Burgess v. Gallatin County Commission

This is an appeal from the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, denying petitioner’s request for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the Gallatin County Commission, or, alternatively, for a writ of mandamus compelling the Commission to follow the Gallatin County Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Plan. We affirm.

Petitioner is a taxpayer in Gallatin County. He objects to the Gallatin County Commission’s appropriation of $100,000 from the County Park Fund to a golf course development in the area of the City of Three Forks. The Gallatin County Park Fund…