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Richard Eckfield's crusade to get a train stop built at Del Mar Racetrack,
It completely boggles my mind that this is even up for discussion. Every major race track in the country has a train stop. In Chicago, Arlington Park has thousands of people getting off in the parking lot every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Heck, the Metra Train System even offers riders a $5.00 all you can ride weekend ticket, and kids ride for free. Arlington would be a ghost town without the train stopping steps from the grandstand. Belmont Park in NY has the same thing. They got rid of the train for one meet last year and attendance took a huge drop. Sure enough the train started going there again. My point is that a train stop at the fairgrounds would do nothing but benefit the track and the community. I cannot understand why this is even a question. The Fair Board should see this as a way to bring in additional income not continue to fight it. The community should see it as more people spending money in their town. I think the problem here is that it makes too much sense! My hat is off to Richard and Helen....Keep up the good fight!— September 30, 2009 10:14 a.m.