NCEW members will note on whether to hold the 2009 convention in Salt Lake City or Indianapolis. First to make a pitch is ... Salt Lake City!
If we were talking about a Salt Lake City convention ten years ago, members of the Site Selection Committee could have counted on lavish gifts: you know, weekends at the Deer Valley ski resort, front-row Utah Jazz tickets, and maybe a scholarship or two for the kiddies.
But the Olympics are over now and, well, with input from Mitt Romney, we've learned a thing or two. Bribery is sooo 2002. The city will have to sink or swim on its merits. (Which is good news if you have an inclination to jump into our salty lake--you can't …