Oakland Council Members Skip Meeting, Prevent Vote On New A's Lease

Two Oakland city council members "acting on their colleague's orders ... did not attend" Friday's special meeting of the Oakland-Alameda County Joint Powers Authority board that oversees the O.co Coliseum. Without enough members present to vote on new lease for the A's, several of the county's representatives on the board, "used the forum to apologize to the A's and attack the city for forcing a second postponement of the lease extension." Friday's events "underscored long-standing tensions between the city and the county over their joint management of the Coliseum complex." However, the boycott is "unlikely to impede a 10-year lease extension with the A's" (OAKLANDTRIBUNE.com, 6/27).