The Pahrump Town Board approved taking the next step in developing two proposed theme parks at its last regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.

The two, to be built on and adjacent to the proposed Pahrump Arts and Recreation Center (more commonly known as the fairgrounds), would include a Western Heritage Theme Park and a water park.

The board will ask the consulting firm that developed the ideas, Leisure and Recreation Concepts Inc., to develop a master plan for the parks.

Harley Kulkin, who had refused to leave the podium during a previous discussion about proceeding with PARC, once again addressed the board to proclaim his disagreement.

Kulkin has been proposing a larger-scale theme park, on the scale of Disneyland, with an alien theme for years.

He indicated several times during the course of the meeting that he felt the board had stolen his idea and was turning it into what he perceives as a doomed project.

Kulkin was reprimanded by Chairman Laurayne Murray when he began his comment by deriding the number of "losers" in the community, ostensibly referring to the growing number of people in the criminal justice system.

Murray reminded Kulkin that he had to stick to the topic at hand, which in this case meant the proposed theme parks.

Then Kulkin began to explain how he first got the idea for a theme park, apparently when Wet 'N Wild in Las Vegas shut down.

He began to lament the political atmosphere in town and was finally asked to sit down yet again by the chairman.

After he took his seat, Nye County Commissioner Butch Borasky urged caution in regard to the water park.

Borasky reminded the board that there is a very limited supply of water in the valley, and urged it to consider what uses might be more important for the water.

Volunteer Economic Development Coordinator Al Balloqui, who presented the theme park concepts to the board, responded to Borasky's concerns by pointing out that a water park recycles its water and statistically uses less water than a sports playing field due to the evaporation rate.

He further added that he would be willing to meet with Kulkin during the following week.