AS3 event slider problem within a class

Hi,

I’ve got this code inside a package, and it’s not working… i get nothing. it seems to allow me to move movieclips around, but not change the value of the slider. or change the value of text fields.

what am i doing wrong?

public function makeSliders():void {
var westHousingSlider:Slider = new Slider();
westHousingSlider.value = 1;
westHousingSlider.minimum = 1;
westHousingSlider.maximum = 20;
westHousingSlider.liveDragging = true;
westHousingSlider.snapInterval = 1;
westHousingSlider.tickInterval = westHousingSlider.snapInterval;
westHousingSlider.width=180;

		addChild(westHousingSlider);
		westHousingSlider.x = 1352.3; westHousingSlider.y = 544.75; 
		westHousingSlider.addEventListener (SliderEvent.CHANGE, resizeWestHousing);
		
		
		var westRetailSlider:Slider = new Slider();
		westRetailSlider.value = 10;
		westRetailSlider.minimum = 1;
		westRetailSlider.maximum = 20;
		westRetailSlider.liveDragging = true;
		westRetailSlider.snapInterval = 1;
		westRetailSlider.tickInterval = westRetailSlider.snapInterval;
		westRetailSlider.width=180;

	
		addChild(westRetailSlider);
	}

	
	public function resizeWestHousing(event:SliderEvent):void{
		if(event.target.value == 1){
		westRetailSlider.value = 6;
		
		}

thanks,

Lord Scruffo