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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...e893667506.txt

I think I will skip the South Datoka rally and head for Kentucky to support the charities there instead. What a bunch of money hungry idiots...

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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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16 years and they are going after them now? I never had much desire to go to the "real" Sturgis rally, but any that was there is gone now.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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I understand protecting a brand that has been built over time, but it seems to me that "Little Sturgis" has built a brand of their own.

Sturgis, Ky., is a town of about 2,000 in the western part of the state. Its 16th Annual Little Sturgis Rally and Races for Charity is planned for July 17 - 20 at a county fairgrounds there. The Kentucky rally brings in about 20,000 people a year and has raised about $2 million for various area charities since it began.


 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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I'm with ya, kemiha. What a crock 'o crap...the town's name is Sturgis fer cryin out loud. Hell, the legendary Sturgis, SD rally is turnin into more of a Disney type tourist attraction these days anyways. Was out there in '06 and it looked more like the giant RV rally my parents go to in Perry, GA.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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I side with the City of Sturgis in SD, I'd sue them also, [:@] , have fun in Ky.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Everybody sue happy. It took them this long it wont hold up in court.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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I dont understand why both cant co-exist.

The wheelsmust befalling off the bus in SD if they are concerned with attendance being down due to a rallyin a different monthand 1000 miles away!
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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i think that in the last year or two the one in south dakota got it's name trade maked.so i would say that is where the problem is.
 
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