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[DDavidson]

I'm just saying the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Event opposers get more grease than event supporters when 10 opposers show up to complain about the event and NO supporters show up to praise the event after it ended.

Usually a power (police, city govt) shuts down an event. That is when the event supporters rally and speak up, after it's too late. (Myrtle Beach?) The event supporters (often in the hundreds or thousands) then become the complainers and then are heard, sometimes getting it reversed after damage is done.

People who support the event need to communicate the good of the event in a much louder supporting squeak than the opposers' complaining squeak.

Motorcycle organizations should have representation through Political Action Committees that state the truth about Motorcycles, Riders, and their organized events.

The News channels will exaggerate or create news to get viewers. (Dirty laundry) The Police and Fire depts will do the same to try to get more tax dollars for their budgets.
We need Billy Jack to save us from our own Born Loser kind! 

I'm thinking the Reno area Casinos, Hotels, Restaurants and Retail establishments are putting in their viewpoints when somebody says "we need to keep spending visitors out of our city". Wonder what the Chamber of Commerce thinks?

When I was at Myrtle a couple of years ago the beach bar, restaurant and shop owners were very PO'd after the city took action to keep out motorcycles. The motorcycle events were a key time to get their yearly revenues. I kept hearing that the Mayor and 2 Council Members would not be getting re-elected due to their support to keep the motorcycles out of Myrtle. Don't know what ever happened. 

I did what we should do to represent riders. I showed up, spent money, didn't break any laws, had a good time, left the place still standing when I left. I admit I didn't spend any money on hookers or gambling.

I was concerned about going because of Reno's crime statistics, rapes and robberies are about twice the national average per 1000 people. (These stats probably dropped during the event if they added the number of visitors to the averages.)      

Voicing our event support is what we can do.

Locals voicing event support has more pull.  

Tabatha is right in being concerned. Fremont stopped fireworks because people left beer containers and litter at business parking lots. Alameda County fair stopped fireworks because some teenager shot a rival during the fair. A few elected officials like to punish the majority for the actions of the very few. In our Democracy we take this crap and complain about it but never do anything about it. If people were against the fireworks then why do thousands show up?

[Tabatha]

Voicing our event support is what we can do.

Locals voicing event support has more pull.  

Tabatha is right in being concerned. Fremont stopped fireworks because people left beer containers and litter at business parking lots. Alameda County fair stopped fireworks because some teenager shot a rival during the fair. A few elected officials like to punish the majority for the actions of the very few. In our Democracy we take this crap and complain about it but never do anything about it. If people were against the fireworks then why do thousands show up?

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Do you suppose that one of our moderators would support a forum effort towards that end ?
Below please find a system listing for Reno/Sparks Chamber of Commerce. That is where "I" started in my sole efforts to smooth over the" backwash" from this particular event !
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Kurkul - CEO
dkurkul@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3046
Bio

Tray Abney - Director of Government Relations
tabney@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3043

Marc De La Torre - Director of Events and Leadership
marc@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3057

Bob Boisson - Director of Membership Development
bob@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3052

Mark Tulman - Associate Director of Membership Development
mtulman@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3049

Denise Rupert - Manager of Accounting and Finance
denise@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3050

Emily Garcia - Programs Coordinator
egarcia@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3039

Sandy Ammerman - Membership Assistant
sammerman@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3037

Jody Hosterman - Administrative Assistant
jhosterman@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030 ext. 3056

Please send general inquiries about relocation, visitation, economic development to info@renosparkschamber.org
775-337-3030
   
com'on JCZ now is the time to support bikers and riders !.....

[Rooster]

 

[Tabatha]

 

[Ralph]

Let Someone Else Do It-- is every intelligent person's philosophy of life. There are plenty of things that if we stop doing them for a long enough time, some other sucker with less patience and a greater sense of responsibility will do them instead. This is an established law of our social reality, and it is our obligation to uphold it

[JCZ]

Let Someone Else Do It-- is every intelligent person's philosophy of life. There are plenty of things that if we stop doing them for a long enough time, some other sucker with less patience and a greater sense of responsibility will do them instead. This is an established law of our social reality, and it is our obligation to uphold it

Now that's funny.

Personally, I'll keep supporting the CVO GTGs where the rooms are much, much more reasonable than Reno, Laughlin, Sturgis, Hollister, Milwaukee or any of the other formal rallies............and................twice the good times with people that I am privledged to have as friends.

[Panhead_Jimmy]

"BTW....I think of myself as a motorcycle rider not a "biker" , I enjoy motorcycles but do not live for them !"

BTW, I live for motorcycles...always have..

Oh give me a rally
Where the CVO’s gather
And Bikers and Riders are welcome

I’ll show you some fun
Second to none
And see you get home with your chum(s)

Panhead Jimmy

[JCZ]

Great........keep em coming Jimmy!

By the way, hope you're enjoying this new bike much better than the last one.  Looking forward to seeing it!

[Jock]

hope you're enjoying this new bike much better than the last one.

Just caught that myself...Enjoy it!