People should factor into their evaluation of the decision the contractual elements involved and the possibility that the only practical alternative site was increasingly reticent about hosting. (Not to mention the devastating effect abandoning Santa Anita would have on the future of already tenuous racing interests in the state.)
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine
Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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