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Originally Posted by JJP
It'll be interesting to see if the Chicago Tribune goes on another "smear" campaign like they did in 2006, assailing Arlington re: the breakdowns. Very ironic since that paper basically quit their racing coverage around 10 years ago but they couldn't wait to go wild with the breakdown stories. The PR was so bad, AP felt no choice but to put the synthetic surface in to appease the critics.
Hope Inez is ok.
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You really think that public perception outside the industry was the driving force for the installation of synthetic surfaces?
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