and so then a broker came to me and said, look, pamela harriman has passed away, as you know, and thiss the last of the estate. so there is 340 acres there. they said, would you be interested? i knew the town was financially bankrupt, and i said, i knew if i could do something as a businesswoman, i needed to put an economic engine in that place , and an anchor. so when i went on the land i knew immediately what i needed to do, and that was to build that. i was very naive about it. i remember having a vision of what i wanted to do, but i also had a party up there to introduce my idea and vision. the next morning i was on my way to dulles airport and there were signs on both sides of the road s that said "don't bet middleburg." and i called my lawyer, who is sitting here, and i said, you know what? we've got a problem. and that went on for the next 10 years. it was the fight of my life. and i will tell you, with everything that i went through, it was all in the newspapers, everything, but when the final vote went down, i won by one vote. david: one vote was the right to build the hotel y