Eddie....as a fellow peddler you should appreciate the value of backroom deals and persuasion. I find that a fishing trip with a congressman is a valuable backroom tactic. Maybe some face time with the commissioners is what it takes to get something pushed forward. If the WSC had the persistence to pull off a persuasive argument and it resulted in a decision they were pushing for then I saw "BRAVO"...good job of selling.

Remember what Alec Baldwin said in the great classic (for sales people) Glengarry Glen Ross:

"Second place gets the steak knives" So true.