This is a very awkward article.
Cities have to place bids for political conventions. It’s not like political parties just show up unannounced. Charlotte solicited this convention. Now that their bid was successful, they wish they weren’t getting the convention?
Does this make sense to anyone? Am I missing something?
Evidently several on the Charlotte City Council were heartily cheering for this decision,......see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3672596/posts
(I posted the latter thread after searching and not finding another article about this news....my bad.)