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rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Contrary to what some of my detractors what to say - I would like 
> > nothing better than see the 100 mile entries grow. Angie's 
> > medallions > won't do that
> >     
>
> Truman,
>
> I am curious as to what age you were when you last considered the
> possibility that you were the ultimate judge as to what would work and
> what won't?  You once stated that you never lose an argument. I was
> thinking maybe you had never *realized* you'd lost an argument. There's a
> difference.
>   
Angie - what happens if it doesn't? We don't even know why the declines 
are happening. Now tell me how is a solution gong to solve a problem 
unless we understand the cause. We don't have a good ideal why people 
are not riding 100's today or what would get them to. This is a solution 
looking for a problem - not a well crafted solution to a problem. If the 
AERC through analysis of the problem came to the conclusion that 
medallions were the answer - that would great and I'd be the first 
person to support them. However, they haven't and all this does is 
generate a sense of security that they might. By the time find out they 
won't - we're a lot worse off. I'm not against anything that will work. 
What I am against is a solution looking for a problem rather than a 
solution crafted to solve a problem based on understanding why the 
problem exist.

We need the horse before we hook the cart to it.

As I've said before it is irrelevant if I support medallions or not. 
What is relevant is how many people start 100's next year and how many 
100's are there for people to start - and in the next year and then the 
next year. If the AERC hooks its cart to medallions to turn around the 
decline in 100's - the numbers will tell us if they are working or not.

Truman

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and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil 
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