It may not be quite so simple. I'm guessing that most regular performers
were contractually obligated to show. Or even if not contractually, there
was a risk that future bookings, and thus their family's security, might
fall off if they honored this boycott. They simply had to decide whether
"the cause", in a very broad sense, was worth risking their continued
livlihood. How 'bout it, Jay? Would you put the Inn totally at risk (and
all that that implies) to make a relatively small socio-political point?

Um, apples and oranges here, John.

My Inn isn't portable. I am therefore bound by many limitations in the
local community, upon which I depend for 75% of our business.

Airshow performers are, by their very nature, portable. They perform all
over the country, and in some cases, the world. For them to have boycotted
a single airshow, held in the most anti-aviation city in the country, would
have (a) not harmed their business in any appreciable way, and (b) would
have spoken volumes to the local idiots, er, Chicagoans who continually
re-elect King Daley to office.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"