Can't resize MIDI region

I have encountered several regions while using Logic that won't let me resize them. It will let me resize them to a certain point (let's say I am grabbing the beginning of the region) and then no matter how far I move the beginning of the region to the right its length simply won't change. It's driving me crazy. As I move the pointer to the top left of the region it changes to the resize tool. It will allow me to grab and drag but when I let go of the mouse there is no change to the length of the region.
The region I'm working with currently that has this problem is about 8 measures long, so I know that I'm not trying to make it "too short" or something like that. I'm hoping the solution is just something simple that I'm missing. Thanks in advance.

Sonther - yes I was referring to the start point only.
Samuel - there is a fundamental difference between audio regions and MIDI regions.
Audio regions are simply a "window" onto a larger entity - the audio file itself.
MIDI regions are not windows onto some other data type, they actually contain the MIDI events themselves, therefore they have to be able to encompass the events they contain.
Now, you can reduce the length, because internally Logic has a "length" value. Therefore a region can contain events lasting 8 bars but can have a display in the arrange of 2 bars. However, you can't have events before the start of a region, because Logic doesn't differentiate a "MIDI data starts here for this region" value and a "display the region starting here" value.
It's just the way Logic is currently programmed.
That is why events can go on for longer than the region displays, but not be placed before the region starts.

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