ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Lack of attendance at these things tends to indicate that the casual majority is basically satisfied.
That is a fair job of spinning, but I doubt it has the slightest relation to reality If the PGC agreed with your position they would waste all that manpower and money so 30 people could ask questions.
We missed the Northwest one Jim!
Now that's funny. The two big PGC supporters didn't even know when the open houses were being held.
Or perhaps the money and manpower were expended to help educate those with an interest. Perhaps the money and manpower were expended to dispell the myth about all those angry hunters that the USP claims to represent.
Study after study has shown that people are 7-10 times more likely to attend public meetings when dissatisfied as opposed to attending whan satisfied.
The money and manpower expended and the resulting light turnout will also serve to deflate claims of lack of transparency in the USP lawsuit.