Maybe if Kansas City would just get out an BID, they would give the lie to these complaints. The race was clearly theirs to lose after their great performance against LA last time, but they have been missing some critical conventions in the last couple of years, and I heard the KC smofcon did not go over well for them. They are nice folks and I still support them, but I'm seriously thinking now about how much fun a Montreal worldcon could be despite my dismay about the previous Canadian Worldcon.