I am baffled as to how a positive story about the Southland club having run a successful event for 17 years with a decent profit put back into racing as instructed by NZTR, has turned into a negative rant.
You are talking about an ideal world. Are you telling me you have never sat through meetings where no one gets it? Three or four meetings in and the rest of "the team" finally twig.
Opposing view = opponents in my book. Some cannot look at the situation from everyone's perspective, the bigger picture. Trainers are pretty good at talking through lead up race options and any pitfalls with points allocation with the ratings system, the logistics of travelling and campaigning, which group of horses struggle to get consistent starts etc. Clubs are looking at it from a more selfish angle, what's best for their day and turnover.
I don't know the dynamics of the southern programming committee. Is there only one trainer on it? That can be corrected at Trainers Assn level. Several trainers have a voice in CD and are usually prepared with what hasn't worked, what might not work and new ideas to be discussed.
No clue about any land transaction. @Special Agent might be able to throw some light on it if you want to know. My point was that I didn't see what you were going on about the LRC for in response to a comment about the successful Levin jump outs, when they have little to do with them.