In an effort to contain communications, Lew Wolff asked San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed to keep city officials from contacting Major League Baseball about the city potentially getting the A’s. This may be to avoid the spectacle caused by former Mayor Ron Gonzales, when in 2005, he staged a press conference complete with unconvincing signage [...]

A group of San Jose City Council members wants to get moving on talks with the A’s by proposing the A’s be an agenda item for the March 24 session. Among the tasks associated with the item: commissioning a poll to gauge public support for an A’s move, and a request to set rules for [...]

This is the new FAQ. The old FAQ has been renamed “Fremont FAQ.” It has not been edited or amended. The new FAQ leads off with a post-mortem on the Fremont plan. It is followed by a review of candidate cities, including Oakland, San Jose, and others. Information is subject to change and will be [...]

Working on the FAQ right now everyone, expect a new version out by Friday. Also, I’m working on Coliseum concepts. Consider this an open thread.

It’s a breakup, folks. While the FCN and others will continue to protest at Fremont City Hall tonight even though the A’s aren’t on the agenda, Lew Wolff sent a letter to Fremont officials and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. I’m certain some still think that Lew and Fremont still have some nefarious scheme [...]

In a further sign of the tightening economy, Comcast and DirecTV are sparring over A’s games on the new-and-improved Comcast SportsNet California, which as you remember, signed the A’s two weeks ago. DirecTV already carries the channel, but it hasn’t come to terms over the carriage of the A’s 2009 season, which includes 145 regular [...]

The best take I’ve seen on the demise of the Fremont plan comes not from the sports page, but from the Examiner’s Architecture and Design writer George Calys. His insightful piece de-emphasizes the hot-button issues that seemed to dominate the media of late and gets to the true bottom of the situation: money. Here’s a [...]

Okay, Oakland-first partisans. Here’s your chance. By virtue of the comments at today’s SFGate article, many of you think staying in Oakland is the cheapest and most reasonable choice. Instead of just spouting off a comment (you know who you are), lay out your plan. Here’s the handy-dandy drawing from a few days ago. Take [...]

Notice of Cancelation [sic] The A’s Ballpark project agenda item including the Notice of Preparation (NOP) has been canceled from the February 24, 2009 Council Meeting. The Oakland A’s have requested that both the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Notice of Preparation (NOP) processes be stopped while they take time to evaluate the options. The [...]

Matt Artz again has the scoop on the Fremont process. Take a look at the comments below the blog blurb, especially the last one by FCN founder Deepak Alur. It appears that post the Warm Springs NOP, work can’t move forward because the A’s haven’t dropped off a check to underwrite the work (which they’ve [...]