Originally Posted by Sharpie

I hope that everyone did some good business, and retained their sense of humor. It has been a very bad time for all involved in the putting on the show. We did everything humanly possible to put on the same show we always do. The sponsors will never know how very much we appreciated their support. ...... As an industry, we just cannot bend over and take whatever people decide to throw at us, on a whim. I just will not stand for it. You sometimes have to take a stand, and do 'whatever it takes! We cannot let ourselves be treated like second class citizens, with no repisals. There are legal remidies - they are just costly, frustrating, and SLOW.