Newsom threatens to picket hotels / Mayor applies pressure to force cooling-off period

The mayor is throwing his weight into the dispute, so we very well could have a resolution in the near future. This article from the SF Chronicle also discusses the AAA’s decision to move, and mentions that losing the convention would cost the city’s businesses over $3 million in lost revenue.

Update:

Well, it looks like the deal is sealed. The hotel operators have ‘respectfully declined’ Mayor Newsom’s request for a cooling off period. Check out the story here.

Also in the Chronicle of Higher Education today.

And an online petition disagreeing with the AAA Executive Board’s action, so far signed by nearly 600 AAA Members.