[Grovenet] politically correct, culturally diverse

[Robert VanNatta]

The fair board has a difficult dilemma.   Fairs are out of fashion and increasingly of little interest to non-hispanics.   On the other hand fairs as still very much a tradition in Mexico.
   
  What to do?  Morph the fair into a Mexican Fiesta, and maybe draw enough attendence to keep it functioning financially, or keep the traditional format and watch attendence drop year by year until it goes broke.
   
  In years past, the half the kids in the county had an animal in the fair, and half the women in the county had some knitting there, and  the horse track provided the revenue base to support it all, but alas,  another ethnic group has the gambling revenue,  little Johnny and Susie don't have calves or pigs or sheep, and their mother doesn't knit, and no one remembers what FFA or 4-H stands for.
   
  Likewise if you want a Ginzu knife, you don't have to go to the fair to see it demostranted, you can turn on your TV.
   
  What is the fair system to do?   With attendence going down, facilities getting older, and financial support fading, no choices are pleasant.
   
  On top of it all is the state fair.   The grounds are pathetic and decaying with
  not desire to reverse the decline.     We can bemoan the loss of our cultural past, but alas it is gone.

Steven <NoSpam03 at comcast.net> wrote:
  We need to celebrate unity. From both government and the media, we are
divided in to small groups. Demographics.
Remember, the fair board wants to close the fairgrounds. Probably so they
can make some bucks from the private groups wanting the land.