Richard Kelley was a British trade unionist and left-wing Labour Party politician from the coal mining area of Doncaster. He was the Member of Parliamentfor Don Valley from 1959 to 1979... (wikipedia)
We did invite the other side of that race, but they couldn't do it. But, I think it's interesting to have a successful real estate guy who is politically tied in.
Phoenix has been kind of a quietly booming market and rewarding to the people operating in it. Word is getting out to others that this is the market to be looking at.
We're covering the five major property types and dynamic people speaking to each topic. Phoenix is a market firing on all cylinders and it's exciting for us to go there and meet the people who are making it happen.
The interesting thing about this particular conference is that more than 20% of attendance is from outside the state. We always get a good percentage of folks from outside, but it seems to be happening at a greater degree in Phoenix.