns of the fair board was that they cannot pick and choose who gets breaks in price to rent the fairgrounds. This would not be fair, said fair board Secretary Fred Piehl, since this would not be fair to everyone else who pays the asking price for the facilities.
See Tuesday's print edition for the full story.