You are absolutely right, Lee. One more thing is, many of these decisions
are made at the County level. Not just "next door homeowners." So what is
the consideration of the general populace for the entire county? They are
the ones making the decision, yea or nea.
Take a step back, we from our glassy eye euphoria of racing or dare I say
cult. How many times have you spoke to friends and or relatives, for those
of us that have friends outside the racing community, and they follow your
conversations with head nods and a few guttural responses. Yep, the
majority, yes majority think of what you and I do is an extravagant hobby.
For the privileged few that can allot thousands of dollars of a house hold
budget to a hobby, I call it entertainment factor rather than tourism. This
is the public and public response that needs to be won over when meeting the
opposition of ones that want to condemn racing and their facilities. We
need to get over the euphoria and recognize we are the "minority."
S800R, whoever he/she is, said it the best way. Utilize the group at hand
to squelch the problem before the train leaves the station. Once these
movements get a "head of steam" they are harder to derail. (no my hobby is
not trains). I am ready to help, whenever there is a need to join forces
and I hope others will be too.
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