Shuffling the Deck

From today's Valencia Life newsletter:

The resignation of Fernando Huet from the head of the Americas Cup Coordination Committee in Valencia was widely expected, and the naming of his deputy – Jorge Gisbert – as his successor was accepted by all sides: Valencia Town Hall in the person of Mayoress Rita Barbera, Gerardo Camps for the Valencian Government, and Jordi Sevilla for the Madrid Government.

However, that did not satisfy Joan Ignasi Pla, the leader of the Valencian Socialists who kept insisting that Mr. Gisbert was ‘too close’ to the conservative Partido Popular. As a result, Mr. Sevilla is now faced with a serious problem: either leave things as they are in the Coordination Committee or cave in to Mr. Pla and in the process endure the wrath of Mrs. Barbera and Mr. Camps, especially since the finals of the Americas Cup races are a little over a year away.