It's difficult to find people in the valley that have the skills that we need to help our business grow -- marketing, technology, research, engineering.

It's more of a mindset than anything. Rural means people willing to help one another.

They were there for Renee 24/7. I could not believe everyone who came by to help. People like Amy Kessler and many others. I was talking Earl Thom about it, and do you know what he said? He said of course they wanted to be there, they loved Renee and they are Hazel Parkers.

This means everything from promoting trade with The Bahamas, so that the business opportunities for our people improve, to ensuring that there is hassle free access to other countries.

It's hypocritical. Is it affecting business, or is it not affecting business? They're telling us, the small people that it's not affecting business, but when it's in their pocket, the casinos, now you're exempting the casinos because the state's got so much money tied up in the revenue of the casinos.

This is the world's largest junk food smorgasbord, and that's what brings people to the fair. It's a competitive business.