The Argus’s Chris De Benedetti reports that Fremont City Manager Fred Diaz is exuding confidence regarding the city’s chances of luring Fremont.

“I think we are the lead candidate for the new home of the A’s,” Diaz added. “If there’s a deal to make for both the A’s and the City of Fremont, then we’ll find it and make that happen.”

Though little news has emerged in the last week, the article appears to further confirm Fremont’s now frontrunner status. Lew Wolff even has a few words for naysayers who dislike the current lack of transportation options at the Pacific Commons site:

“Everybody is looking for the negative here,” he said. “There are lots of issues, and we’ll deal with all of them. I don’t have all the answers this minute.”

There will have to be three or four distinct mass transit solutions.

• Shuttle from the existing Fremont BART station
• Shuttle from the planned Warm Springs BART station (if it’s built)
• ACE/Amtrak to the planned Pacific Commons station
• Bus/shuttle from Santa Clara County

Wolff also reaffirmed the notion that he’s not looking for a public subsidy.