This situation has been brewing for a long time and I'm glad it's finally coming to a head, for better or for worse.
I do call BS on Baedeker's backtracking about having CARF fill the Golden Gate dates:
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Ritvo also said the CHRB has made attempts to have the fair circuit fill Golden Gate's dates from Aug. 22-Oct. 2.
"CHRB has been in contact with CARF to run our dates. ... We have the CHRB unprofessionally going around and telling people we won't be getting our license if we don't operate the network," Ritvo said. "Even though we're legally within our right not to operate the network and fund it."
CHRB executive director Rick Baedeker called the accusations "not accurate." He also said his contact with Santa Rosa and CARF, regarding potentially filling Golden Gate's Aug. 22-Oct. 2 dates, was only to prepare for the possibility Golden Gate would not have its meet application approved by the CHRB at the board's next meeting June 21.
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You're the director of the board, what "possibility" do you need to prepare for? You know damn well whether a meet application is getting approved or not, and if not, for what reason. Weak.
That aside, I think I mostly side with Ritvo on this. The state has way too many acronyms vying for power, too many organizations that don't work, too much bureaucracy. NCOTWINC is one, and TSG should not be forced to subsidize a broken model.
On the other hand, I also don't want to see GGF drive the fairs into extinction, which is clearly TSG's endgame here. And I agree with diane that just having GGF close and pushing those horses/trainers to SoCal might be a better outcome for the state.
Like I said, I'm just glad that everyone is done talking about it, and that people are finally going to get in a room and duke it out.
