It took over a month of back and forth with the Mayor's Deputy Chief of Staff, Bob Hume, but I finally got an answer to an obvious question.  A question that neither the St. Paul Pioneer Press nor the Star Tribune nor any other major media organization who covered Chirs Coleman's dramatic boycott announcement on April 28th plainly asked:

What, exactly, will be the economic impact to the State of Arizona from Mayor Chris Coleman's boycott?

Answer:  Approximately $4,687 per year in lost income to the businesses in the State of Arizona. 

That was the average amount spent by City of St Paul employees on food, lodging, and non-airfare transportation per year since 2006 while attending conferences held in the Grand Canyon State.

Mayor Coleman reaped far more than that in free publicity for the stunt, wouldn't you say?

 Update:  This post made Politics in Minnesota Morning Report :)