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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2114766, member: 71723&quot;]Granted, I am not aware of California&#039;s revenue laws; my expertise is about 2700 miles east of Saddle Ridge. But if you&#039;re trying to goad me into defending the federals, wow, do YOU have the wrong guy!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for knowledge of the ANA&#039;s membership roll trends, yes, there I have some knowledge, and the picture is VERY ugly. On the first two days at ANA Portland, fewer than 500 attendees, not counting dealers, showed up. Yes, Saturday was good, but it had that word &quot;Free&quot; attached to it, meaning it&#039;s revenue value was, umm, minimal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The membership is hemorrhaging, and second year retention of members stinks in particular. The official show auction catalog wasn&#039;t even a decent comic book in thickness. Yup, all is peachy!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for what kind of analyst I am, I am tasked not merely with capturing and regurgitating data (any data mining software can do that), but in helping people understand its meaning and how to use it, or not as the case may be. I don&#039;t worship data for its own sake, I make it take voice. I am not paid to spin data into happy talk. We have political operatives for that. As a result, I am restricted from press access. Politicians can&#039;t allow truth tellers to talk to the press.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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