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Greg,
If I'm so off base, please enlighten us as to the progress of Palmer. [/b]
just yesterday the NER BoD met and was preparing to send you a personized windshirt with all the palmer updates embroidered on it
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And Russ, I've built and developed more than twenty million square feet of commercial and residential property and facilities. I know what's involved before, during and after. From geologicals to financing. From my experience it looks to me as though Palmer has either over estimated their ability to push the deal through to permit, not paid off the right people or simply run out of money. A combination is my guess but suffice to say, as in most of these race track ideas, I think they may have bit off more than they could chew. Perhaps they were speculating on the real estate and looking to refinance on the appreciation of the property in a hot market?... oopps. Whatever it is, the project has all the telltale signs of one in dormancy if not trouble. [/b]
So, let me get this straight you are in favor of pay off's to obtain permiting on projects that "you have developed" very interesting
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What you need to do is stop with the rah rah dreaming about something that doesn't exist and address what you have, not what you dream of having. It takes away from the effort of fixing things as they stand. the "screw Lime Rock, Palmer is coming" is a dangerous game. My mentor once told me, "you can always sell something you don't have." Keep selling Palmer as an alternative and ignore the problems at Lime Rock and you create a larger problem down the road. Work on fixing what's already in hand. [/b]
Your Mentor, who is that? P.T. Barnum or Ron Pohpeil ( Matt always remember just set it and forget it )
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I'm telling you. Look into your regional finances. You will find waste of significant proportions as well as reassignment of revenues to non road racing activities. I see some ugly numbers coming forth. Do you really believe the bill for 24 trophies is over $1000?[/b]
24 trophies? we have the potential of 42 classes at a regional race and some even have enough competition for second, third and fourth place trophies. How about closer to 100 trophies, but what would you know about it anyway?
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Which regional official's buddy is in the trophy business?[/b]
DOUCHE BAG
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$4000 in party stuff? $600 for favors? [/b]
Must purchase food from LRP it's in the contract. but you don't care, contracts mean nothing to you.
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If that's true, their spending more than half of what they spend on trophies on themselves. Think about that next time you see an official with an event specific embroidered $30 golf shirt walking around the paddock. [/b]
Sorry Bunky not in NER, no event specific trinkets in 4 years, but of course you already knew that.
EOY is the only time we hand out embroidered merchandise.
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$1200 for a board fee? NARRC, NYRRC, etc fees? It's all going to the same place. [/b]
Where? the NARRC points and EOY trophy fund? I believe the class winners recieve this cash and awards.
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I got really upset a few years back when they made drivers buy silly helmet envelopes with medical information. [/b]
What a surprise something upset you, did the buck blow your whole race budget?
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The guy selling them of course was a buddy of one of the regional officials. That's just wrong. Making a useless purchase mandatory so your friend can make a few bucks is commonplace though. [/b]
Yup, that was the whole scam you figured it out. can you help us with the linberg baby mystery when you get a second?
people call me Sarcastic, but man you take the cake. I hope your blow up doll doesn't leave, because then you wouldn't have anyone to agree with you.
and always remember never let the facts get in the way of one of your arguments. (they never have before)