California Mildly Victorious
The decision is in, and they've awarded the contract for the operation of Los Alamos to the University of California.
I'll freely admit that this is more of a victory for U of C's industrial partner, Bechtel, but even so it's nice not to see it fall into the hands of the hated Texans. Things must have been tough for the DOE... cronyism seems to run deep for both Bechtel and Lockheed. I wonder what tipped the scales, because it can't have been the Golden State's management skills.