conventions and an estimated $300 million in lost revenue. i should probably also mention that major league baseball s annual all-star game is scheduled for phoenix next july. joining us now is tom simplot. thanks for being here. what happened this afternoon that prompted mayor gordon to not seek a vote from the city council about suing over this law? well, two of our colleagues issued press releases saying they were not going to support the effort and they didn t think the mayor had the majority of the votes to do that. at the last minute, the mayor pulled us to the side and said the city charter allows him to initiate legal action on behalf of the city, so that s what he did. we held a press conference and the mayor said he would initiate the lawsuit with or without the backing of the city. do you support him doing
tom simplot, phoenix city council member, thank you very much for your time tonight. i know it s been a heck of a day in phoenix. you know that fund raising letter the republican national convention sent out that s supposed to look like a census form, in the event you thought you heard it all, please stay tuned for the rnc s defense of that mailer. if we could only make up stuff like this, we would. we didn t have to today. they handed it right to us. it s the best thing on the show today.