Michael,
At least someone thanked the volunteers as opposed to the way table workers were treated by USAWKS. Our club voluntered to work a table all day sat. (both shifts) because we are a new club and wanted to help out, but don't you think that if people are helping out they should be taken care of. With the money our state makes off of events like state the least they could do is feed the table workers. A tray of muffins and a box of popcorn, I mean come on, if you don't take care of the volunters then you won't have them. To have someone work the tables then they have to go spend 10-15 bucks at the concession stand out of their own pocket. That is the kind of arrogance that needs to GO. Thinking that you can treat people like that and they will still be there. On the other subjects. How many people think that maybe the rules were relaxed a little bit because state is up for bids? It sure seems that about every 3 years the rules were relaxed for a year. Sure they let in bottled water, but then I watched them tell a handicapped lady that the lower ticket booth was closed and she would have to go around to the upper ticket booth (walker and all) to buy a ticket and enter. The staff was probably out celebrating the 20 something aniversery of state being held there. State needs to move and it needs to rotate, that's the only way to to insure that people really care and take care of this event.