Ashley had a superior bid and is doing an excellent job as expected. It would be great if we could keep it positive. -- ILLINOIS Pageants Board

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Subject	Author	Date
There's nothing wrong with being honest. Good for Ashley that she's doing a great job. But I also think that MAO intentionally wanted it away from northern Illinois so as to bypass any involvement by the Dream Team and to avoid the Chicago media after the WGN expose'. And if candor is "negative" then so be it. (NT)	No name	18:26:50 12/07/15 Mon
While there's obviously nothing wrong with honesty or candor, implying Ashley's bid was only selected because an "incompetent" MAO wanted to avoid certain people was not only a backhanded, negative comment on (and an underestimation of) Ashley's bid, but also a gross overestimation of the "Dream Team's" importance. That said, I can't blame MAO for wanting to distance itself from the negative past of the IL program and for making the somewhat radical choice to give the bid to a former and move the program south. It needed a new direction if it was ever going to be saved. That doesn't seem incompetent at all to me. (NT) -- No name, 19:23:20 12/08/15 Tue So after MAO ignored compliants for nine years and guys like Marc Angeli backstabbed titleholders and volunteers who stepped forth with the truth, you think it's a backhanded comment that somone spoke the truth about MAO's incompetence? No one said Ashley was a bad director or doing a bad job. If anything, her Southern Illinois presence made her bid look better in the eyes of MAO, who was definately going out of their way to avoid certain people they are paranoid about and to stay of the the ire of the Chicago media. (NT) -- No name, 23:44:10 12/10/15 Thu I said it was a backhanded comment on Ashley's bid, not on the MAO. What are you even talking about? And again, not disagreeing with the assertion that the bid was, in part, more attractive to MAO because it was a southern one. But where the original implication was that it was some nefarious scheme, I just see it as smart business. (NT) -- No name, 09:30:49 12/11/15 Fri I don't see it as smart business. The best resources and media resources are in Chicago and St. Louis. Marion is close to nothing. I don't see it as "smart business". MAO cut off it's nose to spite its face. They could have moved the program back to the Chicago area and kept the Dream Team at bay. (NT) -- No name, 00:08:57 12/13/15 Sun I appreciate your opinion; I just think we disagree on this. But either way, the program seems to be moving in a positive direction right now. Time will tell if MAO actually cut off its nose to spite its face. (NT) -- No name, 12:39:55 12/15/15 Tue