Well, I suspect that one way or the other, Ric doesn't really care anymore.
But it shows the arrogance of the Country Club set - the big plans were to promote it to the big money types in Houston and NYC. They didn't really care (and still don't) what the 'little people' think.
"little people" = populists.
What did you think of Hillary's populist manifesto that was released on Monday. She and Obama say that they will be building "free" roads.
Why should they care? What are we going to do if they continue not caring?