'great american state fair' disaster waiting to happen as 'common sense' takes a holiday. Another year, another overpriced deep-fried everything at the 'great american state fair', but this time the real circus is the sheer lack of common sense from the organizers. Heard from a buddy working security that they're letting kids run wild on the midway with no curfew, and the food vendor licenses are apparently handed out like candy—someone's grilling mystery meat next to a ride that's clearly held together with duct tape. I'm an angry local resident, and I'm tired of paying through the nose for a ticket just to watch this place become a liability nightmare. When's the last time someone actually checked the brakes on the Ferris wheel? Use your heads, people.