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Message: [QUOTE="AJ Waggoner, post: 222213, member: 16665"] I'd just like to address the "fact" that off road event fees have nearly tripled in the last year? Last year mx event $440 for insurance and approx $60 AMA santion fee. This year mx event $730 for insurance and approx $75 AMA sanction fee Different diciplines of the sport were hit with varying increases in insurance premiums but I think its clear where the big increases are,[i]insurance[/i] As wardy stated those rates had not changed in ten years and the MAIN company that did the mx insurance , George Knight , simply merged with an insurance company that does not want to insure off road events period. So *poof* that less expensive avenue to insure is gone. For the record its over $700 to insure an event , with the same liability coverage,wether you are AMA ,outlaw, NMA , NESC or whoever. There are only a handful of insurance companies willing to insure an event in 02. My point is simply to clear up "facts" on increases.. While Kevin, and the others, may indeed be a good candidates for trustee... There is no single person that could have made any difference in the insurance rate increase - and i think its extreemly unfair to the incumbent trustees to insinuate the rising costs of putting on off road events was the fault of thier "poor" guidence.They have instituted event policies and proper paperwork procedure that helped keep the insurance rates very low for many many years. The FACT is..as long as we live in a "liabilty society" and the laws dont change to make people take personal responsibility for thier own actions- You may not be able to ride off road events , or even your Harley,that much longer.:think Get informed on the candidates and issues and vote in this AMA trustee election-- but more importantly for motorcycling - VOTE in your local , state and national elections for some sanity in our leaders of goverment and legislature. AJ Waggoner AMA D17 President AMA Congressman [/QUOTE]

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