By Tim Redmond
It’s no surprise that Earthlink has backed out of its deal to provide free wi-fi in San Francisco; we predicted this weeks ago.
What’s annoying is that the mayor is trying to blame the supervisors for delaying the contract. What — they should have rushed to approve it even as the prime vendor was telling the rest of the world that it wasn’t interested in this line of business any more? The supes should have done no due diligence and just gone along with what the mayor wanted?
Newsom’s big election-year initiative has just burned down, and he’s looking for a scapegoat. It’s your own fault, My. Mayor; it was a bad deal from day one.