Living on the border of RI, I got a good chuckle from all the media attention, public meetings, and statements from RI officials regarding the late request to pull Newport back into the mix. I don't care what anyone says, there was never a snowball's chance in hell that the AC would be held anywhere but San Fran.

From the other side of the country, there was a great article from a San Fran reporter, who is quite bitter (understandably) about the last-minute BS from the Oracle camp (pulling Newport back into the mix to extract maximum value out of San Fran).

I hate politics...

Mike