It has always been my position that WWE and NASCAR share more similarities compared to NASCAR and other "traditional sports." An incident at a hearing in New York about a new NASCAR track at Staten Island further reinforces that image.
The public hearing became out of control when opposition to the new track surfaced. Police had to be called in to close the meeting.
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From all accounts it turned into a free for all. However based on the outragious comments by the local politicians, and some of those opposed to the project, most of the problems most likely came from the "anti" portion of the crowd.
I did a little research on those opposed and found gems like this from one SI resident: “all types of classes of people will attend.”
And this from presummably intelligent Vice President of the American Cancer Society, Alberta Brescia.
“Staten Islanders can send volunteers to see hot dogs.”
That's the entire quote folks and it's not out of context.
You just can't make up this stuff.
Posted by: Marc | April 30, 2006 at 04:38 AM